PlayBook Error #2044 Unhandled IOErrorEvent

While porting over my Android photo upload demo application to the PlayBook I ran into: Error #2044: Unhandled IOErrorEvent:. text=Error #2038: File I/O Error.

error 2044 playbook screenshot

The issue is that you have to get permission to access the shared file system. To do this add <action>access_shared</action> to blackberry-tablet.xml.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<qnx>
	<authorId>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</authorId>
	<author>Matt Smith</author>
	<permission>access_internet</permission>
	<permission>use_camera</permission>
	<action>access_shared</action>
</qnx>
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