Trouble Opening File with FileProvider in Android 13 - "File not found" Error

Question

I'm encountering an issue when trying to open a file from the download folder using FileProvider in Android 13. The problem is that even though the file exists (confirmed with file.exists()), I'm getting a "Webpage not available. The webpage at content://com.telit.downloaddemo.fileprovider/document/Download/demo.txt could not be loaded because : net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND" error when attempting to open it with an HTML viewer application.

Below is the relevant code snippet:

// Code in MainActivity.kt
private fun openFile(fileName: String) {
    val downloadPath = Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).path
    val filePath = "$downloadPath/$fileName"
    val file = File(filePath)

    if (file.exists()) {
        // Use FileProvider to get the content URI
        val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(
            this,
            "com.telit.downloaddemo.fileprovider",
            file
        )

        val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW)
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "text/plain")
        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)

        try {
            startActivity(intent)
        } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
            Toast.makeText(this, "No app found to open the file", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
            Log.e(TAG, "openTextFile: ${e.message}", e)
        } catch (e: Exception) {
            Log.e(TAG, "openTextFile: ${e.message}", e)
        }
    } else {
        Toast.makeText(this, "File not found", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show()
    }
}

I've noticed that the URI obtained when using the Storage Access Framework (SAF) file picker is different from the one generated by my FileProvider implementation. The SAF URI looks like this: "content://com.android.providers.media.documents/document/document%3A1000000076", while my FileProvider URI looks like this: "content://com.telit.downloaddemo.fileprovider/document/Download/demo.txt". The file is able to open in HTML Viewer application when using SAF.

I would like to open the file directly without using a file picker/SAF implementation. Any insights into why I might be encountering this issue or suggestions for a solution would be greatly appreciated.