Rename file of the Mediastore which is created by app in android 10. Working on Android API 30 but shows error in API 29

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Movement of content://media/external/file/116 which isn’t part of well-defined collection not allowed

So it is for Android Q not allowed if you use the collection;

Uri extUri = MediaStore.Files.getContentUri(MediaStore.VOLUME_EXTERNAL);

But is is allowed for a ‘well-defined collection’ like:

Uri extUri = MediaStore.Images.Media.getContentUri(MediaStore.VOLUME_EXTERNAL);
// Use  "Pictures/MyFolder" for RELATIVE_PATH

I leave it to you to find other well-defined collections.

Why this is only for Android Q i dont know.

You can see the message in the java file: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/packages/providers/MediaProvider/+/refs/heads/master/src/com/android/providers/media/MediaProvider.java

Quote:

     // We only support movement under well-defined collections
        switch (match) {
            case AUDIO_MEDIA_ID:
            case VIDEO_MEDIA_ID:
            case IMAGES_MEDIA_ID:
            case DOWNLOADS_ID:
                break;
            default:
                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Movement of " + uri
                        + " which isn't part of well-defined collection not allowed");
        }

If the rename fails use SAF (as mentioned before). How to rename a file in Android knowing only its media content Uri

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