Android - getting from a Uri to an InputStream to a byte array?

Question

I\'m trying to get from an Android Uri to a byte array.

I have the following code, but it keeps telling me that the byte array is 61 bytes long, even though the fil

Answer 1

Kotlin way:

@Throws(IOException::class)
private fun readBytes(context: Context, uri: Uri): ByteArray? = 
    context.contentResolver.openInputStream(uri)?.buffered()?.use { it.readBytes() }

In Kotlin, they added convenient extension functions for InputStream like buffered, use, and readBytes.

• buffered decorates the input stream as BufferedInputStream
• use handles closing the stream
• readBytes does the main job of reading the stream and writing into a byte array

Error cases:

• IOException can occur during the process (like in Java)
• openInputStream can return null. If you call the method in Java you can easily oversee this. Think about how you want to handle this case.