ContentResolver.OpenInputStream(Uri) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Android.Content

Assembly:: Mono.Android.dll

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Open a stream on to the content associated with a content URI.

[Android.Runtime.Register("openInputStream", "(Landroid/net/Uri;)Ljava/io/InputStream;", "")]
public System.IO.Stream? OpenInputStream (Android.Net.Uri uri);

[<Android.Runtime.Register("openInputStream", "(Landroid/net/Uri;)Ljava/io/InputStream;", "")>]
member this.OpenInputStream : Android.Net.Uri -> System.IO.Stream

Parameters

uri: Uri

The desired URI.

Returns

Stream

InputStream or null if the provider recently crashed.

Attributes: RegisterAttribute

Exceptions

FileNotFoundException

if the provided URI could not be opened.

Remarks

Open a stream on to the content associated with a content URI. If there is no data associated with the URI, FileNotFoundException is thrown.

<h5>Accepts the following URI schemes:</h5> <ul> <li>content (#SCHEME_CONTENT)</li> <li>android.resource (#SCHEME_ANDROID_RESOURCE)</li> <li>file (#SCHEME_FILE)</li> </ul>

See #openAssetFileDescriptor(Uri, String) for more information on these schemes.

Java documentation for android.content.ContentResolver.openInputStream(android.net.Uri).

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Applies to