wordpress-mobile
Sharing media fails due to permission denial (Android 11)
Expected behavior
Sharing media files should work in different Android versions and apps.
Actual behavior
When sharing media files to the editor, a new post, or the media library, it fails when using the File Manager app.
From the logs I can see:
Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.jetpack.android/org.wordpress.android.ui.ShareIntentReceiverActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.fileexplorer.provider.FileExplorerFileProvider
I've also seen other cases like:
Unable to start activity ComponentInfo{com.jetpack.android/org.wordpress.android.ui.ShareIntentReceiverActivity}: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: reading com.gallery20.common.GYFileProvider ... requires the provider be exported, or grantUriPermission()
Steps to reproduce the behavior
- Open the File Manager app
- Select a media file from the thumbnail (do not open it, if it's from the image preview, there's no crash)
- Share it into the Jetpack/WordPress app
Note: From 24.0 the crash is prevented but the image is not added due to the error mentioned above.
Tested on a Redmi Note 8T, Android 11, JPAndroid / WPAndroid 23.9, 24.0
Hey @thomashorta 👋 sorry for the ping but I saw you recently worked on some permission changes and I was wondering if you'd have any ideas on why this issue is happening. Any help would be appreciated, thank you!
Hi, @geriux I tested here on my Samsung S24+ with Android 14 and everything seemed to work. But I also tested on an Android 11 emulator (with the default Files app) and I wasn't able to make the media sharing work at all BUT I also didn't get permission denial logs, so I don't know what could be going on, to be honest.
Debugging it, it looks like the file path is null when we try to get it from here.
Note: I didn't have the Media/File permission enabled on Jetpack both on my S24+ and the emulator. When turning the permission on in the emulator I was able to share from the thumbnail, but not from the image preview inside the file app (which is the opposite of what you reported 😅)
I am investigating other issues at the moment, but I will try to keep an eye on this and come back to it when I have more time.
I am investigating other issues at the moment, but I will try to keep an eye on this and come back to it when I have more time.
Thanks for taking a look! Let me know if I can help with providing more info if needed 🙇