Uploading audio, video or image files from Android to php server.

In one of the previous posts I have shown one method to upload an image in android.

Here is another method to upload a media file like images,audio or video in android.
Here is the main java file that does the upload.
Here I am trying to open audio from the gallery. However you can change it to image or video according to your need.
The code for upload will not change since we change only the code for opening the gallery. We use only the path of the selected file whether it is image or video or audio to upload.

package pack.coderzheaven; import java.io.DataInputStream; import java.io.DataOutputStream; import java.io.File; import java.io.FileInputStream; import java.io.IOException; import java.net.HttpURLConnection; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import java.net.URL; import java.util.HashMap; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.database.Cursor; import android.net.Uri; import android.os.Bundle; import android.os.Environment; import android.provider.MediaStore; import android.util.Log; public class UploadAudioDemo extends Activity { private static final int SELECT_AUDIO = 2; String selectedPath = ""; @Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.main); openGalleryAudio(); } public void openGalleryAudio(){ Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setType("audio/*"); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT); startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent,"Select Audio "), SELECT_AUDIO); } public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) { if (resultCode == RESULT_OK) { if (requestCode == SELECT_AUDIO) { System.out.println("SELECT_AUDIO"); Uri selectedImageUri = data.getData(); selectedPath = getPath(selectedImageUri); System.out.println("SELECT_AUDIO Path : " + selectedPath); doFileUpload(); } } } public String getPath(Uri uri) { String[] projection = { MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA }; Cursor cursor = managedQuery(uri, projection, null, null, null); int column_index = cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA); cursor.moveToFirst(); return cursor.getString(column_index); } private void doFileUpload(){ HttpURLConnection conn = null; DataOutputStream dos = null; DataInputStream inStream = null; String lineEnd = "rn"; String twoHyphens = "--"; String boundary = "*****"; int bytesRead, bytesAvailable, bufferSize; byte[] buffer; int maxBufferSize = 1*1024*1024; String responseFromServer = ""; String urlString = "http://your_website.com/upload_audio_test/upload_audio.php"; try { //------------------ CLIENT REQUEST FileInputStream fileInputStream = new FileInputStream(new File(selectedPath) ); // open a URL connection to the Servlet URL url = new URL(urlString); // Open a HTTP connection to the URL conn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection(); // Allow Inputs conn.setDoInput(true); // Allow Outputs conn.setDoOutput(true); // Don't use a cached copy. conn.setUseCaches(false); // Use a post method. conn.setRequestMethod("POST"); conn.setRequestProperty("Connection", "Keep-Alive"); conn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data;boundary="+boundary); dos = new DataOutputStream( conn.getOutputStream() ); dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + lineEnd); dos.writeBytes("Content-Disposition: form-data; name="uploadedfile";filename="" + selectedPath + """ + lineEnd); dos.writeBytes(lineEnd); // create a buffer of maximum size bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available(); bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize); buffer = new byte[bufferSize]; // read file and write it into form... bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize); while (bytesRead > 0) { dos.write(buffer, 0, bufferSize); bytesAvailable = fileInputStream.available(); bufferSize = Math.min(bytesAvailable, maxBufferSize); bytesRead = fileInputStream.read(buffer, 0, bufferSize); } // send multipart form data necesssary after file data... dos.writeBytes(lineEnd); dos.writeBytes(twoHyphens + boundary + twoHyphens + lineEnd); // close streams Log.e("Debug","File is written"); fileInputStream.close(); dos.flush(); dos.close(); } catch (MalformedURLException ex) { Log.e("Debug", "error: " + ex.getMessage(), ex); } catch (IOException ioe) { Log.e("Debug", "error: " + ioe.getMessage(), ioe); } //------------------ read the SERVER RESPONSE try { inStream = new DataInputStream ( conn.getInputStream() ); String str; while (( str = inStream.readLine()) != null) { Log.e("Debug","Server Response "+str); } inStream.close(); } catch (IOException ioex){ Log.e("Debug", "error: " + ioex.getMessage(), ioex); } } } Now the server side , the code is written in Php. <?php // Where the file is going to be placed $target_path= "uploads/"; /* Add the original filename to our target path. Result is "uploads/filename.extension" */ $target_path= $target_path. basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); if(move_uploaded_file($_FILES['uploadedfile']['tmp_name'],$target_path)) { echo"The file ". basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']). " has been uploaded"; }else{ echo"There was an error uploading the file, please try again!"; echo"filename: " . basename($_FILES['uploadedfile']['name']); echo"target_path: " .$target_path; } ?> Things to keep in mind: 1. Make sure your server is running. 2. Your server file path should be right. 3. Check your folder write permission in the server.  how to upload an image in android:  http://www.coderzheaven.com/2011/04/25/android-upload-an-image-to-a-server/ how to access a remote php file from android :  http://www.coderzheaven.com/2011/01/19/how-to-access-a-remote-php-file-from-android-2/