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I am fetching list of all the images, videos and audio files in the device. The below code is working fine on all devices up till android O (api 27). But it is not working on android Pie devices (api 28). Cursor returns null for the query

For Images

String proj = MediaStore.Images.Media._ID,
 MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA,
 MediaStore.Images.Media.TITLE,
 MediaStore.Images.Media.SIZE
 ;
ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver();

Cursor imagescursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
 proj, null, null, "_size DESC");

For Video files

String proj = MediaStore.Video.Media._ID,
 MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA,
 MediaStore.Video.Media.TITLE,
 MediaStore.Video.Media.SIZE,
 MediaStore.Video.Media.DURATION
 ;
ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver();

Cursor videocursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
 proj, null, null, "_size DESC");

For Audio files

String proj = MediaStore.Audio.Media._ID,
 MediaStore.Audio.Media.DATA,
 MediaStore.Audio.Media.DISPLAY_NAME,
 MediaStore.Audio.Media.SIZE,
 MediaStore.Audio.Media.DURATION;
ContentResolver cr = context.getContentResolver();

Cursor audiocursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Audio.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
 proj, null, null, "_size DESC");

Please if anyone can help me out!

So I am able to find a workaround for this. Please let me know if anyone finds a better way to do it.

Step 1. local storage directory path

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath());

Step 2. For images, Videos, Audios

private ArrayList<File> allShownImagesPath = new ArrayList<>();
private ArrayList<File> allShownVideoPath = new ArrayList<>();
private ArrayList<File> allShownAudioPath = new ArrayList<>();

Step 3. I am calling this method in background thread

public void searchDir(File dir) 
 //audio
 String mp3 = ".mp3";
 String ogg = ".ogg";
 String aac = ".aac";
 //video
 String mp4 = ".mp4";
 String mkv = ".mkv";
 String avi = ".avi";
 String webm = ".webm";
 //images
 String webp = ".webp";
 String png = ".png";
 String jpg = ".jpg";
 String gif = ".gif";

 File listFile = dir.listFiles();
 if (listFile != null) 
 for (File file : listFile) 


 if (file.isDirectory()) 
 if (!file.getName().equals("Android") && !file.isHidden()) // will skip Android folder, hidden folders
 searchDir(file);
 else 
 if (!file.isHidden()) 
 
 
 
 

Of course you can use more filters to find different files like .pdf, .docx, etc.

Not relevant to the question, but you can sort your files.

if (allShownImagesPath.size() > 0)

 File sortedImgFiles = allShownImagesPath.toArray(new File[0]);
 Arrays.sort(sortedImgFiles, LastModifiedFileComparator.LASTMODIFIED_COMPARATOR);