How to download image/video file in Android R with help of MediaStore?

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As getExternalStoragePublicDirectory has been deprecated in Android Q and recommendation is to use MediaStore API

Here is my Image URL https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2020/04/21/06/41/bulldog-5071407_1280.jpg

I want to download this image file and want to save the shared folder i.e. Downloads or Pictures Folder as per MediaStore API

Below is the sample code

ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, name);
contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, mimeType);
contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.RELATIVE_PATH, Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS);

Uri uri = resolver.insert(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, contentValues);

Note: compileSdkVersion 30

I want an example of How to download an Image/Video file in Android R and save it into the download folder location with MediaStore.

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2 Answers

Hi Kanaiya I answered an improvement on MediaStore answer MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage deprecated

I did use workManager and viewModel not sure if that would apply to your use-case, I did test my answer on API 26 and on API 30.

My working sample is just a 2018 workmanager codelab for which I made minor changes to remove a depreciated api call, thanks for the original idea commonsware

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In order to save it on android 10. Then after calling the insert method you will get the URI then call

os = getContentResolver().openOutputStream(uri);

bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, os);
os.close();

In Android 10 calling insert method is not enough

Your code will look like this

ContentResolver resolver = context.getContentResolver();
ContentValues contentValues = new ContentValues();
contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, name);
contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.MIME_TYPE, mimeType);
contentValues.put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.RELATIVE_PATH, Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS);

Uri uri = resolver.insert(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, contentValues); 

OutputStream os = getContentResolver().openOutputStream(uri);

Bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, os);
os.close();

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