How to retrieve the absolute path of content:// on an Android Intent?

Question

While parsing the results of Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT:

Intent intent = new Intent();
        intent.setType("video/*");
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
        startActivityForResult(
                Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Video"), READ_REQUEST_CODE);

On SDK 27 I receive :

dat=content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/video:14691

on SDK 23 :

dat=content://com.android.externalstorage.documents/document/primary:some_dir/VID-20171013-WA0010_repaired.mp4 

I'm using RealPathUtils.class to get the absolute path of the file. It does the job on most of the devices tested, but it failed on SDK 25.

RealPathUtils :

public class RealPathUtils {

    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    public static String getRealPathFromURI_API19(Context context, Uri uri){
        String filePath = "";
        String wholeID = DocumentsContract.getDocumentId(uri);

        // Split at colon, use second item in the array
        String id = wholeID.split(":")[1];

        String[] column = { MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA };

        // where id is equal to
        String sel = MediaStore.Video.Media._ID + "=?";

        Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
                column, sel, new String[]{ id.replaceAll("(?i)^.*/", "") }, null);

        int columnIndex = cursor.getColumnIndex(column[0]);

        if (cursor.moveToFirst()) {
            filePath = cursor.getString(columnIndex);
        }
        cursor.close();
        return filePath;
    }


    @SuppressLint("NewApi")
    public static String getRealPathFromURI_API11to18(Context context, Uri contentUri) {
        String[] proj = { MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA };
        String result = null;

        CursorLoader cursorLoader = new CursorLoader(
                context,
                contentUri, proj, null, null, null);
        Cursor cursor = cursorLoader.loadInBackground();

        if(cursor != null){
            int column_index =
                    cursor.getColumnIndexOrThrow(MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA);
            cursor.moveToFirst();
            result = cursor.getString(column_index);
        }
        return result;
    }

}

I'm doubtful about using RealPathUtils on a production environment without knowing if it will fail on untested scenarios.

1. Is there a more generic/reliable way of retrieving the absolute path of a file on SDK > 15 devices?
2. Would a build-in file explorer be a solution?