Does the content uri points to a specific location in android directory?

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Let's say I have this content uri

content:///com.test.mypackage/provider_path

I'm using FileProvider for this content uri and was constructed using

Uri photoUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(MainActivity.this, "com.test", image);

since I'm using FileProvider I need to specify a path in an xml resource;

<external-path name="external_files" path="Folder1/"/>

From the generated content uri specified above, does the directory structure for this is:

com.test.mypackage > Folder1

I don't know if the content uri points out to a directory. Btw I'm trying to save an image to a directory using FileProvider.

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 03:03

A FileProvider can only generate a content URI for files in directories that you specify beforehand. To specify a directory, specify the its storage area and path in XML, using child elements of the element.

Then, the files you are specifying in XML as

<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <files-path name="myfile" path="mydir/"/>
    ...
</paths>

are in your app's private file area, in this particular case the file myfile will be in the subdirectory mydir under the directory getFilesDir() points to.

Does the content uri points to a specific location in android directory?

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