This is basic java. It's not Android specific.
String filename = "something.ext"; String extension = null; int lastDotPosition = filename.lastIndexOf('.'); if( lastDotPosition > 0 ) { extension = filename.substring(lastDotPosition + 1); } -- Jeremy Wadsack On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Pedro Teixeira <pedroteixeir...@gmail.com>wrote: > And how is that done? > I found examples in javascript using the lastindexof ...but cant find > anything for android java.. > > > On Sep 3, 2010, at 6:52 PM, Filip Havlicek wrote: > > Just select extension as string from . to the end and filename as string > from last / to last . > > Best regards, > Filip Havlicek > > 2010/9/3 Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) <cor...@gmail.com> > >> Have you looked at File? >> >> -John Coryat >> >> -- >> 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en >> > > > -- > 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 > > > Pedro Teixeira > > www.pedroteixeira.org > > -- > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- 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