Error opening ExifInterface JHEAD (android)

Question

I am trying to select and image from gallery and print its path along with gps tags using ExifInterface. I am using nexus 4 (kitkat 4.4.2) for debugging and the path to the image I get is

/ storage / emulate / 0 / DCIM / image_file_name but ExifInterface returns null for all tags, and logcat shows a JHEAD error cant open '/ storage / emulated / 0 / DCIM / image_file_name' (application does not crash). Please, help.

Main activity code:

package com.example.images; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import android.media.ExifInterface; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.provider.MediaStore; import android.annotation.SuppressLint; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.View; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.ImageView; import android.widget.RelativeLayout; import android.widget.TextView; import android.widget.Toast; public class MainActivity extends Activity { @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button1); button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { public void onClick(View v) { // Perform action on click Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); intent.setType("image/*"); startActivityForResult(intent,0); } }); } public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent intent) { if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) { ImageView iv= (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.imageView1); Uri uri = intent.getData(); RelativeLayout rl = (RelativeLayout) findViewById(R.id.rl); Toast.makeText(rl.getContext(), uri.getPath(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); iv.setImageURI(uri); String s = getPath(uri); TextView tv= new TextView(rl.getContext()); //System.out.println(s); RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT); params.addRule(RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF, R.id.imageView1); tv.setLayoutParams(params); rl.addView(tv); tv.setText(s); tv.setId(1); //File f= new File(s); //Toast.makeText(rl.getContext(), f.getName(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); try { ExifInterface exif = new ExifInterface(s); String myAttribute="Exif information ---\n"; myAttribute += getTagString(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE, exif); myAttribute += getTagString(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LATITUDE_REF, exif); myAttribute += getTagString(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE, exif); myAttribute += getTagString(ExifInterface.TAG_GPS_LONGITUDE_REF, exif); float[] output = null; Boolean x= exif.getLatLong(output); System.out.print(x); TextView tv1= new TextView(rl.getContext()); RelativeLayout.LayoutParams params1 = new RelativeLayout.LayoutParams(RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT, RelativeLayout.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT); params1.addRule(RelativeLayout.RIGHT_OF, R.id.imageView1); params1.addRule(RelativeLayout.BELOW, 1); tv1.setLayoutParams(params1); rl.addView(tv1); tv1.setText(myAttribute); } catch (IOException e) { // TODO Auto-generated catch block e.printStackTrace(); } } } private String getTagString(String tag, ExifInterface exif) { return(tag + " : " + exif.getAttribute(tag) + "\n"); } @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") public String getPath(Uri uri) { String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null); if(cursor!=null) { //HERE YOU WILL GET A NULLPOINTER IF CURSOR IS NULL //THIS CAN BE, IF YOU USED OI FILE MANAGER FOR PICKING THE MEDIA int column_index = cursor .getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA); cursor.moveToFirst(); if(cursor.getString(column_index) != null) return cursor.getString(column_index); else return uri.getPath(); } else return uri.getPath(); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); return true; } } 

Log Code:

 02-18 19:59:04.267: D/dalvikvm(9815): Late-enabling CheckJNI 02-18 19:59:04.287: D/dalvikvm(9815): Debugger has detached; object registry had 1 entries 02-18 19:59:04.538: D/OpenGLRenderer(9815): Enabling debug mode 0 02-18 19:59:11.905: D/dalvikvm(9815): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 96K, 2% free 9147K/9280K, paused 15ms, total 16ms 02-18 19:59:11.946: I/dalvikvm-heap(9815): Grow heap (frag case) to 39.442MB for 31961104-byte allocation 02-18 19:59:11.956: D/dalvikvm(9815): GC_FOR_ALLOC freed 3K, 1% free 40356K/40496K, paused 13ms, total 13ms 02-18 19:59:12.306: E/JHEAD(9815): can't open '/storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/IMG_20140217_210408.jpg' 

Manifest file:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.example.images" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" > <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="9" android:targetSdkVersion="14" /> <application android:allowBackup="true" android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher" android:label="@string/app_name" android:theme="@style/AppTheme" > <activity android:name="com.example.images.MainActivity" android:label="@string/app_name" > <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" /> </intent-filter> </activity> </application> </manifest>