SecurityException when downloading Images with the

Question

On my application I used universal image downloader BaseImageDownloader class for syncronious loading contents of gallery.For the same content from Imageloader.getInstance().loadImage asyncronious function it does not gives any security exception and loads the image as it is ment to be but when I try to download it syncroniously using BaseImageDownloader (Also Imageloader.getInstance().loadImage() makes the same) i get this security Exception

09-02 18:49:43.971: W/System.err(4244): java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: reading com.android.gallery3d.provider.GalleryProvider uri content://com.google.android.gallery3d.provider/picasa/item/5879964074642783474 from pid=4244, uid=10064 requires com.google.android.gallery3d.permission.GALLERY_PROVIDER, or grantUriPermission()
09-02 18:49:43.971: W/System.err(4244):     at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1425)
09-02 18:49:43.971: W/System.err(4244):     at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:185)
09-02 18:49:43.971: W/System.err(4244):     at android.database.DatabaseUtils.readExceptionWithFileNotFoundExceptionFromParcel(DatabaseUtils.java:148)
09-02 18:49:43.971: W/System.err(4244):     at android.content.ContentProviderProxy.openTypedAssetFile(ContentProviderNative.java:617)
09-02 18:49:43.971: W/System.err(4244):     at android.content.ContentResolver.openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:717)
09-02 18:49:44.011: W/System.err(4244):     at android.content.ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:614)
09-02 18:49:44.011: W/System.err(4244):     at android.content.ContentResolver.openInputStream(ContentResolver.java:449)
09-02 18:49:44.011: W/System.err(4244):     at com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.download.BaseImageDownloader.getStreamFromContent(BaseImageDownloader.java:156)
09-02 18:49:44.011: W/System.err(4244):     at com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.download.BaseImageDownloader.getStream(BaseImageDownloader.java:88)
09-02 18:49:44.011: W/System.err(4244):     at com.uploader.data.UploadImageData.decodeSampledBitmapFromStream(UploadImageData.java:80)

Also I searched the code and you do not take any permission for that on configuration or somewhere else what will be the cause?

public Bitmap decodeSampledBitmapFromStream(String path, int reqWidth, int reqHeight) throws IOException {
        BaseImageDownloader downloader = new BaseImageDownloader(getApplicationContext());
        InputStream stream = downloader.getStream(path, null);
        final BitmapFactory.Options options = new BitmapFactory.Options();
        options.inJustDecodeBounds = true;
        BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream, new Rect(-1,-1,-1,-1), options);
        stream.close();
        options.inSampleSize = calculateInSampleSize(options, reqWidth, reqHeight);

        options.inJustDecodeBounds = false;
        stream = downloader.getStream(path, null);
        Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(stream, new Rect(-1,-1,-1,-1), options);
        stream.close();
        return bitmap;
    }

Answer 1

I added permission to mainfest and it worked. But I dont know How UIL makes without that??

<uses-permission android:name="com.google.android.gallery3d.permission.GALLERY_PROVIDER"/>

Answer 2

Please add following permissoions to your mainfest.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"></uses-permission>

Also Please have a look at

How to grant temporary access to custom content provider using FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION

Answer 3

This is not a bug of UIL see here. According to this question you should load the image in internal storage on first loading and after that read the image from there.