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Andhie W.'s avatar
Andhie W.
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10 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 onAc...
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Greg-DB
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10 years ago

Thanks for your patience Craig. I heard back from engineering here with the following information:

  • FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION seems to have no effect.
  • On Android API level 18 (and presumably probably below), specifying READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE or WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE does not matter. The calling app is able to read the file irrespective of these settings.
  • On Android API level 19 and above, the calling app needs the READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE or WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission to be able to read the data provided by us.

Also, on Android API level 19 and above caller will need to read the data using the ContentResolver#openInputStream(fileUri) method to be able to read the files. While on API level 18 and below directly creating the file object to read the file works.

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