Android: FileUriExposedException in Android N

If your android application shares files with/from other applications using Uri, and your application's targetSdkVersion is 24+ i.e Android N, then you may have encountered with an error/exception saying something like android.os.FileUriExposedException:

android.os.FileUriExposedException: file:///storage/emulated/0/DCIM/Camera/img_21032017190911.jpg exposed beyond app through ClipData.Item.getUri()

The error or exception is thrown when an application exposes a file:// Uri to another app.
Thus using file:// Uri is discouraged in this scenario because the receiving app may not have access to the path or the file:// Uri shared with it.
Like for example, the receiving app may not have requested the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE run time permission, or the platform may be sharing the file:// Uri across user profile boundaries, then this may result in an unexpected behaviour at best or at worst, it may result in a crash.

So the first thing to deal with this exception is that,

1. Your application should use content:// Uri instead of  file:// Uri so that the platform can extend temporary permission for the receiving app to access the resource.

2. Or you need to use FileProvider.

3. The work around from code can be done as follows:
    Just add the below code in your Application file's onCreate method as follows:

   public class ApplicationMain extends Application{

@Override
            public void onCreate() {
            super.onCreate();
....
StrictMode.VmPolicy.Builder builder = new StrictMode.VmPolicy.Builder();
StrictMode.setVmPolicy(builder.build());
....
}
   }


Note: This exception is only thrown for applications targeting N or higher. Applications targeting earlier SDK versions are allowed to share file:// Uri, but it's strongly discouraged.

That's all.
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