Registering to 'Open with'

[Gargoyle]

Is it possible to register my program to be put in the list to 'Open with' for certain types of files.

Also how would I get the filename that was to be opened? (from file explorer)

I've searched for 'register' 'open with' 'arguments' and looked through loads of topics but didn't see anything.

Any help is appreciated.

 

[NJDude]

You will have to add this to the app's Manifest:

AddActivityText(Main,
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<data android:mimeType="image/*" />
</intent-filter>)

The above example will register your app to open "images", change the Mime type accordingly.

 

[Gargoyle]

Thanks NJDude, that worked great.

Now, how can I know/get what file was to be passed to my app?

 

[Gargoyle]

Found out how, by using an Intent defined variable, Activity.GetStartingIntent and GetExtra("ABSOLUTE_FILE_PATH")

 

[Roger Garstang]

I was just looking for something like this. I zip up my projects and wanted a way to read/open/edit them on my phone. I found a file manager that opened the zip file but its editor was bad. Should be easy to make my own now and possibly even something to open the zip without the need for the file manager.

 

[a_carignan]

How

How to retrieve the name of the directory and file for a commenade file open?:BangHead:

 

[Erel]

Check the "extras" that are included in the intent (Activity.GetStartingIntent).