Xamarin Forms File Provider not set

Question

I am currently going through the process of Learning Xamarin.Forms. I am currently attempting to implement Camera functions using the Plugin.Media.CrossMedia library.

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Answer 1

With the latest version, correct XML configuration is (without adding the package name to the path)

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
        <external-files-path name="my_images" path="Pictures" />
        <external-files-path name="my_movies" path="Movies" />
    </paths>

If you set path combining the package name like below

<external-path name="my_images" path="Android/data/YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME/files/Pictures" />

It may give this type of error.

Answer 2

Marco's solution is almost right. For it to work in my project I had to change

android:authorities="YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME.fileprovider"
to
android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider" 

in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

Answer 3

The readme says:

If your application targets Android N (API 24) or newer, you must use version 2.6.0+.

You must also add a few additional configuration files to adhere to the new strict mode:

1.) Add the following to your AndroidManifest.xml inside the tags:

<provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider" 
                android:authorities="YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME.fileprovider" 
                android:exported="false" 
                android:grantUriPermissions="true">
                <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" 
                android:resource="@xml/file_paths"></meta-data>
</provider>

YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME must be set to your app package name!

2.) Add a new folder called xml into your Resources folder and add a new XML file called file_paths.xml

Add the following code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <external-files-path name="my_images" path="Pictures" />
    <external-files-path name="my_movies" path="Movies" />
</paths>

YOUR_APP_PACKAGE_NAME must be set to your app package name!

You can read more at: https://developer.android.com/training/camera/photobasics.html

Answer 4

Make sure you only have one set of <application> tags

I was stuck on this error for literally weeks... Then I realised I had duplicate application tags.

defined once like this: <application android:label="App2.Android"></application>

the second set of <application> tags had the correct configuration lower down, but were being ignored. Removing the empty tags solved the issue for me.

Answer 5

The problem I had was related to case-sensitivity.

On the line below

<provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
          android:authorities="com.myexample.myapp.fileProvider"
          android:exported="false"
          android:grantUriPermissions="true">

I erroneously had a single uppercase letter on the line android:authorities="com.myexample.myapp.fileProvider". It should be:

android:authorities="com.myexample.myapp.fileprovider"  <!-- all lowercase -->

Or

android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"    

The package name and value for android:authorities should be lowercase. Otherwise you will get the error:

System.ArgumentException: Unable to get file location. This most likely means that the file provider information is not set in your Android Manifest file. Please check documentation on how to set this up in your project.

Answer 6

In my case it was because I had put the FileProvider in the wrong place in the AndroidManifest.xml file. It needed to be inside the <Application> tags.

    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
    <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0" package="com.myapp.app1" android:installLocation="auto">
        <uses-sdk android:minSdkVersion="22" android:targetSdkVersion="27" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_SURFACE_FLINGER" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BROADCAST_WAP_PUSH" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECEIVE_WAP_PUSH" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION_EXTRA_COMMANDS" />
        <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_MOCK_LOCATION" />
        <application android:label="app1.Android">
            <meta-data android:name="com.google.android.maps.v2.API_KEY" android:value="AIzaSyCZF1O9_7-MXlxYfAEIxBQkr-dR8RiwiYE" />

            <!-- ADD FILE PROVIDER HERE -->
            <provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
                  android:authorities="com.myapp.app1.fileprovider"
                  android:exported="false"
                  android:grantUriPermissions="true">
              <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
              android:resource="@xml/file_paths"></meta-data>
            </provider>

        </application>
    </manifest>