val cursor = contentResolver.query(uri,  filePathColumn, null, null, null)
 cursor!!.moveToFirst()
 val columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(filePathColumn[0])

if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < 19) {
            var intent = Intent()
            intent.type = "image/*"
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true)
            intent.action = Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT
            startActivityForResult(
                Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Picture")
                , PICK_IMAGE_MULTIPLE
            )
        } else {
            var intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT)
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true)
            intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE)
            intent.type = "image/*"
            startActivityForResult(intent, PICK_IMAGE_MULTIPLE);
        }

override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, data: Intent?) {

        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)
        // When an Image is picked
        if (requestCode == PICK_IMAGE_MULTIPLE && resultCode == Activity.RESULT_OK
            && null != data
        ) {
            if (data.getClipData() != null) {
                var count = data.clipData.itemCount
                for (i in 0..count - 1) {
                    var imageUri: Uri = data.clipData.getItemAt(i).uri
                    getPathFromURI(imageUri)
                }
            } else if (data.getData() != null) {
                var imagePath: String = data.data.path
                Log.e("imagePath", imagePath);
            }

            displayImageData()
        }
    }

    private fun getPathFromURI(uri: Uri) {
        var path: String = uri.path // uri = any content Uri

        val databaseUri: Uri
        val selection: String?
        val selectionArgs: Array<String>?
        if (path.contains("/document/image:")) { // files selected from "Documents"
            databaseUri = MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI
            selection = "_id=?"
            selectionArgs = arrayOf(DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri).split(":")[1])
        } else { // files selected from all other sources, especially on Samsung devices
            databaseUri = uri
            selection = null
            selectionArgs = null
        }
        try {
            val projection = arrayOf(
                MediaStore.Images.Media.DATA,
                MediaStore.Images.Media._ID,
                MediaStore.Images.Media.ORIENTATION,
                MediaStore.Images.Media.DATE_TAKEN
            ) // some example data you can query
            val cursor = contentResolver.query(
                databaseUri,
                projection, selection, selectionArgs, null
            )
            if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
                val columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(projection[0])
                imagePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex)
               // Log.e("path", imagePath);
                imagesPathList.add(imagePath)
            }
            cursor.close()
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            Log.e(TAG, e.message, e)
        }
    }