I am trying to upgrade a working old app to support Android API 26, and one of the thing I need to use is android.support.v4.content.FileProvider - but it was not found.
<provider
android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
</provider>
Due to the early Android build, the gradle file seems simple. Is it as simple as adding a dependency? I have look around and some suggested adding a multidex which I don't understand. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
android {
compileSdkVersion 26
buildToolsVersion '26.0.2'
defaultConfig {
applicationId "virtualgs.spaint"
minSdkVersion 22
targetSdkVersion 26
}
buildTypes {
release {
minifyEnabled false
proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt'
}
}
}
8 Answers
As of AndroidX (the repackaged Android Support Library), the path is androidx.core.content.FileProvider so the updated provider tag would be:
<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />
</provider>
Android Support Libraries are now in the androidx.* package hierarchy.
android.* is now reserved to the built-in Android System Libraries.
Instead of
import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;
Try importing
import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
Using the following commands solved my issue:
npm install jetifier --save
npx jetify
npx cap sync
I replaced it with the newer version, which is : androidx.core.content.FileProvider
This worked for me.
add compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0' to build.gradle file in app module.
Change to
public class FileProvider extends androidx.core.content.FileProvider {
}
for androidx
<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
</provider>
Create your class
import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider;
public class GenericFileProvider extends FileProvider {
}
Add this provider into your AndroidManifest.xml under application tag:
<provider
android:name=".utilities.GenericFileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.utilities.GenericFileProvider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
</provider>
