[Bug] IllegalArgumentException in MediaProvider when copying images inside hidden folders

[sakarie9]

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Affected app version

1.13.1

Affected Android/Custom ROM version

YAAP Android 16 with March security patch

Affected device model

OnePlus 7

How did you install the app?

GitHub releases

Steps to reproduce the bug

1. Navigate to a hidden folder (ensure "Show hidden items" is enabled).

2. Open any image inside this hidden folder.

3. Select the "Copy" action to copy the image to another location.

4. Copy will not proceed and a toast with error will show.

Expected behavior

The image should be copied successfully. If the file is hidden and not indexed by MediaStore, the app should ideally fallback to other copy methods instead of relying on the MediaProvider URI.

Also noticed that copy not working, but move to and delete works fine.

Actual behavior

The image will not copy.

Screenshots/Screen recordings

No response

Additional information

2026-03-26 10:30:44.487  4016-9323  DatabaseUtils           com.android.providers.media.module   E  Writing exception to parcel
                                                                                                    java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Invalid Uri: content://media/external/images/media/1000571982
                                                                                                    	at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.createRequest(MediaProvider.java:8792)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.getResultForCreateOperationsRequest(MediaProvider.java:8080)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.callInternal(MediaProvider.java:7340)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.call(MediaProvider.java:7286)
                                                                                                    	at android.content.ContentProvider.call(ContentProvider.java:2746)
                                                                                                    	at android.content.ContentProvider$Transport.call(ContentProvider.java:640)
                                                                                                    	at android.content.ContentProviderNative.onTransact(ContentProviderNative.java:307)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Binder.execTransactInternal(Binder.java:1478)
                                                                                                    	at android.os.Binder.execTransact(Binder.java:1418)
                                                                                                    Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: No item at content://media/external/images/media/1000571982
                                                                                                    	at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.queryForSingleItem(MediaProvider.java:10537)
                                                                                                    	at com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider.createRequest(MediaProvider.java:8787)
                                                                                                    	... 8 more

[sakarie9]

Update: I did some further troubleshooting and found the root cause. This wasn't an issue previously, but the error started occurring maybe because the app had somehow lost the "All files access" permission.

After reinstalling the app and re-granting the storage permissions, the copy function works perfectly again.

Suggested improvement: Instead of silently failing or throwing an IllegalArgumentException when the permission is unexpectedly revoked or lost, it would be great if the app could catch this and prompt the user to re-grant the required access.