How to fix this "Couldn’t get file path for photo" while trying to open camera with react-native-image-picker?

Asked Jan 27 '22 at 10:53

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I am using react-native-image-picker for capturing and storing the image to some location. In some devices the error: Couldn’t get file path for photo is coming even if android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true" was already mentioned in the application tag in the AndroidManifest.xml file.

I searched into some github discussions, I found one answer where a FileProvider path value has to be mentioned in the android resources folder. But the FileProvider value is already mentioned in the react-native-image-picker. I can't figure out why the error was coming. (Found the above error while running on Samsung galaxy M31)

The current build.gradle contains these ext properties

        buildToolsVersion = "30.0.0"
        minSdkVersion = 21
        compileSdkVersion = 30
        targetSdkVersion = 30

edited Jan 27 '22 at 12:34

asked Jan 27 '22 at 10:53

suvodipMondal

Also please share the targetSdkVerion used, as `android:requestLegacyExternalStorage` no longer works when targeting sdk 30 or greater. – Nitish Jan 27 '22 at 11:06
@ Nitish. No it still works. Keep it. It is needed for your app to run on Android 10 devices and only there. Further it does not harm. – blackapps Jan 27 '22 at 11:08
@blackapps , but it will only work for Android 10 devices, on Android 11 device it won't work. – Nitish Jan 27 '22 at 11:11
@Nitish added targetSdkVersion – suvodipMondal Jan 27 '22 at 12:34
@blackapps Added the error – suvodipMondal Jan 27 '22 at 12:38

How to fix this "Couldn’t get file path for photo" while trying to open camera with react-native-image-picker?

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