android.content.Context#MODE_WORLD_READABLE}, and {@link
android.content.Context#MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE}.</p>
+<p class="note"><strong>Note:</strong> The constants {@link
+android.content.Context#MODE_WORLD_READABLE} and {@link
+android.content.Context#MODE_WORLD_WRITEABLE} have been deprecated since API level 17. Since
+API level 24 their use will result in a {@link java.lang.SecurityException} to be thrown.
+This means that apps targeting API level 24 and higher
+cannot share private files by name, and attempts to share a "file://" URI will result in a
+{@link android.os.FileUriExposedException} to be thrown. If your app needs to share private
+files with other apps, it may use a {@link android.support.v4.content.FileProvider} with
+the {@link android.content.Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION}.
+See also <a
+href="{@docRoot}training/secure-file-sharing/index.html">Sharing Files</a>.
+</p>
+
<p>To read a file from internal storage:</p>
<ol>
<p><b>Internal storage:</b></p>
<ul>
<li>It's always available.</li>
-<li>Files saved here are accessible by only your app by default.</li>
+<li>Files saved here are accessible by only your app.</li>
<li>When the user uninstalls your app, the system removes all your app's files from
internal storage.</li>
</ul>
with other apps or allow the user to access with a computer.</p>
</div>
+<p class="note">
+<strong>Note:</strong> Before API level 24, internal files could be made accessible to other
+apps by means of relaxing file system permissions. This is no longer the case. If you wish
+to make the content of a private file accessible to other apps, your app may use the
+{@link android.support.v4.content.FileProvider}. See <a
+href="{@docRoot}training/secure-file-sharing/index.html">Sharing Files</a>.</p>
<p class="note" style="clear:both">
<strong>Tip:</strong> Although apps are installed onto the internal storage by