[SOLVED] Reading file on macOS gives FileNotFound even though file exists ( and has permission )

Reading file on macOS gives FileNotFound even though file exists ( and has permission )

I have a javafx app that allows selecting an image and displaying it or lets you select a folder, read images inside and display them. In either case, it works fine on Windows, but when run on macOS it does not work and throws a FileNotFoundException. Here is the code to read it:

String path = Paths.get(pathToFile).toUri().toString()

That line gives me the path

file:///Users/userName/Downloads/untitled%20folder/image.png

But then the exception says

file:/Users/username/Downloads/untitled%20folder/image.png (No such file or directory)

I tried to remove the space from the folder, give 0777 permission to all files. It just does not read it.
I want to add that the file path is obtained from the javaFX file chooser and it is not put there manually.

The complete code is pretty much this:

String path = Paths.get(loadedFilePath).toUri().toString();
File file = new File(path);
System.out.println(file.exists());
com.drew.metadata.Metadata metadata = ImageMetadataReader.readMetadata(new File(path));

The exception is thrown in the readMetadata() method but already the file.exists() returns false.

Solution

The File class works with local paths, not URIs, so going through Paths just to get a URI and then convert it to a string and use it with a File won't work, as you've seen.

Instead, you can use Paths to get a File object directly:

File file = Paths.get(loadedFilePath).toFile();