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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
Thanks for the feedback Josh. I don't have an update on this unfortunately, but I'll send along your feedback as well.
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?
Thanks for the feedback! I'm sending it along to the team.
+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...
+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...
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