As a preface, I am familiar with coding (2 years in highschool) but am a complete novice when it comes to Android Studio (and Java, in general). I've been searching for solutions for my problem, but due to my inexperience I have no idea how to implement the solutions to my project.
In short, I need to download a pdf from some external URL, store it into external storage, and display it using some pdf-viewer application. I've been getting error:
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android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/pdf/Read.pdf exposed beyond app through Intent.getData()
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I've been using this source on using an intent to open a pdf-viewer and this source on "File Provider" as references.
Below is what I have so far:
Fire (with a clickable TextView that should download and display the pdf)
public class Fire extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_fire);
final TextView testButton = findViewById(R.id.testPDF);
// File file = getFilesDir();
testButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Intent intent = new Intent(Fire.this, pdfView.class);
startActivity(intent);
}
});
pdfView activity
public class pdfView extends AppCompatActivity {
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_pdf_view);
String extStorageDirectory = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
File folder = new File(extStorageDirectory, "pdf");
folder.mkdir();
File file = new File(folder, "Read.pdf");
try {
file.createNewFile();
} catch (IOException e1) {
e1.printStackTrace();
}
Downloader.DownloadFile(__PDF_URL___, file);
showPdf();
}
public void showPdf()
{
File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+"/pdf/Read.pdf");
PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
Intent testIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
testIntent.setType("application/pdf");
List list = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(testIntent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);
intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/pdf");
startActivity(intent);
}
Downloader class
public class Downloader {
public static void DownloadFile(String fileURL, File directory) {
try {
FileOutputStream f = new FileOutputStream(directory);
URL u = new URL(fileURL);
HttpURLConnection c = (HttpURLConnection) u.openConnection();
c.setRequestMethod("GET");
c.setDoOutput(true);
c.connect();
InputStream in = c.getInputStream();
byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
int len1 = 0;
while ((len1 = in.read(buffer)) > 0) {
f.write(buffer, 0, len1);
}
f.close();
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
From my research, it seems that my problem stems from my usage of URI instead of a "File provider." Also, it seems the solution that implements a "File Provider" uses Context in some form or another, and I'm confused on what the purpose of context is and how to implement it.
If you do not have answers that is fine. Any information on how to figure this out or even understand the concept is good enough for me.
