Android Question INTENT ID Library can't share files in Android 7+ ?

[Andris]

I thought I'd pass this on to users of INTENT ID (Share intents and anothers important Intents). Could save some B4A developers some time.

For quite a while now I've been using the convenient INTENT ID Library (by Douglas Farias) for sharing files, without any problems. However, just yesterday, all the file sharing intents suddenly stopped working on my Pixel XL after installation of the latest patch (March 5, 2017) of Android 7.1.1. Intents all still work perfectly on my Nexus 6 running Android 6.0.1.

The reason for this is more than likely as explained by Erel in Sharing files from your app with File Provider:

"Starting from Android 7 - Nougat,it is not possible to share a file directly (file:// uri). It will result with a FileUriExposedException. This is relevant even if you don't set the targetSdkVersion to 24.

The solution is to use FileProvider from Android support library."
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Time to do some work and add FileProvider to my app!

(Also look at Share txt files for a share file example)

 

[Andris]

Here's an update on my previous post INTENT ID Library can't share files in Android 7+:

As it turned out, the problem I had was due to the fact that File.Copy had stopped working correctly. This problem is well documented in [Solved] Problem with File.copy to DirRootExternal on Marshmallow Devices. After I set android:targetSdkVersion to 22 in the Manifest, File.Copy worked correctly again.

My apologies for blaming the INTENTS ID Library!

 

[fredo]

...targetSdkVersion to 22 in the Manifest...

Since we cannot stick to SDK 22 for the next 100 years maybe this might help you: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...ut-fileuriexposedexception.72538/#post-461557

 

[Andris]

Since we cannot stick to SDK 22 for the next 100 years maybe this might help you: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/t...ut-fileuriexposedexception.72538/#post-461557

Thanks fredo! Am going down that path

 

[Erel]

Check this thread as well: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/sharing-files-from-your-app-with-file-provider.70458/