Get File Path of Gallery Image

This will allow you to take a URI given from the Gallery browser and convert it into a direct path to the file in the file system. I needed to get the exact path a chosen image was stored in for logging purposes. There may be better ways of doing this so your input is welcome.

	// To open up a gallery browser
	Intent intent = new Intent();
	intent.setType("image/*");
	intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
	startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture"),1);

	// To handle when an image is selected from the browser, add the following to your Activity
	@Override
	public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { 

	        if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) {

	                if (requestCode == 1) {

	                        // currImageURI is the global variable I'm using to hold the content:// URI of the image
	                        currImageURI = data.getData();
	                }
	        }
	}

	// And to convert the image URI to the direct file system path of the image file
	public String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentUri) {

	        // can post image
	        String [] proj={MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA};
	        Cursor cursor = managedQuery( contentUri,
	                        proj, // Which columns to return
	                        null,       // WHERE clause; which rows to return (all rows)
	                        null,       // WHERE clause selection arguments (none)
	                        null); // Order-by clause (ascending by name)
	        int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA);
	        cursor.moveToFirst();

	        return cursor.getString(column_index);
	}