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Ricardo
Ricardo

Reputation: 8281

Android 8 - FileProvider Uri opens a blank screen

I have the following code and it's only working on Android 7 and below. Android 8 only shows a blank file, I opened the pdf manually and works fine.

I have the following code and this is the repo:

private static final String SHARED_PROVIDER_AUTHORITY = BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".myfileprovider";
private static final String PDF_FOLDER = "pdf";

Bitmap bitmap = myCanvasView.getBitmap();

PdfDocument document = new PdfDocument();
PdfDocument.PageInfo pageInfo = new PdfDocument.PageInfo.Builder(bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight(), 1).create();
PdfDocument.Page page = document.startPage(pageInfo);
Canvas canvas = page.getCanvas();


Paint paint = new Paint();
paint.setColor(Color.parseColor("#ffffff"));
canvas.drawPaint(paint);

bitmap = Bitmap.createScaledBitmap(bitmap, bitmap.getWidth(), bitmap.getHeight(), true);

document.finishPage(page);

// write the document content

File file = null;
try {
    file = createFile();
    document.writeTo(new FileOutputStream(file));
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
    showToast("Something wrong: " + e.toString());
}

// close the document
document.close();


Uri uri = getUriFrom(file);

Intent target = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
target.setDataAndType(uri,"application/pdf");
target.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);

Intent intent = Intent.createChooser(target, "Open File");
try {
    startActivity(intent);
} 
catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
    // Instruct the user to install a PDF reader here, or something
}

Where:

@NonNull
private  Uri getUriFrom(File file){
    if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26) {
        return FileProvider.getUriForFile(getApplicationContext(), SHARED_PROVIDER_AUTHORITY, file);
    }
    else{
        return Uri.fromFile(file);
    }
}

@NonNull
private File createFile() throws IOException {


    if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 26){
        final File sharedFolder = new File(getFilesDir(), PDF_FOLDER);
        sharedFolder.mkdirs();

        final File sharedFile = File.createTempFile(getFilename(), ".pdf", sharedFolder);
        sharedFile.createNewFile();

        return sharedFile;
    }
    else{
        return new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getAbsolutePath() +"/"+ getFilename());
    }

}

Upvotes: 3

Views: 968

Answers (1)

dniHze
dniHze

Reputation: 2232

I found a solution for you. Just add flag Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION to your intent:

Intent target = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
target.setDataAndType(uri,"application/pdf");
target.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NO_HISTORY);
target.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);

I just tested it with your repo on Pixel 2 XL with Android 8.1 and got rid of this issue:

Creating intent

And got things working:

Can see the document

Hope this could help you! :)

Upvotes: 7

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