[android-developers] Re: unknown mimetypes and file managers...
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
[android-developers] Re: unknown mimetypes and file managers...
Sorry, the class is: android.webkit.MimeTypeMap 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
