Cómo solicitar un archivo compartido
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Cuando una app quiere acceder a un archivo compartido por otra app, la app solicitante (el cliente)
por lo general, envía una solicitud a la app que comparte los archivos (el servidor). En la mayoría de los casos, la solicitud
inicia una Activity
en la app de servidor que muestra los archivos que puede compartir.
El usuario elige un archivo; luego, la app de servidor muestra el URI de contenido del archivo al
app cliente.
En esta lección, se muestra cómo una app cliente solicita un archivo desde una app de servidor, recibe el nombre
URI de contenido de la app de servidor y abre el archivo con el URI de contenido.
Cómo enviar una solicitud para el archivo
Para solicitar un archivo desde la app de servidor, la app cliente llama
startActivityForResult
con un
Intent
que contiene la acción como
ACTION_PICK
y un tipo de MIME que la app cliente
puede manejar.
Por ejemplo, el siguiente fragmento de código demuestra cómo enviar un
Intent
a una app de servidor para iniciar la
Activity
se describe en Cómo compartir un archivo:
Kotlin
class MainActivity : Activity() {
private lateinit var requestFileIntent: Intent
private lateinit var inputPFD: ParcelFileDescriptor
...
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)
requestFileIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK).apply {
type = "image/jpg"
}
...
}
...
private fun requestFile() {
/**
* When the user requests a file, send an Intent to the
* server app.
* files.
*/
startActivityForResult(requestFileIntent, 0)
...
}
...
}
Java
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
private Intent requestFileIntent;
private ParcelFileDescriptor inputPFD;
...
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
requestFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
requestFileIntent.setType("image/jpg");
...
}
...
protected void requestFile() {
/**
* When the user requests a file, send an Intent to the
* server app.
* files.
*/
startActivityForResult(requestFileIntent, 0);
...
}
...
}
Cómo acceder al archivo solicitado
La app de servidor envía el URI de contenido del archivo a la app cliente en un
Intent
Este Intent
se pasa al cliente.
app en su anulación de onActivityResult()
. Una vez
la app cliente tiene el URI de contenido del archivo, puede acceder a él obteniendo su
FileDescriptor
La seguridad de los archivos se conserva en este proceso siempre y cuando analices correctamente el URI de contenido.
que recibe la app cliente. Cuando analices contenido, debes asegurarte de que este URI no apunte
a cualquier elemento fuera del directorio deseado, lo que garantiza que
Salto de directorio de ruta de acceso.
Solo la app cliente debería obtener acceso al archivo, y únicamente para los permisos otorgados por el
app del servidor. Los permisos son temporales. Por lo tanto, una vez que finaliza la pila de tareas de la app cliente, el
ya no se puede acceder a él fuera de la app del servidor.
El siguiente fragmento demuestra cómo la app cliente controla la
Intent
enviados desde la app del servidor, y cómo la app cliente obtiene el
FileDescriptor
mediante el URI de contenido:
Kotlin
/*
* When the Activity of the app that hosts files sets a result and calls
* finish(), this method is invoked. The returned Intent contains the
* content URI of a selected file. The result code indicates if the
* selection worked or not.
*/
public override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, returnIntent: Intent) {
// If the selection didn't work
if (resultCode != Activity.RESULT_OK) {
// Exit without doing anything else
return
}
// Get the file's content URI from the incoming Intent
returnIntent.data?.also { returnUri ->
/*
* Try to open the file for "read" access using the
* returned URI. If the file isn't found, write to the
* error log and return.
*/
inputPFD = try {
/*
* Get the content resolver instance for this context, and use it
* to get a ParcelFileDescriptor for the file.
*/
contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(returnUri, "r")
} catch (e: FileNotFoundException) {
e.printStackTrace()
Log.e("MainActivity", "File not found.")
return
}
// Get a regular file descriptor for the file
val fd = inputPFD.fileDescriptor
...
}
}
Java
/*
* When the Activity of the app that hosts files sets a result and calls
* finish(), this method is invoked. The returned Intent contains the
* content URI of a selected file. The result code indicates if the
* selection worked or not.
*/
@Override
public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
Intent returnIntent) {
// If the selection didn't work
if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
// Exit without doing anything else
return;
} else {
// Get the file's content URI from the incoming Intent
Uri returnUri = returnIntent.getData();
/*
* Try to open the file for "read" access using the
* returned URI. If the file isn't found, write to the
* error log and return.
*/
try {
/*
* Get the content resolver instance for this context, and use it
* to get a ParcelFileDescriptor for the file.
*/
inputPFD = getContentResolver().openFileDescriptor(returnUri, "r");
} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
Log.e("MainActivity", "File not found.");
return;
}
// Get a regular file descriptor for the file
FileDescriptor fd = inputPFD.getFileDescriptor();
...
}
}
El método openFileDescriptor()
muestra un ParcelFileDescriptor
para el archivo. Desde este objeto, el cliente
La app obtiene un objeto FileDescriptor
, que luego puede usar para leer el archivo.
