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How I can get the mime type of a file having its Uri?

I have a List of Uris obtained with the Gallery and the Camera. These Uris are like this: content://media/external/images/media/94. How I can get its mime type?

Solution

  • You can try 

    ContentResolver cR = context.getContentResolver();
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String type = mime.getExtensionFromMimeType(cR.getType(uri));

    Edit :

    mime.getExtensionFromMimeType(cR.getType(uri))

    returns -> "jpeg"

    cR.getType(uri);

    returns "image/jpeg" that is the expected value.