Content uri crashes camera on Android KitKat

Question

I run into problem while using content uri and FileProvider on Android API 19 (Kitkat). Here's code that I use to open camera on device and record a video:

File file = new File(pathname);
Uri fileUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this, AUTHORITY_STRING, file);

Intent intent = new Intent(MediaStore.ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE);
intent.putExtra(MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT, fileUri);
startActivityForResult(intent, requestCode);

I've tested this code on API's 23-24 and it works just fine, but on API 19 camera closes with RESULT_CANCELED after I starting to take video in camera app. The same thing happening when I'm trying to take a picture with ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE action. I've tried to change FileProvider.getUriForFile() with Uri.fromFile(). This works perfectly on Kitkat, but I can't use it on Android 7. Why is Camera on Adnroid Kitkat doesn't want to work with content uri?

score 17 · Answer 1 · answered May 27 '17 at 03:20

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maybe you can try this one.

    if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT <= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT){
        fileUri = Uri.fromFile(mTmpFile);
    } else {
        fileUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(getContext(),
                getContext().getPackageName()+".provider",mTmpFile);
    }

answered May 27 '17 at 03:20

李志南

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This is the answer. Thanks – Yuri Popiv Feb 26 '18 at 14:44

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 17 '16 at 13:43

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Not every camera app will support content Uri values for EXTRA_OUTPUT, though they should. But, there are thousands of camera apps, and some percentage will fail on such a Uri. For example, until this summer, Google's own camera app did not support a content Uri for EXTRA_OUTPUT for ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE.

Either stop using ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE or live with unreliable results.

If you wish to try continuing to use file Uri values, drop your targetSdkVersion to 23 or lower, or disable the FileUriExposedException by changing the StrictMode configuration.

answered Oct 17 '16 at 13:43

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Thanks for quick answer. – Yenn Oct 17 '16 at 13:48
So if I want to have API 24 as targetSdkVersion and to keep using content Uri, there is no way I can prevent this error on some devices? – Yenn Oct 17 '16 at 13:53
@Yenn: You cannot force camera app developers to support `content` `Uri` values, if that is what you mean. – CommonsWare Oct 17 '16 at 13:55

Content uri crashes camera on Android KitKat

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