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Andhie W.'s avatar
Andhie W.
New member | Level 1
11 years ago

Android ACTION_GET_CONTENT from Dropbox sources

Device OS: Lollipop 5.0

When using the Intent ACTION_GET_CONTENT and selecting Dropbox from the Storage Provider, Dropbox prompts a file picker dialog to choose from. The result obtained in onActivityResult is something like

file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.dropbox.android/files/u6763728/scratch/Camera%20Uploads/2012-04-02%2012.34.44.jpg

The requesting app will not have read permission as its dropbox own private directory even with WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission. In KitKat, it is recommended to use FileProvider to share a file via a content:// uri

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  • Chun Yeen M.'s avatar
    Chun Yeen M.
    New member | Level 2
    10 years ago

    I'm writing a new app and bump into the same issue here. Please support `content://` URI for the same reasons mentioned by posters above. It is an extra unnecessary unsafe permission viewed from user's perspective.

    Fix this please?

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    10 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback! I'm sending it along to the team.

  • Anton S.7's avatar
    Anton S.7
    New member | Level 1
    10 years ago

    +1, have the same issue. It was acceptable prior to Marshmallow (but not ideal of course) but now it looks like I just have to ask users my users for READ permissions just to be able to read files returned by Dropbox... 

  • Andy H.31's avatar
    Andy H.31
    New member | Level 1
    10 years ago

    +1 for supporting 'content://' since I'm getting mixed bug reports, where our import feature works on some devices but not others.

     

    So this problem is bad especially because the results are inconsistent...

  • Greg-DB's avatar
    Greg-DB
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    10 years ago
    No, unfortunately I don't have an update on this.

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