How to persist permission in android API 19 (KitKat)?

Question

In my application I store the path of image in my SQlite db for further use. The path that I get is

content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document         


        

Answer 1

The code listed below,

// kitkat fixed (broke) content access; to keep the URIs valid over restarts need to persist access permission
if(Utils.isKitkat())
{
    final int takeFlags = data.getFlags() & (Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
    ContentResolver resolver = getActivity().getContentResolver();
    for (Uri uri : images)
    {
        resolver.takePersistableUriPermission(uri, takeFlags);
    }
}

worked fine for me, anyway I noticed that the max number of persistable uri granted to my app is limited to 128. If I select more than 128 uri, I get the error:

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider........

just when I try to process an image for which I wasn't able to persist the permission. Can you figure out any solution?

Answer 2

I believe I've solved it. The request intent:

Intent intent;
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT){
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_ALLOW_MULTIPLE, true);
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_PERSISTABLE_URI_PERMISSION);
}else{
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
}
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_LOCAL_ONLY, true);
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
intent.setType("image/*");
startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, getResources().getString(R.string.form_pick_photos)), REQUEST_PICK_PHOTO);

and onActivityResult

...
// kitkat fixed (broke) content access; to keep the URIs valid over restarts need to persist access permission
if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
    final int takeFlags = data.getFlags() & Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION;
    ContentResolver resolver = getActivity().getContentResolver();
    for (Uri uri : images) {
        resolver.takePersistableUriPermission(uri, takeFlags);
    }
}
...

I haven't tested this pre-kitkat, my phone is running 5.1, can anyone verify this on older phones?