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There are other questions on this same topic, but I'm finding that on 4.0.4 with my HTC One, I can open file:/// URLs just fine with Firefox, but not with Chrome or the Android browser. Those two simply report a security error and show no content.

Is this something that changed since the 2.x era when it was apparently possible? (edit well I realize there was no Chrome for 2.x but ...)

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The issue was user error stemming from the less-than-obvious way the Android OS file system works. Everything visible in the file system is under a top-level (the real top) directory called "sdcard". Thus, file:/// URLs only work for paths like file:///sdcard/foo/bar.

I'll add with questionable relevance that if you haven't installed the app "AirDroid", you should. I found it while looking around for answers to a related problem.

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  • I get: "Access to the file was denied" for the extSdCard.
    – Luis A. Florit
    Feb 12, 2016 at 18:20
  • what path must one use for internal storage??
    – Fedor Alexander Steeman
    Feb 3, 2017 at 10:58
  • @FedorSteeman it's in the answer above.
    – Pointy
    Feb 3, 2017 at 13:28
  • thanks. I was getting confused over the fact that my unit didn't have an sd card, so it didn't make sense to me to go to the "sdcard".
    – Fedor Alexander Steeman
    Feb 3, 2017 at 14:24

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