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scenarios when attempting to share an image from a RecyclerView item in Android using Kotlin

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I'm currently developing an Android app where I have a `RecyclerView` displaying a list of images. When a user clicks on an image, I want to share it using an Intent. However, I encounter an behavior when trying to retrieve the image URI for sharing, resulting in a `FileNotFoundException`. Here's the relevant code snippet from my `ViewHolder` where the click listener is set up: ```kotlin inner class ImageViewHolder(itemView: View) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(itemView) { fun bind(imageUri: Uri) { itemView.imageView.setImageURI(imageUri) itemView.setOnClickListener { shareImage(imageUri) } } } private fun shareImage(imageUri: Uri) { val shareIntent = Intent().apply { action = Intent.ACTION_SEND putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imageUri) type = "image/*" } startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, null)) } ``` The `imageUri` passed to `shareImage` is sourced from the `RecyclerView` adapter, but I'm not sure if the URI remains valid when the `Intent` is created. Sometimes, I get the following behavior in the log: ``` java.io.FileNotFoundException: No content provider: content://media/external/images/media/12345 ``` I've also tried wrapping the sharing logic in a try-catch block to handle exceptions but it doesn't seem to resolve the underlying scenario. I've confirmed that the URI is valid by logging it before calling the share function. The images are loaded from the device's external storage, and I am targeting Android API level 30. Am I missing something in terms of permissions or handling the URI? Any insights would be appreciated!