Android KitKat securityException when trying to read from MediaStore

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Had the same problem for the last couple of days. Tried a few solutions, but for some reason I was getting permission denial on Uri content provider for some images even when I had the android.permission.MANAGE_DOCUMENTS permission added to my manifest.

Here’s a workaround, for the time being:

i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK, android.provider.MediaStore.Images.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI);
startActivityForResult(i, CHOOSE_IMAGE);

This forces the older image gallery to open instead of the new Kitkat documents view.

Now, you can get the Uri by calling the following in your onActivityResult:

Uri selectedImageURI = data.getData();

Hope this helps.

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