I have been battling with a particular issue for over a week now. I want to be able to share images from my PicturesApp/File Explorer into my app and then post to a private server. Images are already being posted when the gallery is navigated to from inside the app with the help of a MultiImage Selector Library. I have tried all the answers i have come across on here to no avail including the renowned FileUtils Class referenced at here During the course of my research, I have discovered there are a lot of grey areas in terms of handling data in apps with the brevity (which eventually leads to ambiguity) of documentation and a consequent heap of unanswered questions in this regard. Now to some Code
<provider
android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
tools:replace= "android:authorities"
android:authorities="com.myapp.PhotoViewerActivity"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
tools:replace= "android:resource"
android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
</provider>
<activity
android:name="com.myapp.activity.AppActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:screenOrientation="portrait"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme.NoActionBar">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:mimeType="image/*" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND_MULTIPLE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:mimeType="image/*" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
Manifest
I included the File Provider as i want to know if that is overwriting my ability to read content:// uris or something..
where i handle the Intent;
final Intent shareIntent = getIntent();
if (shareIntent.getAction()!=null) {
final String intentAction = shareIntent.getAction();
final String intentFileType = shareIntent.getType();
if (intentAction.equals(Intent.ACTION_SEND)) {
if (intentFileType.startsWith("image/")) {
byte[] imageBytes = null;
Uri uri = (Uri) shareIntent.getParcelableExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
try {
InputStream inputStream = getContentResolver().openInputStream(uri);
imageBytes= getBytes(inputStream);
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
RequestBody requestFile = RequestBody.create(MediaType.parse("image/*"), imageBytes);
image1 = MultipartBody.Part.createFormData("image1", "new_image", requestFile);
}
}
}
public byte[] getBytes(InputStream is) throws IOException{
ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
int buffSize =1024;
byte[] buff = new byte[buffSize];
int len=0;
while((len = is.read(buff))!= -1){
baos.write(buff,0,len);
}
return baos.toByteArray();
}
Activity
Ps: I have already handled permissions. Like i said i can post pictures from the app presently. For this particular feature the server says "The File does not exist"
