Android SecurityException on PDF Send Intent

Question

I\'m getting the following exception during an ACTION_SEND intent with a data type application/pdf:

java.lang.SecurityException: Pe         


        

Answer 1

You are encountering a bug in the Adobe Reader app, or a bug in Android, depending upon your perspective.

The Adobe Reader ARSendForSignature activity supports the ACTION_SEND <intent-filter>, but they explicitly have android:exported="false", which denies anyone but them the ability to start that activity.

Either:

1. Adobe Reader should not have that <intent-filter>, or
2. Adobe Reader should not have marked it as not exported, or
3. The Android chooser should filter out non-exported activities

Long-term, the answer should be #3 -- I'll work on reproducing this problem and will file an issue, assuming there isn't already one. Short-term, Adobe can fix this faster than we can fix a couple hundred million devices. :-)