Thanks mark, I really didn't want to have to crawl around code to find how it's sending the picture i.e. as a content uri and how it's storing it (EXTRA_STREAM)
still, it works now. Thanks again. On Nov 15, 12:42 pm, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote: > MrChaz wrote: > > That's the one I'm trying to use: > > > <intent-filter android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/ > > app_name"> > > <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND"></action> > > <category android:name="android.intent.category.ALTERNATIVE"></ > > category> > > <category > > android:name="android.intent.category.SELECTED_ALTERNATIVE"></ > > category> > > </intent-filter> > > Well, I can tell you that the mail program uses: > > <intent-filter android:label="@string/app_name"> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" /> > <data android:mimeType="text/plain" /> > <data android:mimeType="image/*" /> > <data android:mimeType="video/*" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > </intent-filter> > > And the MMS client uses: > > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > <data android:mimeType="image/*" /> > </intent-filter> > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > <data android:mimeType="video/*" /> > </intent-filter> > <intent-filter> > <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" /> > <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> > <data android:mimeType="text/plain" /> > </intent-filter> > > The categories you are using are for option menus and AFAIK are not > relevant for the scenario you are trying. So, I'd model after the ones > from the Android source code. > > BTW, to find this, you can use Google Code Search: > > http://www.google.com/codesearch > > and search on: > > package:android android.intent.action.SEND > > (though that will also bring up a bunch of SENDTO entries as well) > > -- > Mark Murphy (a Commons > Guy)http://commonsware.com|http://twitter.com/commonsguy > > Warescription: Three Android Books, Plus Updates, $35/Year -- 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