Java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/New file.txt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)

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I've been trying to encrypt files and write those files back on to the same place. But I got the error message saying "java.io.FileNotFoundException: /storage/emulated/0/New file.txt: open failed: EACCES (Permission denied)".

My Manifest file is this

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.tdk.mytestapplication2">

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>


<application
    android:allowBackup="true"

I think I have provided correct permission there. And the code I am using to encrypt files is this.

public static void encrypt(SecretKey secretKey, String filePath){
    try {
        // Here you read the cleartext.
        FileInputStream fis = new FileInputStream(filePath);
        // This stream write the encrypted text. This stream will be wrapped by another stream.
        FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream(filePath);

        // Create cipher
        Cipher cipher = Cipher.getInstance("AES");
        cipher.init(Cipher.ENCRYPT_MODE, secretKey);
        // Wrap the output stream
        CipherOutputStream cos = new CipherOutputStream(fos, cipher);

        // Write bytes
        int b;
        byte[] d = new byte[8];
        while ((b = fis.read(d)) != -1) {
            cos.write(d, 0, b);
        }

        // Flush and close streams.
        cos.flush();
        cos.close();
        fis.close();

    }catch(IOException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }catch (NoSuchAlgorithmException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }catch(NoSuchPaddingException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }catch(InvalidKeyException e){
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

And I used this method inside a button

Button btnEncrypt = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnEnc);
    btnEncrypt.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            aesKey = EncAndDec.generateKey();
            String filePath = editText.getText().toString();
            //Generating the file hash
            String md5Hash = MD5Hash.getMD5(filePath);

            System.out.println(aesKey.toString());
            System.out.println(filePath);
            System.out.println(md5Hash);

            //Encrypting the file
            for(int i=1; i<100; i++) {
                EncAndDec.encrypt(aesKey, filePath);
            }
        }
    });

Still I couldn't configure this error. Please someone help!

Best Answer

If you are running in Android 29 then you have to use scoped storage or for now, you can bypass this issue by using:

android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

in manifest in the application tag.

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