Para obtener información adicional relacionada, consulta:
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Última actualización: 2025-07-27 (UTC)
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In most cases, the request\nstarts an [Activity](/reference/android/app/Activity) in the server app that displays the files it can share.\nThe user picks a file, after which the server app returns the file's content URI to the\nclient app.\n\n\nThis lesson shows you how a client app requests a file from a server app, receives the file's\ncontent URI from the server app, and opens the file using the content URI.\n\nSend a request for the file\n---------------------------\n\n\nTo request a file from the server app, the client app calls\n[startActivityForResult](/reference/android/app/Activity#startActivityForResult(android.content.Intent, int)) with an\n[Intent](/reference/android/content/Intent) containing the action such as\n[ACTION_PICK](/reference/android/content/Intent#ACTION_PICK) and a MIME type that the client app\ncan handle.\n\n\nFor example, the following code snippet demonstrates how to send an\n[Intent](/reference/android/content/Intent) to a server app in order to start the\n[Activity](/reference/android/app/Activity) described in [Sharing a file](/training/secure-file-sharing/share-file#SendURI): \n\n### Kotlin\n\n```kotlin\nclass MainActivity : Activity() {\n private lateinit var requestFileIntent: Intent\n private lateinit var inputPFD: ParcelFileDescriptor\n ...\n override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {\n super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)\n setContentView(R.layout.activity_main)\n requestFileIntent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK).apply {\n type = \"image/jpg\"\n }\n ...\n }\n ...\n private fun requestFile() {\n /**\n * When the user requests a file, send an Intent to the\n * server app.\n * files.\n */\n startActivityForResult(requestFileIntent, 0)\n ...\n }\n ...\n}\n```\n\n### Java\n\n```java\npublic class MainActivity extends Activity {\n private Intent requestFileIntent;\n private ParcelFileDescriptor inputPFD;\n ...\n @Override\n protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {\n super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);\n setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);\n requestFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);\n requestFileIntent.setType(\"image/jpg\");\n ...\n }\n ...\n protected void requestFile() {\n /**\n * When the user requests a file, send an Intent to the\n * server app.\n * files.\n */\n startActivityForResult(requestFileIntent, 0);\n ...\n }\n ...\n}\n```\n\nAccess the requested file\n-------------------------\n\n\nThe server app sends the file's content URI back to the client app in an\n[Intent](/reference/android/content/Intent). This [Intent](/reference/android/content/Intent) is passed to the client\napp in its override of [onActivityResult()](/reference/android/app/Activity#onActivityResult(int, int, android.content.Intent)). Once\nthe client app has the file's content URI, it can access the file by getting its\n[FileDescriptor](/reference/java/io/FileDescriptor).\n\n\nFile security is preserved in this process only as long as you properly parse the content URI\nthat the client app receives. When parsing content, you must ensure that this URI does not point\nto anything outside of the intended directory, ensuring that no\n[path traversal](/privacy-and-security/risks/path-traversal) is being attempted.\nOnly the client app should gain access to the file, and only for the permissions granted by the\nserver app. Permissions are temporary, so once the client app's task stack is finished, the\nfile is no longer accessible outside the server app.\n\n\nThe next snippet demonstrates how the client app handles the\n[Intent](/reference/android/content/Intent) sent from the server app, and how the client app gets the\n[FileDescriptor](/reference/java/io/FileDescriptor) using the content URI: \n\n### Kotlin\n\n```kotlin\n/*\n * When the Activity of the app that hosts files sets a result and calls\n * finish(), this method is invoked. The returned Intent contains the\n * content URI of a selected file. The result code indicates if the\n * selection worked or not.\n */\npublic override fun onActivityResult(requestCode: Int, resultCode: Int, returnIntent: Intent) {\n // If the selection didn't work\n if (resultCode != Activity.RESULT_OK) {\n // Exit without doing anything else\n return\n }\n // Get the file's content URI from the incoming Intent\n returnIntent.data?.also { returnUri -\u003e\n /*\n * Try to open the file for \"read\" access using the\n * returned URI. If the file isn't found, write to the\n * error log and return.\n */\n inputPFD = try {\n /*\n * Get the content resolver instance for this context, and use it\n * to get a ParcelFileDescriptor for the file.\n */\n contentResolver.openFileDescriptor(returnUri, \"r\")\n } catch (e: FileNotFoundException) {\n e.printStackTrace()\n Log.e(\"MainActivity\", \"File not found.\")\n return\n }\n\n // Get a regular file descriptor for the file\n val fd = inputPFD.fileDescriptor\n ...\n }\n}\n```\n\n### Java\n\n```java\n /*\n * When the Activity of the app that hosts files sets a result and calls\n * finish(), this method is invoked. The returned Intent contains the\n * content URI of a selected file. The result code indicates if the\n * selection worked or not.\n */\n @Override\n public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,\n Intent returnIntent) {\n // If the selection didn't work\n if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {\n // Exit without doing anything else\n return;\n } else {\n // Get the file's content URI from the incoming Intent\n Uri returnUri = returnIntent.getData();\n /*\n * Try to open the file for \"read\" access using the\n * returned URI. If the file isn't found, write to the\n * error log and return.\n */\n try {\n /*\n * Get the content resolver instance for this context, and use it\n * to get a ParcelFileDescriptor for the file.\n */\n inputPFD = getContentResolver().openFileDescriptor(returnUri, \"r\");\n } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {\n e.printStackTrace();\n Log.e(\"MainActivity\", \"File not found.\");\n return;\n }\n // Get a regular file descriptor for the file\n FileDescriptor fd = inputPFD.getFileDescriptor();\n ...\n }\n }\n```\n\n\nThe method [openFileDescriptor()](/reference/android/content/ContentResolver#openFileDescriptor(android.net.Uri, java.lang.String))\nreturns a [ParcelFileDescriptor](/reference/android/os/ParcelFileDescriptor) for the file. From this object, the client\napp gets a [FileDescriptor](/reference/java/io/FileDescriptor) object, which it can then use to read the file.\n\nFor additional related information, refer to:\n\n- [Intents and Intent Filters](/guide/components/intents-filters)\n- [Retrieving Data from the Provider](/guide/topics/providers/content-provider-basics#SimpleQuery)"]]