I am trying to upgrade a working old app to support Android API 26, and one of the thing I need to use is android.support.v4.content.FileProvider - but it was not found.
<provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" /> </provider> Due to the early Android build, the gradle file seems simple. Is it as simple as adding a dependency? I have look around and some suggested adding a multidex which I don't understand. Any help is appreciated, thank you!
android { compileSdkVersion 26 buildToolsVersion '26.0.2' defaultConfig { applicationId "virtualgs.spaint" minSdkVersion 22 targetSdkVersion 26 } buildTypes { release { minifyEnabled false proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.txt' } } } 8 Answers
As of AndroidX (the repackaged Android Support Library), the path is androidx.core.content.FileProvider so the updated provider tag would be:
<provider android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/file_paths" /> </provider> Android Support Libraries are now in the androidx.* package hierarchy.
android.* is now reserved to the built-in Android System Libraries.
Instead of
import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider; Try importing
import androidx.core.content.FileProvider; Using the following commands solved my issue:
npm install jetifier --save npx jetify npx cap sync I replaced it with the newer version, which is : androidx.core.content.FileProvider
This worked for me.
add compile 'com.android.support:support-v4:26.1.0' to build.gradle file in app module.
Change to
public class FileProvider extends androidx.core.content.FileProvider { } for androidx
<provider android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" /> </provider> Create your class
import android.support.v4.content.FileProvider; public class GenericFileProvider extends FileProvider { } Add this provider into your AndroidManifest.xml under application tag:
<provider android:name=".utilities.GenericFileProvider" android:authorities="${applicationId}.utilities.GenericFileProvider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" /> </provider> 
