

If you want to share small amounts of text or numeric data between apps, you should send an The AndroidįileProvider component provides the method Receiving app the file's content URI and grant temporary access permissions to that URI.Ĭontent URIs with temporary URI access permissions are secure because they apply only to theĪpp that receives the URI, and they expire automatically. In all cases, the only secure way to offer a file from your app to another app is to send the Share a file is to respond to a request from the receiving app. Users to copy and paste files between areas in external storage. Gallery may want to offer files to image editors, or a file management app may want to allow Apps often have a need to offer one or more of their files to another app.
