/**

 * Try to return the absolute file path from the given Uri

 *

 * @param context

 * @param uri

 * @return the file path or null

 */

public static String getRealFilePath( final Context context, final Uri uri ) {

    if ( null == uri ) return null;

    final String scheme = uri.getScheme();

    String data = null;

    if ( scheme == null )

        data = uri.getPath();

    else if ( ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE.equals( scheme ) ) {

        data = uri.getPath();

    } else if ( ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT.equals( scheme ) ) {

        Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query( uri, new String[] { ImageColumns.DATA }, null, null, null );

        if ( null != cursor ) {

            if ( cursor.moveToFirst() ) {

                int index = cursor.getColumnIndex( ImageColumns.DATA );

                if ( index > - ) {

                    data = cursor.getString( index );

                }

            }

            cursor.close();

        }

    }

    return data;

}

    String type = Utils.ensureNotNull(intent.getType());

                Log.d(TAG, "uri is " + uri);

                if (uri.getScheme().equals("file") && (type.contains("image/"))) {

                    String path = uri.getEncodedPath();

                    Log.d(TAG, "path1 is " + path);

                    if (path != null) {

                        path = Uri.decode(path);

                        Log.d(TAG, "path2 is " + path);

                        ContentResolver cr = this.getContentResolver();

                        StringBuffer buff = new StringBuffer();

                        buff.append("(")

                                .append(Images.ImageColumns.DATA)

                                .append("=")

                                .append("'" + path + "'")

                                .append(")");

                        Cursor cur = cr.query(

                                Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,

                                new String[] { Images.ImageColumns._ID },

                                buff.toString(), null, null);

                        int index = ;

                        for (cur.moveToFirst(); !cur.isAfterLast(); cur

                                .moveToNext()) {

                            index = cur.getColumnIndex(Images.ImageColumns._ID);

                            // set _id value

                            index = cur.getInt(index);

                        }

                        if (index == ) {

                            //do nothing

                        } else {

                            Uri uri_temp = Uri

                                    .parse("content://media/external/images/media/"

                                            + index);

                            Log.d(TAG, "uri_temp is " + uri_temp);

                            if (uri_temp != null) {

                                uri = uri_temp;

                            }

                        }

                    }

                }