android show error when share content on another application

Question

Android show fatal exception when run application in android nougat when sharing data to another application. It runs perfectly below nougat.

Here is my code

  Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
  sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Student Details of " + currentDate);
  sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, u1);
  sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
  startActivity(sendIntent);  // Gives error on this line

This Is the error shows.

04-08 18:31:38.371 18464-18464/manager.attendance.com E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: main
                                                                    Process: manager.attendance.com, PID: 18464
                                                                    java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=@android:requestPermissions:, request=5, result=-1, data=Intent { act=android.content.pm.action.REQUEST_PERMISSIONS (has extras) }} to activity {manager.attendance.com/manager.attendance.com.activity.MainActivity}: android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/Exported%20Data/Data-08-Apr-2017.csv exposed beyond app through ClipData.Item.getUri()
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4094)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:4137)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap20(ActivityThread.java)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1529)
                                                                        at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
                                                                        at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
                                                                        at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6123)
                                                                        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
                                                                        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:867)
                                                                        at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:757)
                                                                     Caused by: android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/Exported%20Data/Data-08-Apr-2017.csv exposed beyond app through ClipData.Item.getUri()
                                                                        at android.os.StrictMode.onFileUriExposed(StrictMode.java:1813)
                                                                        at android.net.Uri.checkFileUriExposed(Uri.java:2360)
                                                                        at android.content.ClipData.prepareToLeaveProcess(ClipData.java:832)
                                                                        at android.content.Intent.prepareToLeaveProcess(Intent.java:8957)
                                                                        at android.content.Intent.prepareToLeaveProcess(Intent.java:8942)
                                                                        at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1583)
                                                                        at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:4228)
                                                                        at android.support.v4.app.BaseFragmentActivityJB.startActivityForResult(BaseFragmentActivityJB.java:50)
                                                                        at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:79)
                                                                        at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:4187)
                                                                        at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:859)
                                                                        at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4515)
                                                                        at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4483)
                                                                        at manager.attendance.com.activity.MainActivity.exportToCsvAndSend(MainActivity.java:171)
                                                                        at manager.attendance.com.activity.MainActivity.onRequestPermissionsResult(MainActivity.java:191)

https://stackoverflow.com/a/38203793/115145 – CommonsWare Apr 08 '17 at 13:20 — CommonsWare, Apr 08 '17 at 13:20

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 08 '17 at 13:22

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Try this

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, 
getResources().getText(R.string.send_to)));

Instead of

startActivity(sendIntent);

It is documented here

answered Apr 08 '17 at 13:22

Sp4Rx

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