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Posted: **02 Sep 2020 04:13**

Something is off with Intents.

if I do:

Uri urit = Uri.parse("file:///storage/emulated/0/Music/somemusicfile.mp3");
Intent vlcIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
vlcIntent.setPackage("org.videolan.vlc.debug");
vlcIntent.setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(urit, "audio/*");
vlcIntent.putExtra("from_start", true);
startActivity(vlcIntent);

it won't work at all.

But if "file:///storage/emulated/0/Music/somemusicfile.mp3" is in an EditText it will play:

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Uri urit = Uri.parse(uritext.getText().toString());
Intent vlcIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
vlcIntent.setPackage("org.videolan.vlc.debug");
vlcIntent.setDataAndTypeAndNormalize(urit, "audio/*");
vlcIntent.putExtra("from_start", true);
startActivity(vlcIntent);

Posted: **02 Sep 2020 07:18**

Not sure how you do that as sending a path starting with

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file:///

should throw a

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FileUriExposedException

and crash your app.

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/382 ... xt-exposed

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