I have the following FileProvider in my manifest :
<provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="com.android.provider.DataSharing-1" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true"> <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS" android:resource="@xml/paths"/> </provider>
I am getting the following exception on app launch :
java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to get provider android.support.v4.content.FileProvider: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Name must not be empty at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:4793) at android.app.ActivityThread.installContentProviders(ActivityThread.java:4385) at android.app.ActivityThread.handleBindApplication(ActivityThread.java:4325) at android.app.ActivityThread.access$1500(ActivityThread.java:135) at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1256) at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:136) at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5017) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:515) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:779) at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:595) at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method) Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Name must not be empty at android.support.v4.content.FileProvider$SimplePathStrategy.addRoot(FileProvider.java:644) at android.support.v4.content.FileProvider.parsePathStrategy(FileProvider.java:587) at android.support.v4.content.FileProvider.getPathStrategy(FileProvider.java:534) at android.support.v4.content.FileProvider.attachInfo(FileProvider.java:352) at android.app.ActivityThread.installProvider(ActivityThread.java:4790) ...
How do I resolve this ? Where did I miss specifying a name ?
Edit :
res/xml/paths.xml
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"> <files-path android:name="my_images" android:path="images/"/> </paths>