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SecurityException: Permission Denial for MANAGE_DOCUMENTS

This looks similar to #2143 (closed) and may be the same device as #2143 (comment 56595), but with a different stacktrace.

  • Android version: 5.1
  • Phone model: Meizu M3s
  • Briar version: 1.3.8 (80767753)
  • User feedback: "I uploaded a JPG photo, crashed."

Stacktrace:

java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: opening provider com.android.providers.media.MediaDocumentsProvider from ProcessRecord{127a6dac 23863:org.briarproject.briar.android/u0a98} (pid=23863, uid=10098) requires android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS or android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS
        at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1546)
        at android.os.Parcel.readException(Parcel.java:1499)
        at android.app.ActivityManagerProxy.getContentProvider(ActivityManagerNative.java:3579)
        at android.app.ActivityThread.acquireProvider(ActivityThread.java:5203)
        at android.app.ContextImpl$ApplicationContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContextImpl.java:2657)
        at android.content.ContentResolver.acquireUnstableProvider(ContentResolver.java:1500)
        at android.content.ContentResolver.openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:1106)
        at android.content.ContentResolver.openAssetFileDescriptor(ContentResolver.java:946)
        at android.content.ContentResolver.openInputStream(ContentResolver.java:671)
        at org.briarproject.briar.android.attachment.AttachmentCreationTask.storeAttachment(AttachmentCreationTask.java:103)
        at org.briarproject.briar.android.attachment.AttachmentCreationTask.processUri(AttachmentCreationTask.java:79)
        at org.briarproject.briar.android.attachment.AttachmentCreationTask.storeAttachments(AttachmentCreationTask.java:68)
        at org.briarproject.briar.android.attachment.AttachmentCreatorImpl.lambda$null$0(AttachmentCreatorImpl.java:94)
        at org.briarproject.briar.android.attachment.AttachmentCreatorImpl.lambda$null$0$AttachmentCreatorImpl(AttachmentCreatorImpl.java)
        at org.briarproject.briar.android.attachment.-$$Lambda$AttachmentCreatorImpl$buxZfdoUf6j50-ilIY-ZnTGRVoE.run(lambda)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1112)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:587)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:818)