I looked once, and the valid MIME types are hardcoded somewhere in the system. I believe it's in the internal com.android.* package.
On Mar 24, 4:29 pm, mort <m...@sto-helit.de> wrote: > I'd like to handle a file extention (.m3u8) which has no registered > MIME mapping for the extention, when the file is opened in a file > manager/explorer. But no matter what I try, the file managers I tried > aren't able to open the file with my app. Is this something that is > generally impossible in Android, are the file managers poorly > programmed, or am I doing something wrong? > > This is my current state in manifest.xml: > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" /> > <data android:scheme="file" /> > <data android:host="*" /> > <data android:mimeType="*/*" /> > <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.m3u8" /> > </intent-filter> > > I also tried without BROWSABLE and/or host, because I thought that > might be only for browser downloads, but it didn't change anything. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en