Photo's do not show in gallery when stored to external SD card.

• /e/ version:
• Device model: FP-3
• When it started to occur: from fresh install
• Reproducible with the last /e/ version:
• Reproducible with LineageOS: lineage_FP3-userdebug 9 PQ3A.190801.002 eng.root20200428.185457 dev-keys

Summary

• The device is unusable
• The bug is the source of a data loss or a big waste of time
• The bug concerns a third-party application
• The bug concerns security
• The bug concerns privacy

The problem

• Configure the camera app to store photo's on SD Card (open camera app,-> Settings -> More camera controls -> Enable Use Storage Access Framework and select a location on the SD card

• Take a photo

• File is stored on the SD card but

• Click preview thumbnail of last taken photo in camera app. This opens the gallery app with a grey background unable to show the file

• Open the Gallery app. You will see a blank spot in the grid, no preview. Click on the blank spot shows correct filename but does not show photo

• Restart device

• Open gallery app, photo's taken are visible

What is the current behavior?

See: The Problem

What is the expected correct behavior?

After taking a picture you should:

• Clicking the preview thumbnail in the camera app open the gallery with the correct picture
• Opening the gallery app should show you the latest taken picture

Technical informations

Relevant screenshots

How the photo's show up in the gallery:

How a photo is displayed when clicking it from the preview thumbnail from the camera app or the gallery app:

Solutions

• Restart the device and the photo's are visible in gallery

FP3 ~Camera ~Gallery