Android: FileProvider IllegalArgumentException Failed to find configured root that contains /data/data/**/files/Videos/final.mp4
You have your name
and your path
flipped. name
is what goes in the Uri
, and path
is the relative location within the root on the filesystem.
Go with:
<paths>
<files-path name="my_docs" path="Videos/" />
</paths>
change your provider XML to this.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths>
<external-path name="external_files" path="." />
<root-path name="external_files" path="/storage/" />
</paths>
I had the very same basic situation. I defined everything correctly (files-path in xml) but there is one more thing which leads to the same exception. I add another answer just as an addition and a comment would not be well readable.
I created/read the directory where i store the files like:
context.getDir("Documents", Context.MODE_PRIVATE)
This leads to a path like:
/data/user/0/ch.myapp/app_Documents/6c3c70d5-af66-48ef-8dfc-f4341de4e1bd.docx
Then i changed creating the directory to:
File directory = new File(context.getFilesDir(), "Documents");
if (!directory.exists()) {
directory.mkdir();
}
This leads to a path like:
/data/user/0/ch.myapp/files/Documents/6c3c70d5-af66-48ef-8dfc-f4341de4e1bd.docx
According to the documentation Open a directory the two methods should be equivalent as far as i understand it. But it creates a different path... Maybe the formulation is just not clear for me in the documentation, but for me its wrongly written.
getDir(name, mode)
Creates a new directory (or opens an existing directory) within your app's unique file system directory. This new directory appears inside the directory provided by getFilesDir().