Error: Attempt to invoke interface method 'int android.database.Cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(java.lang.String)' on a null object

[taichi-jp]

When excuting the code below,

RNGRP.getRealPathFromURI(payload.uri)
    .then((filePath: string) => console.log(filePath))
    .catch((error: string) => console.log(error));

It raises an error saying:

Error: Attempt to invoke interface method 'int android.database.Cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(java.lang.String)' on a null object reference
    at convertError (GRP.common.js:21)
    at tryCatcher (bluebird.js:4594)
    at Promise._settlePromiseFromHandler (bluebird.js:2698)
    at Promise._settlePromiseAt (bluebird.js:2772)
    at Promise._settlePromises (bluebird.js:2888)
    at Async._drainQueue (bluebird.js:175)
    at Async._drainQueues (bluebird.js:185)
    at Async.drainQueues (bluebird.js:67)
    at JSTimers.js:301
    at _callTimer (JSTimers.js:154)
    at _callImmediatesPass (JSTimers.js:202)
    at Object.callImmediates (JSTimers.js:470)
    at MessageQueue.__callImmediates (MessageQueue.js:329)
    at MessageQueue.js:147
    at MessageQueue.__guardSafe (MessageQueue.js:316)
    at MessageQueue.flushedQueue (MessageQueue.js:146)

(I tried this solution to build successfully: #10 (comment))

[taichi-jp]

Does this mean payload.uri is a wrong URI ?

[ggunti]

Same error

[ggunti]

Why it throws this error? It worked before.

[acuntex]

Any updates on this?
Or is this another dead project? :(

[ggunti]

No updates as I know :(

[Faolain]

same issue here, is it a result of an invalid uri?

[adeelYasin]

You have to add storage Permissions at runtime. As this error occurs in Android devices having version above Marshmellow. So use this package.! It works for me.
https://www.npmjs.com/package/react-native-permissions

[medelvann]

@adeelYasin thanks for you help , thats work
i using DocumentPicker Package , when i choose file from Downloads this error happened again , and when i choose file from
Download folder in internal storage , uri successfully converted.

[khanna007]

@medelvann can i have full code of this issue i am also stucked in this type of issue.