Permission denied when creating bitmap from photo path

Question

I am trying to create bitmap from photo path like this:

    Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(mCurrentPhotoPath);

And I have added permissions in manifest:

    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
    <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

It works fine before. But suddenly it got a problem, says:

    E/BitmapFactory: Unable to decode stream: java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/image_1.jpg: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

I have been searching the answer for a few days, but still can not figure it out. I am totally new to android and this is my first post. Hope you can help me with it. Thanks!

For your reference, I am using android studio and genymotion. The app API is 23.

Maybe permissions for reading file form SD cards changed in Android versions? Check if you are targetting for the right Android API Level. — Ahmet Ipkin, Apr 01 '16 at 13:50
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/32635704/cant-get-the-permission — CommonsWare, Apr 01 '16 at 13:53
@Shark I tried to restart everything. But the problem is still there. It is the run time permission problem. — Fangyuan Jiang, Apr 01 '16 at 14:36
Ah, API 23. yea, you need to request the permission at runtime and **do** if you get it or **bail out** if you don't. :/ — Shark, Apr 01 '16 at 14:38
@AhmetIpkin Yes, beginning from API 23, it needs to request runtime permission. Just learned from the accepted answer. Thank you for your reply. — Fangyuan Jiang, Apr 01 '16 at 14:38
@CommonsWare Thank you, get it! I should have searched more. — Fangyuan Jiang, Apr 01 '16 at 14:43

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 01 '16 at 13:52

The app has not been approve for the permission to write to the external memory, this is a new feature for android 23 Marshmallow called Run time permission.

You first need to create a runtime permission for user to accept and approve to write to the external memory before you can write to it.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 01 '16 at 14:03

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You can try this.

 Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(mCurrentPhotoPath);

to

 Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeFile("file://"+mCurrentPhotoPath);

I hope this will help you. thanks

answered Apr 01 '16 at 14:03

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After applying @Rod_Algonquin answer, I tried your suggestion by curiosity. Turns out it results in a "ENOENT (No such file or directory) error. – Michaël Polla Jul 19 '16 at 16:30

Permission denied when creating bitmap from photo path

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