What to do when - java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider?

Question

when I try to attach a file to an email, I get a java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider logcat output. If anyone could tell me what I am doing wrong or what I should do instead, that would be great.Thank you.

This is how I add the files to the email..:

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
                sendIntent.setType("video/3gp");
                sendIntent.setType("video/mp4");
                startActivity(sendIntent);

...and here is the entire logcat error output:

07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168): IOException caught while opening or reading stream
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168): java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider: /sdcard/Video0006.mp4
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.content.ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:507)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.content.ContentResolver.openInputStream(ContentResolver.java:345)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.model.MediaModel.initMediaSize(MediaModel.java:268)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.model.MediaModel.<init>(MediaModel.java:76)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.model.RegionMediaModel.<init>(RegionMediaModel.java:40)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.model.VideoModel.<init>(VideoModel.java:55)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.model.VideoModel.<init>(VideoModel.java:48)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.data.WorkingMessage.changeMedia(WorkingMessage.java:434)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.data.WorkingMessage.setAttachment(WorkingMessage.java:343)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.ui.ComposeMessageActivity.addVideo(ComposeMessageActivity.java:2472)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.ui.ComposeMessageActivity.addAttachment(ComposeMessageActivity.java:2544)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.ui.ComposeMessageActivity.handleSendIntent(ComposeMessageActivity.java:2521)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.ui.ComposeMessageActivity.initialize(ComposeMessageActivity.java:1703)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.mms.ui.ComposeMessageActivity.onCreate(ComposeMessageActivity.java:1633)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.app.Instrumentation.callActivityOnCreate(Instrumentation.java:1047)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.app.ActivityThread.performLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2459)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.app.ActivityThread.handleLaunchActivity(ActivityThread.java:2512)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.app.ActivityThread.access$2200(ActivityThread.java:119)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1863)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:99)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4363)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:521)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:860)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:618)
07-20 09:15:58.364: ERROR/Mms/media(168):     at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)

Solution 1

Maybe you should pass an uri of the form file:///sdcard/Video0006.mp4.

Solution 2

You can also try this:

Uri.fromFile(new File(your image path));

Solution 3

This worked for me

val uri:Uri =  File(path).toUri()

Comments

[kivy]

The thing is when I try using sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(new File(uri))); It tells me to change uri into an URI instead of a String, when I do that it tells to change the Uri into a String... I don't know what I should do about that.

[kadik]

What if there will no sdcard?

[SirDarius]

@kadik then the file will not be stored on an SD card, but the URI will still be of the same form... file://[partition]/path/to/file

[coderpc]

Can you see what's wrong this code [ post ] . I'm stuck here. Please guide me.

[YumeYume]

As how we get and save files changed with API 24, this is the simplest way to get an URI from a file taken using FileManagers.