It would be a good idea to put a '.' (without quotes) for pathValue in the above if you do not want to add any extra subdirectory. The pathName is that shown in the exemplary content uri example above and pathValue is the actual path on the system. Add the following paths.xml file to the xml folder on res in src, main: To answer the question for targetSdkVersion of 24 and above, one has to follow these steps:Īdd the following to the AndroidManifest.xml: Ģ. More details on this can be found here and I am not going to go through it. For instance, an installation file named appName.apk stored on the primary external filesystem of the app with package name would be asįile:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data//files/appName.apkįor API 23 and below, whereas something like content:///pathName/Android/data//files/appName.apk This is due to the fact that starting from Android 24, the Uri for addressing the downloaded file has changed. exposed beyond app through Intent.getData() API level 24, and above, however, they do not work and crash with the following Exception: android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/. The solutions provided to this question are all applicable to targetSdkVersion s of 23 and below.

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