How can I make RELATIVE_PATH that added in android Q backward compatible?

Question

According to the docs the RELATIVE_PATH Added in API level 29 public static final String RELATIVE_PATH Relative path of this media item within the storage device where it is persisted. For example, an item stored at /storage/0000-0000/DCIM/Vacation/IMG1024.JPG would have a path of DCIM/Vacation/.

How can I organize my media files that being inserted to MediaStore on Android prior to Android Q Afaik: PRIMARY_DIRECTORY doesn't work put(MediaStore.MediaColumns.PRIMARY_DIRECTORY, relativePath) according to the docs it has been removed

/**
 * The primary directory name this media exists under. The value may be
 * {@code NULL} if the media doesn't have a primary directory name.
 *
 * @removed
 * @deprecated Replaced by {@link #RELATIVE_PATH}.
 */
@Column(Cursor.FIELD_TYPE_STRING)
@Deprecated
public static final String PRIMARY_DIRECTORY = "primary_directory";

Lymphadenitis

"How can I organize my media files that being inserted to MediaStore on Android prior to Android Q" -- use Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DCIM), create a directory under there, and save your images using ordinary file I/O. – Delegacy

I just wanted to use MediaStore API using the insert method to avoid maintaining two different implementations, is there any way to do that? – Lymphadenitis

No, sorry, there is not. – Delegacy

have you found any solution to this? – Overtop

Answer 1

Basically you just need to use Media.DATA below Android Q and use Media.RELATIVE_PATH otherwise.

FYI, I wrote a function to achieve this.

Grayling