SecurityException when trying to query uri associated with third party application like ES File explorer

Question

I am getting SecurityException when trying to query uri associated with third party application like ES File explorer.However everything works fine when trying to query uri from device's default file manager

1.Open gallery to pick video.

 private void uploadVideo() {
        try {
            Intent intent = new Intent();
            intent.setType("video/*");
            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_GET_CONTENT);
            startActivityForResult(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Select Video"), REQUEST_TAKE_GALLERY_VIDEO);
        } catch (Exception e) {

        }
    }

2. From slide menu select ES File Explorer.

3. I get crash on below line-

     Cursor returnCursor = context.getContentResolver().query(uri, null,null, null, null);
   

Crash-

Fatal Exception: java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=null, request=100, result=-1, data=Intent { dat=content://com.estrongs.files/storage/emulated/0/video1599727800557.mp4 }} to activity {xyz/xyz}: java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.estrongs.android.pop.app.FileContentProvider from ProcessRecord{454561a 26743:xyz/u0a365} (pid=26743, uid=10365) that is not exported from UID 10170
       at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:4596)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:4638)
       at android.app.servertransaction.ActivityResultItem.execute(ActivityResultItem.java:49)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.executeCallbacks(TransactionExecutor.java:108)
       at android.app.servertransaction.TransactionExecutor.execute(TransactionExecutor.java:68)
       at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1976)
       at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:106)
       at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:193)
       at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:6912)
       at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java)
       at com.android.internal.os.RuntimeInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(RuntimeInit.java:493)

Answer 1

Trying to create solution from the comments i received for Handling Security Exception when getting a file path from a Uri.Below code is not tested in different devices.Feel free to post comments!

 catch (SecurityException e) {
            //if file open with third party application
            String finalPath;
            if (uri.toString().contains("/storage/emulated/0")) {
                finalPath = "/storage/emulated/0" + uri.toString().split("/storage/emulated/0")[1];
            } else {
                finalPath = uri.getPath();
                if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(finalPath) && !finalPath.startsWith("/")) {
                    finalPath = "/" + finalPath;
                }
            }
            return finalPath;
        }

Answer 2

if ( uri.toString.startsWith("file://")
    return uri.toString().replace("file://", "");

And for the rest

try {
 // doing all kinds of nasty things like trying to get real path from uri and such
 // which sometimes seem to work for Android below Q but never for Android 10 and 11.
}
catch (SecurityException e) {     
    // if ( uri.getAuthority().equals("com.estrongs.files")) 
    //     return uri.getPath(); 
     
    if ( new File(uri.getPath()).exists() )
         return uri.getPath();     
    
    return null; 
    }