Android Question File Provider - App wont open at all

[rodmcm]

Hi
I included the following alterations to the manifest ( the last I could find on this site) and my app wont open at all. I assume that this is because things have moved on since the alterations where published... Can anyone direct me to a modern update please

AddManifestText(<uses-permission
   android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"
   android:maxSdkVersion="18" />
)

AddApplicationText(
  <provider
  android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider"
  android:authorities="$PACKAGE$.provider"
  android:exported="false"
  android:grantUriPermissions="true">
  <meta-data
  android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
  android:resource="@xml/provider_paths"/>
  </provider>
)
CreateResource(xml, provider_paths,
   <files-path name="name" path="shared" />
)

 

[DonManfred]

and my app wont open at all.

What is the full error you got?

Get the full error from the log and post it. There must be an error if the app do not start.

I´ve implemented FileProvider in a lot of Apps and it never resulted in a not starting app.

 

[rodmcm]

No error log as App doesn't open enough to connect... Bridge connected though. Is the Manifest code above still relevant?

 

[DonManfred]

Check the unfiltered LOG. There MUST BE an Error.

Is the Manifest code above still relevant?

If you want to use FileProvider. YES.

 

[DonManfred]

You can try the Example here https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/class-fileprovider-share-files.97865/

Does that example work for you?

 

[rodmcm]

Yes it worked thanks.... Will look harder at my code

 

[rodmcm]

I added the class module from the example to my code and it all worked perfectly. Looks like I need to look at the calls to the FileProvider library to see why I'm crashing