Use of MediaStore in SaveImageToFileWorker.kt throws an exception

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Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
42/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
android, kotlin
Domain
mobile

Research direction

Start by reproducing the failure in SaveImageToFileWorker.kt and capture the exception, then read the MediaStore call and related flow in BlurActivity. Review issue 259 for related context. Done means the image is stored, outputImageUri is populated, and the See File button becomes visible.

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Description

In SaveImageToFileWorker.kt the code line

val imageUrl = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(
                   resolver, bitmap, Title, dateFormatter.format(Date()))

throws an exception; hence no image is stored and no output is produced. As a result in BlurActivity the final check to activate the seeFileButton using the code

// If there is an output file show "See File" button
                if (!outputImageUri.isNullOrEmpty()) {
                    viewModel.setOutputUri(outputImageUri as String)
                    binding.seeFileButton.visibility = View.VISIBLE
                }

always fails

This may be related to issue 259

PS I am using android studio 2020.3.1 to compile and run

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