diff --git a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index d7ca00fcc..90f88c34a 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
                 android:name="io.flutter.app.android.SplashScreenUntilFirstFrame"
                 android:value="false" />
         </activity>
+        <!-- file provider to share files having a file:// URI -->
+        <provider
+            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
+            android:authorities="deckers.thibault.aves.fileprovider"
+            android:exported="false"
+            android:grantUriPermissions="true">
+            <meta-data
+                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
+                android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" />
+        </provider>
         <meta-data
             android:name="com.google.android.geo.API_KEY"
             android:value="AIzaSyDf-1dN6JivrQGKSmxAdxERLM2egOvzGWs" />
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/deckers/thibault/aves/channelhandlers/AppAdapterHandler.java b/android/app/src/main/java/deckers/thibault/aves/channelhandlers/AppAdapterHandler.java
index 395392296..7976027df 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/deckers/thibault/aves/channelhandlers/AppAdapterHandler.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/deckers/thibault/aves/channelhandlers/AppAdapterHandler.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import android.graphics.Bitmap;
 import android.net.Uri;
 
 import androidx.annotation.NonNull;
+import androidx.core.content.FileProvider;
 
 import com.bumptech.glide.Glide;
 import com.bumptech.glide.load.Key;
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import com.bumptech.glide.request.RequestOptions;
 import com.bumptech.glide.signature.ObjectKey;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.File;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -190,7 +192,16 @@ public class AppAdapterHandler implements MethodChannel.MethodCallHandler {
 
     private void share(String title, Uri uri, String mimeType) {
         Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
-        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
+        if (ContentResolver.SCHEME_FILE.equalsIgnoreCase(uri.getScheme())) {
+            String path = uri.getPath();
+            if (path == null) return;
+            String applicationId = context.getApplicationContext().getPackageName();
+            Uri apkUri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context, applicationId + ".fileprovider", new File(path));
+            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, apkUri);
+            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
+        } else {
+            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
+        }
         intent.setType(mimeType);
         context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, title));
     }
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fafa14f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/xml/provider_paths.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<paths>
+    <external-path
+        name="external_files"
+        path="." />
+</paths>
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