How to get a File using MediaStore.Downloads for a file in the Downloads directory?

Question

The documentation says MediaStore.Downloads can be used, but it does not have any example of reading a downloaded file. All the examples I could find on the internet were about downloading and saving files using MediaStore.Downloads , but all I want is reading an already downloaded file.

Let's say that I drag-and-dropped "sample.epub" file into the Android emulator. It is saved to the "Downloads" directory by the emulator. Now, how can I get a File of this "sample.epub" so that I can pass it to the constructor of the ZipFile class ?

Answer 1

 File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory( Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS), "sample_epub");