I have a question about the android FileProvider. I want to save a pdf document and open it with a default program. I don´t want to save it in external Storage.
After I´ve successfully saved the pdf to the FilesDirectory/export/temp.pdf,
I´ve tried to generate an URI by using FileProvider.getUriForFile().
File path = new File(getFilesDir(), "export");
File pdf = new File(path + File.separator + "temp.pdf");
pdf.getParentFile().mkdirs();
if (!pdf.exists())
pdf.createNewFile();
Uri uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(getApplicationContext(), "?", pdf);
Question: What do I have to pass as the second parameter "Authority" - the location of my Files, the class which can grant the URI-Permissions or something other? Whatever I´ve tried leaded to an IllegalArgumentException or a NullPointerException. My FileProvider (XML):
<provider
android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="com.example.myApp.myActivity"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/file_path"/>
</provider>
referenced File:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<cache-path name="pdfTemplates" path="export/" />
</paths>