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EACCES (Permission denied) Android

GOAL: To perform compression on image/content, retrieved through external sources (ex: sd-card, internal or drive) using intent.

I was able to get actual path for the retrieved content, but when i am trying to compress it using compression library (zetbaitsu/Compressor) its throwing error

open failed: EACCES (Permission denied).

I have cross checked my permissions and tried multiple way to confirm permission access, still its throwing error.

Here is my function:

void handleSendImage(Intent intent) {
    try {
        Uri imageUri =  intent.getParcelableExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
        Log.d(TAG, "handleSendImage: " + imageUri.toString());
        File imageFile = new File(getFilePath(this, imageUri));
        Log.d(TAG, "handleSendImage: " + Uri.fromFile(imageFile));
        File compressedFile = new Compressor(this).compressToFile(imageFile);

    } catch (Exception e) {
        Log.e(TAG, "handleSendImage: " + e.getMessage());
    }
}

Here are my logs outputs:

handleSendImage: content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/image%3A30

handleSendImage: file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/4c568534307d605ed94878dc06d933ee.jpg

handleSendImage: /storage/emulated/0/Download/4c568534307d605ed94878dc06d933ee.jpg: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)
Solution

  • android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

    Add this in Manifest file but this won't work in android 11