how can access to video path in my device?

Question

 @Throws(IOException::class)
private fun createVideoFile(): File {
    // Create an image file name
    val timeStamp: String = SimpleDateFormat("yyyyMMdd_HHmmss").format(Date())
    val storageDir: File? = getExternalFilesDir(Environment.DIRECTORY_MOVIES)
    return File.createTempFile(
        "oogoo_${timeStamp}_",
        ".mp4",
        storageDir
    ).apply {
        videoPath = this.path
        videoUri = this.toUri()
    }
}

Iam using CameraView to record Video . when stop record I get path of record

D/VideoTaken: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.testgogoapplication/files/Movies/oogoo_20211021_125639_3062139219833544197.mp4

file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.example.testgogoapplication/files/Movies/oogoo_20211021_125639_3062139219833544197.mp4

put not found this path in Device how can access to this path?.

if there is another way to save the video to storage (best way to write file) by Kotlin

Answer 1

Use this:

    private fun createVideoOutputPath(context: Context): String {
        val contentResolver = context.contentResolver

        /** Represent the videos collection */
        val videosCollection: Uri = sdkAndUp(29) { // if sdk is 29 or higher
            MediaStore.Video.Media.getContentUri(MediaStore.VOLUME_EXTERNAL_PRIMARY)
        } ?: MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI

        /** Represents the data values of the video to be saved */
        val contentValues = ContentValues()

        // Adding the file title to the content values
        contentValues.put(
            MediaStore.Video.Media.TITLE,
            "VID_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".mp4"
        )
        // Adding the file display name to the content values
        contentValues.put(
            MediaStore.Video.Media.DISPLAY_NAME,
            "VID_" + System.currentTimeMillis() + ".mp4"
        )
        /** Represents the uri of the inserted video */
        val videoUri = contentResolver.insert(videosCollection, contentValues)!!
        // Opening a stream on to the content associated with the video content uri
        contentResolver.openOutputStream(videoUri)
        /** Represents the file path of the video uri */
        val outputPath = getUriRealPath(context, videoUri)!!
        // Deleting the video uri to create it later with the actual video
        contentResolver.delete(videoUri, null, null)
        return outputPath
    }

    private fun getUriRealPath(contentResolver: ContentResolver, uri: Uri): String {
        var filePath = ""
        val cursor = contentResolver.query(uri, null, null, null, null)
        if (cursor != null) {
            if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                var columnName = MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA
                when (uri) {
                    MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI -> {
                        columnName = MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA
                    }
                    MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI -> {
                        columnName = MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA
                    }
                }
                val filePathColumnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(columnName)
                filePath = cursor.getString(filePathColumnIndex)
            }
            cursor.close()
        }
        return filePath
    }

This code inserts a video uri to MediaStore, retrieves its file path, and removes it from MediaStore. This path will be to the Movies directory which is public and does not require permissions. Now you can use this file path to create a File object like so: val file = File(createVideoOutputPath(context))