Android FileNotFoundException even if file is available and permission set

Question

I'm saving an Image taken by camera to the external storage. Later on I want to upload the image to our servers.

There I try to recreate the file from path but always a FileNotFoundException appears.

File file = new File("file:/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Instantley/IMG_20160523_170354803382833.jpg");

I already checked:

• File is available (took a lookup into the photos app and checked the url)
• Set permission for external read in the manifest

• requested runtime permission

  Caused by: android.system.ErrnoException: open failed: ENOENT (No such file or directory) 05-23 17:04:33.014 1918-1918/com.instantley.messenger W/System.err: at libcore.io.Posix.open(Native Method) 05-23 17:04:33.014 1918-1918/com.instantley.messenger W/System.err: at libcore.io.BlockGuardOs.open(BlockGuardOs.java:186) 05-23 17:04:33.015 1918-1918/com.instantley.messenger W/System.err: at libcore.io.IoBridge.open(IoBridge.java:438)

Answer 1

Try it without the file: prefix:

file = new File("/storage/emulated/0/Pictures/Instantley/IMG_20160523_170354803382833.jpg");