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Mr.D
Mr.D

Reputation: 7893

Android Studio, Element path must be declared for FileProvider

I rerally didn't want to ask this question, but I couldn't find any solutions.

In my manifest I have declared FileProvider:

<provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
    android:authorities="com.example.provider"
    android:exported="false"
    android:grantUriPermissions="true">
    <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
        android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/>
</provider>

It requires @xml/provider_paths to work. In my resources folder I have created provider_paths.xml file and copy-pasted this code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths>
    <external-path name="files" path="."/>
</paths>

However Android Studio IDE throws me that kind of error:

Element paths must be declared

My screenshot:

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Upvotes: 2

Views: 2807

Answers (1)

Sasi Kumar
Sasi Kumar

Reputation: 13358

Move the provider_path.xml from values directory to res/xml/provider_paths.xml

To specify the directories, start by creating the file filepaths.xml in the res/xml/ subdirectory of your project. In this file, specify the directories by adding an XML element for each directory.

Refer Specify Sharable Directories

Upvotes: 5

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