Open image in gallery with Android Nougat

Question

I want to open a saved image in gallery on Android Nougat but what I get is a black gallery page with message "Can't load the photo".

That's my code:

Manifest

    <provider
        android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
        android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
        android:exported="false"
        android:grantUriPermissions="true">
        <meta-data
            android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
            android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/>
    </provider>

provider_paths.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
 <external-path name="external_files" path="."/>
</paths>

Path generated in DrawView

public static boolean save(Bitmap bitmap){
    Date now = new Date();
    SimpleDateFormat simpleDateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy'_'HH:mm");

    File folder = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory() +
            File.separator + "Crash");
    if (!folder.exists()) {
        folder.mkdirs();
    }

    FileOutputStream fos = null;
    try {
        lastImagePath = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/Crash/" + simpleDateFormat.format(now) + ".jpg");
        fos = new FileOutputStream(lastImagePath);
        bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, fos);

        fos.flush();
        fos.close();
        fos = null;
        return true;
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
        return false;
    }

    finally {
        if (fos != null) {
            try {
                fos.close();
            } catch (IOException e) {}
        }
    }
}

Open Image Listener

    private class OpenImageListener implements View.OnClickListener{

    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {
        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT < Build.VERSION_CODES.N){
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("file://" + DrawView.getLastImagePath().getAbsolutePath()), "image/*");
            startActivity(intent);
        } else {
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            Uri photoUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(MainActivity.this, BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".provider", DrawView.getLastImagePath());
            intent.setData(photoUri);
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    }
}

Maybe I generate a wrong path for the image, but with old version it works (I tried on Marshmallow and works great).

Can someone help me? Thanks.

Answer 1

In your else block in onClick(), after calling setData() on your Intent to set the Uri, call addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION) on the Intent.

As it stands, the other app has no rights to work with the content identified by the Uri. Adding FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION does this.

This is covered in the FileProvider documentation, along with modern books on Android app development.