Hi OC ,
thanks for ur inputs.
I am still getting the same exception.
Can you please clarify how you set the array and modification done in
filebrowser.java ??
On Oct 16, 4:29 pm, OC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> Ok, my English is not so good, but I'll try my best.
>
> You'll have to set the correct Data and Type. You have to define the
> Type by yourself, by getting the
> fileextension. Type means the main MIME-type like audio/* or image/*.
>
> For example:
>
> You clicked at the file "MyFavouriteSong.mp3" you have to parse for
> the file-extension, here ".mp3".
> In the list defined by yourself (maybe in a Textfile or as a resource-
> array), you look for that extension
> and use the main MIME-type as Type. (should now look like "audio").
> If you have the Type, you can call the "setDataAndType" Method with
> parameters like
> shown in the sample source below.
> Android will show you a Dialog with all Application that can handle
> the given Type, which did not mean
> that the Application can Handle the File by itself. ;-)
>
> *** CODE ***
> // Create an Intent
> Intent intent = new Intent();
>
> intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
> intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
>
> // Category where the App should be searched
> String category = new
> String("android.intent.category.DEFAULT");
>
> // Setting up the data and the type for the intent
> intent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(aDirectory), type+"/
> *");
>
> // will start the activtiy found by android or show a
> dialog to select one
> startActivity(intent);
> *** CODE END ***
>
> This is the way i do, but i don't know it's the right one.
>
> Regards,
> OC
>
> On 26 Sep., 11:25, Timbobsteve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I posted this in the beginners section, but received no response.
> > Sorry if it is bad etiquette to re-post here, it just seems that there
> > is a lot more activity in this list.
>
> > I am running through the FileBrowser tutorial over @ anddev.org and
> > have it working fairly well, but the one thing I cannot get working is
> > Opening files when they are clicked on.
>
> > I always seem to get a "ActivityNotFoundException: no activity found
> > to handle { action: android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW data=file:///
> > sdcard/myfile.txt} "
>
> > My openFile() function looks like this:
>
> > private void openFile() {
> > try {
> > Intent myIntent = new
> > Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.fromFile(myFile));
> > startActivity(myIntent);
> > } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
> > e.printStackTrace();
> > }
> > }
>
> > Can anyone see any problems with this? Is it just that there are no
> > Apps registered to handle opening of .png images and .txt files? Or is
> > my code wrong?
>
> > Regards,
> > Timbobsteve
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