Xamarin Droid using FileProvider.GetUriForFile

Question

Hello all,

I am creating an app that uses MMS to send a picture to a contact. I currently have mostly everything created. The part that I am having trouble on is creating the URI from a file.

What I have right now is that I am using the FileProvider class to generate the URI (using the function GetUriFromFile).

However, when I run the code, I get the exception:

Java.Lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.XmlResourceParser android.content.pm.ProviderInfo.loadXmlMetaData(android.content.pm.PackageManager, java.lang.String)' on a null object reference\n  at Java.Interop.JniEnvironment+StaticMethods.CallStaticObjectMethod (Java.Interop.JniObjectReference type, Java.Interop.JniMethodInfo method, Java.Interop.JniArgumentValue* args) [0x0006e] in <26521a5118b44c858c385715922b9d5d>

I am not sure what is going on. Looking for a solution for a few days but I haven't found anything. Does anyone have any suggestions?

Below is a copy of my code:

public void SendMMSMessage()
        {

                Android.Telephony.SmsManager smsMessage = Android.Telephony.SmsManager.Default;
                IList<string> divideContents = smsMessage.DivideMessage("I auto sent this message to you! No typing here!!!!!");
                string filePath = Android.OS.Environment.GetExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Android.OS.Environment.DirectoryPictures) + "/TestPic.jpg";



                byte[] sendPDUData = GetMMSPDUData("1111111111", filePath, "Hey this image was sent from my phone using code! No typing here");

                if (sendPDUData != null)
                {
                    SendMMSData(sendPDUData);
                }
        }

        public byte[] GetMMSPDUData(string DestinationNumber, string AudioFilePath, string smsMessage)
        {
            byte[] pduData = null;
            try
            {
                SendReq sendReq = new SendReq();

                sendReq.AddTo(new EncodedStringValue(DestinationNumber));

                PduBody pduBody = new PduBody();

                // Add text message data to message
                PduPart txtPart = new PduPart();
                txtPart.SetData(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(smsMessage));
                txtPart.SetContentType(new EncodedStringValue("text/plan").GetTextString());
                txtPart.SetName(new EncodedStringValue("Message").GetTextString());
                pduBody.AddPart(txtPart);

                // Add image data 
                // TODO: Later, this will be audio file. But image file for testing
                PduPart imgPart = new PduPart();
                byte[] sampleImageData = System.IO.File.ReadAllBytes(AudioFilePath);

                imgPart.SetData(sampleImageData);
                imgPart.SetContentType(new EncodedStringValue("image/jpg").GetTextString());
                imgPart.SetFilename(new EncodedStringValue(System.IO.Path.GetFileName(AudioFilePath)).GetTextString());
                pduBody.AddPart(imgPart);

                // Now create body of MMS
                sendReq.Body = pduBody;
                // Finally, generate the byte array to send to the MMS provider
                PduComposer composer = new PduComposer(sendReq);
                pduData = composer.Make();
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                // TODO: Do something here
            }
            return pduData;

        }

        public bool SendMMSData(byte[] PDUData)
        {
            Context CTX = Android.App.Application.Context;
            Android.Telephony.SmsManager sm = Android.Telephony.SmsManager.Default;
            Random rnd = new Random();

            try
            {
                string cacheFilePath = System.IO.Path.Combine(CTX.CacheDir.AbsolutePath, "send." + rnd.Next().ToString() + ".dat");
                System.IO.File.WriteAllBytes(cacheFilePath, PDUData);
                Java.IO.File testFile = new Java.IO.File(cacheFilePath);
                string authString = CTX.PackageName + ".fileprovider";
                if (System.IO.File.Exists(cacheFilePath))
                {
                    Android.Net.Uri contentURI = AndroidX.Core.Content.FileProvider.GetUriForFile(CTX, CTX.PackageName + ".fileprovider", testFile);


                    PendingIntent pendingIntent = PendingIntent.GetBroadcast(CTX, 0, new Intent(CTX.PackageName + ".WAP_PUSH_DELIVER"), 0);

                    sm.SendMultimediaMessage(CTX, contentURI, null, null, null);
                }
            }
            catch(Exception ex)
            {
                String exString = ex.ToString();
                return false;
            }
            return true;
        }

Note: The number I made up. But I can guarantee you that I placed a working phone number in the function.

Answer 1

Hello,​

Welcome to our Microsoft Q&A platform!

Java.Lang.IllegalArgumentException: Couldn't find meta-data for provider with authority com.companyname.janxxxx.fileprovider

It seems there is something wrong with the applicationId. According to the error info, the package name is com.companyname.janxxxx. But in the <application> tag of AndroidManifest.xaml, it's com.companyname.Janxxxx. The j is an uppercase letter, please change it to lowercase and test again.

   //the funtion code  
   Android.Net.Uri contentURI = Android.Support.V4.Content.FileProvider.GetUriForFile(CTX, CTX.PackageName + ".fileprovider", testFile);  
     
   //the application tag  
   <application>  
     <provider android:authorities="com.companyname.Janxxx.fileprovider" ...>  
       ...  
     </provider>  
   </application>  

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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