[Bug]: IllegalArgumentException: Failed to find configured root that contains 'Path'

[lucanicoletti]

Platform

Android API 34

Plugin

share_plus

Version

9.0.0

Flutter SDK

3.22.0

Steps to reproduce

I am using share_plus to share a captured widget (Uint8List). The code below shows how I am saving the "image" to a temp directory, and then trying to share it (two ways, using XFile(path) and XFile.fromData(data)).
Both started to throw an exception after I updated to Flutter 3.22.0, shown in the logs.

The same code works without problems on iOS phones with iOS 17.5 - and used to work on Android as well. I didn't update that part of the code in a while.

Code Sample

Future<ShareResult> shareImage(Uint8List bytes) async {
    try {
      String path = (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path;

      File tempFile = File('$path/drawing.png');

      tempFile.writeAsBytesSync(bytes);
      return await Share.shareXFiles(
        [XFile.fromData(bytes)],
      );
    } catch (e) {
      print(e.toString());
      return Future.error('Error creating temporary file');
    }
  }

And

Future<ShareResult> shareImage(Uint8List bytes) async {
    try {
      String path = (await getTemporaryDirectory()).path;

      File tempFile = File('$path/drawing.png');

      tempFile.writeAsBytesSync(bytes);
      return await Share.shareXFiles(
        [XFile(tempFile.path)],
      );
    } catch (e) {
      print(e.toString());
      return Future.error('Error creating temporary file');
    }
  }

### Logs

```shell
I/flutter ( 5943): PlatformException(Share failed, Failed to find configured root that contains /data/data/app.id/cache/share_plus/drawing.png, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to find configured root that contains /data/data/app.id/cache/share_plus/drawing.png
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at androidx.core.content.FileProvider$SimplePathStrategy.getUriForFile(FileProvider.java:849)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.getUriForFile(FileProvider.java:452)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at dev.fluttercommunity.plus.share.Share.getUrisForPaths(Share.kt:188)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at dev.fluttercommunity.plus.share.Share.shareFiles(Share.kt:96)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at dev.fluttercommunity.plus.share.MethodCallHandler.onMethodCall(MethodCallHandler.kt:46)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at io.flutter.plugin.common.MethodChannel$IncomingMethodCallHandler.onMessage(MethodChannel.java:267)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger.invokeHandler(DartMessenger.java:292)
I/flutter ( 5943): 	at io.flutter.embedding.engine.dart.DartMessenger.lambda$dispatchMessageToQueue$0$io-flutter-embedding-engine-dart-DartMessenger(DartMes
E/flutter ( 5943): [ERROR:flutter/runtime/dart_vm_initializer.cc(41)] Unhandled Exception: Error creating temporary file


I/flutter ( 5943): PlatformException(Share failed, Failed to find configured root that contains /data/data/app.id/cache/share_plus/4cd-1fde-861b-f1ecb4ceeecd.octet-stream, java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to find configured root that contains /data/data/app.id/cache/share_plus/4cd-1fde-861b-f1ecb4ceeecd.octet-stream

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• I Google'd a solution and I couldn't find it
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[miquelbeltran]

• Have you research the error you get java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Failed to find configured root that contains ...? This exception is because you don't have a file provider in your manifest: https://developer.android.com/reference/androidx/core/content/FileProvider
• Are you able to downgrade the version of share_plus and check which update broke it?
• Is this issue happening with all devices or a specific device?
• Did you upgrade any parts of the project, e.g. Android target api or similar?

[lucanicoletti]

I found out what was the issue.
The provider was not that: I never had the file provider in my manifest, that's already declared in the share_plus package.
I never used an older version than te one declared: 9.0.0.
It was happening with all devices, different emulators and physical devices as well, different OS versions: from API 31 up to 34.

The problem was I had both share and share_plus plugin.
Don't know why the share functionality worked, but my best guess is that updating Flutter SDK broke the share plugin.
Upon removing the dependency to share and keeping only share_plus, the share functionality was up and running for Android as well.

Thanks for your support.

[nanidev-code]

I found out what was the issue. The provider was not that: I never had the file provider in my manifest, that's already declared in the share_plus package. I never used an older version than te one declared: 9.0.0. It was happening with all devices, different emulators and physical devices as well, different OS versions: from API 31 up to 34.

The problem was I had both share and share_plus plugin. Don't know why the share functionality worked, but my best guess is that updating Flutter SDK broke the share plugin. Upon removing the dependency to share and keeping only share_plus, the share functionality was up and running for Android as well.

Thanks for your support.

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[dupengtao]

It is indeed a conflict between the share and share_plus libraries. Both libraries use the same file name configuration for their FileProvider, which is flutter_share_file_paths.xml.

You need to override the flutter_share_file_paths.xml file in the main project to resolve the issue.

[miquelbeltran]

Why are you still using the share package? It has been discontinued 3 years ago! share_plus replaces it.