I tried a lot of answers on StackOverflow, but the image is sending as text and not as file

# android

[JOHSE]

I tried a lot of answers on StackOverflow, but the image is sending as text and not as file

[Brian]

are you using retrofit? here’s a couple links that hopefully help, sorry if that’s what you’ve already tried: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39953457/how-to-upload-image-file-in-retrofit-2

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45828401/how-to-post-a-bitmap-to-a-server-using-retrofit-android

[JOHSE]

I'm using retrofit now, the code seems work but i'm getting an exception with the lateinit var inside the fragment i'm using for this.

[JOHSE]

Ok, i fix the runtime error, now i'm getting the error "/document/image:16 (No such file or directory)"

[JOHSE]

There's a way i can get the file from an imageView instead from an Uri?

[Brian]

you can use imageView.drawable.toBitmap(), and then use the second link above to create a file from that bitmap

[JOHSE]

I'm still getting the error (No such file or directory), but now is showing me the full path of the file, i really don't know what to do

[Brian]

i think you’d need to post more code - it sounds like the bitmap isn’t getting saved as a temporary file for one reason or another, so then you can’t upload it

[JOHSE]

This is my ImagePicker

[JOHSE]

This is the ActivityResult of the ImagePicker

[JOHSE]

The upload function

[Brian]

and does it crash at val file2 = File(context!!.cacheDir, selectedPath) or somewhere else?

[Brian]

and what if you try the imageView.drawable.toBitmap() method combined with this? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45828401/how-to-post-a-bitmap-to-a-server-using-retrofit-android

[Brian]

as well as stepping through with the debugger to see just what might be missing

[JOHSE]

I tried that answer too, even sending the file as base64, but keep getting the path and not the file itself

[Brian]

i don’t know what ProgressRequestBody is, given the other steps, i think that should be RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("image/*"), file2)

[JOHSE]

I get this error:
I/System.out: ERROR: /data/user/0/com.ryrtech.DoctorOlguin/cache/document/image:16 (No such file or directory)

[Brian]

do /data/user/0/com.ryrtech.DoctorOlguin/cache/document/image:16 and selectedFileUri match?

[JOHSE]

Give me a second

[JOHSE]

URI : content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A16

[JOHSE]

They don't

[JOHSE]

I think i found the error, the fun is trying to reach this path "/documents/image:16" but the real path is "content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A16"

[JOHSE]

Should i add the missing part?

[Brian]

couldn’t hurt to try it

[JOHSE]

Doesn't work, same error

[JOHSE]

You know somebody who can check that part of the code? I can donate some coffe for the help