File Paths XML file provider Manifest

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Hi,

Anybody got an idea where I need to put the file_paths file for the file provider in Unity please? Here's the snippet from the manifest:

 <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
     android:resource="@xml/file_paths" />

I need to know where to but the file_paths.xml that is used by the android:resource?

Thanks

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Answer by HandsIndustries · Dec 07, 2018 at 02:03 PM

I managed to sort this in the end, I don't have the details to hand at the moment but ill post them here later. @Terrortronics

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Terrortronics · Dec 07, 2018 at 04:42 PM 0

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@HandsIndustries

I'm excited. I'm really curious about what you found out.

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Answer by Terrortronics · Dec 04, 2018 at 09:29 PM

@HandsIndustries

I'm also doing this. Maybe we can figure it out together.

This stack overflow walks through your question in more detail: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45012523/how-to-install-android-apk-from-code-in-unity/45012767

But it still isn't going to work, I'm afraid. With all the XML stuff setup correctly, Unity still isn't going to be able to actually find FileProvider. "adb logcat" will blow out an error saying that it can't find the FileProvider library, at least.

Looking through the above post, I've copied the support-core-utils-25.3.1.aar file over to the /Assets/Plugins/Android/ directory, so I should be able to use it.

Now I'm looking at this line of code:

 AndroidJavaObject fileProvider = new AndroidJavaObject("[WHAT THE HECK DO I PUT HERE?].FileProvider");

I think I need to replace [WHAT THE HECK TO I PUT HERE?], and then it should be good to go. Maybe I'm missing some assumed knowledge about how to format this.

I hope this gets us a step further.

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HandsIndustries · Dec 08, 2018 at 09:50 AM 1

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Hi there,

First thing to do is to make sure you have defined the FileProvider in the Android$$anonymous$$anifest which is located at \Assets\Plugins\Android\Android$$anonymous$$anifest.xml.

Then you need to define the file paths file in the Android Resources X$$anonymous$$L folder which should be \Assets\Plugins\Android\res\xml, if this doesn't exist create it and add your file paths xml in here.

In terms of using the FileProvider here's the code to use, note that the fileProvider class references the actual class from Android itself:

     AndroidJavaClass fileProvider = new AndroidJavaClass("android.support.v4.content.FileProvider");
     AndroidJavaObject uri = fileProvider.CallStatic<AndroidJavaObject>("getUriForFile", currentActivity, authority, file);

Hope this helps

Terrortronics HandsIndustries · Dec 08, 2018 at 04:03 PM 0

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Thanks.

It's this line that's the issue for me.

 AndroidJavaClass fileProvider = new AndroidJavaClass("android.support.v4.content.FileProvider");

It's here that logcat dumps and error saying the this class cannot be found.

$$anonymous$$aybe I do have my Android$$anonymous$$anifest setup incorrectly? I having a working Android project, and I'm using that as a template.

I wonder why you're having success with instantiating a FileProvider object, and I'm not.

Terrortronics HandsIndustries · Dec 13, 2018 at 06:22 PM 0

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I found this, too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkF1pB1Ut-$$anonymous$$

https://github.com/cwgtech/AndroidUnityShareScreenShot

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Answer by thejox · Apr 18, 2019 at 09:45 AM

So the answer is: in order that Unity can find the file when building, it has to be put underneath /Assets/Plugins/Android/res/. In this case specifically /Assets/Plugins/Android/res/xml/file_paths.xml.

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