AndroidManifest.xml image capture function causes an error

[Szépligeti Ferenc]

Hi,

Based on the samples, I configured the AndroidManifest.xml file:

    <provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true">

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

    </provider>

But I had another setting for image capture:

    <provider android:name="android.support.v4.content.FileProvider" android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true">

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

    </provider>

The problem is if I set it to pdf I can't capture an image. If I set it to image, then the Pdf will be an empty file.

It also doesn't work if provider_paths and file_paths are both kept set.

Is there a workaround?

Regards:

Szepligeti Ferenc

 

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[Szépligeti Ferenc]

Hi,

Solution:

<provider android:authorities="com. mycompany.myapp.provider" android:exported="false" android:grantUriPermissions="true" android:name="xamarin.essentials.fileProvider">

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

    </provider>

       </application>

</manifest>

I found it on the Net. Not sure why exactly, but it works!

Regards:

Szepligeti Ferenc

[Surya Venkatesan]

Hi Szepligeti,

Thanks for the details. We recommend you refer to the following link to get more details to load image from the camera and insert it to PDF document in Xamarin Forms, https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/11950/how-to-load-image-from-camera-and-insert-it-to-pdf-document-in-xamarin-forms

Please let us know if you need any further assistance with this.

Regards,

Surya V