title: Get Path of Gallery Image Xamarin?
body: <p>I am trying to get the path of Gallery Image. I am getting the path of the image which is stored in internal storage but not of the external storage. I have also enabled the read-write storage and camera access permissions which has been granted. 
  Here is my code</p>
  
  <pre><code>    void ChoosePhoto()
      {
          try
          {
              var imageIntent = new Intent();
              imageIntent.SetType("image/*");
              imageIntent.SetAction(Intent.ActionGetContent);
              StartActivityForResult(Intent.CreateChooser(imageIntent, "Select photo"), 0);
          }
          catch (Exception ex)
          {
              throw ex;
          }
      } 
  
  protected override void OnActivityResult(int requestCode, Result resultCode, Intent data)
      {
          base.OnActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
  
          if (requestCode == CAMERA_CAPTURE)
          {
          // camera operation
          }
          else
          {
              Console.WriteLine("choose pic from Gallery");
              var uri = data.Data;
              var path = getRealPathFromURI(uri); //path returns null when i select image from external storage;
          }
      }
      private String getRealPathFromURI(Uri contentURI)
      {
          string[] proj = { MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.Data };
          String result;
          var cursor = ContentResolver.Query(contentURI, proj, null, null, null);
          if (cursor == null)
              result = contentURI.Path;
          else
          {
              int idx= cursor.GetColumnIndex(MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.Data);
              cursor.MoveToFirst();
              result = cursor.GetString(idx);
              cursor.Close();
          }
          return result;
      }
  </code></pre>