Android getUriForFile IllegalArgumentException

Question

My code for sending a file with an Intent doesn\'t work with all file sources and I could not find the solution yet:

My app is registered for opening files, so when

Answer 1

 /file/sdcard/backups/apps/NextGenEndPoint_1.0.apk. 

No that is only a part of the content sheme you got. File Manager app from ASUS will deliver

 content://com.asus.filemanager.OpenFileProvider/file/sdcard/backups/apps/NextGeEndPoint_1.0.apk. 

You better show your code where you determine the 'path' as now you do it wrong.

Answer 2

In the referenced File:

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

use files-path instead of external-path

or

use Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()

Answer 3

The problem was using getUriForFile for file system paths and also for File Provider paths that actually must be used with a content resolver, so the solution was following:

            Uri uri;
            if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT.equals(fileUri.getScheme())) {
                uri = new Uri.Builder()
                        .path(fileUri.getPath())
                        .authority(fileUri.getAuthority())
                        .scheme(ContentResolver.SCHEME_CONTENT)
                        .build();
            } else {
                uri = getUriForFile(context, "com.myapp.fileprovider", new File(fileUri.getPath()));
            }