I am having a few issues with sharing email attachments.... My activity has several intent filters that handle multiple MIME-types (pdf, doc, xls, etc.). If I get an email with a .pdf attachment, I can share it with my activity, but inside my activity, I am not sure how to get the MIME type of what is being shared. I can get the inputstream, but I get a permission issue when trying to access getType(uri).
Here is my code to get the input stream: Intent shareIntent = getIntent(); InputStream is = getContentResolver().openInputStream(shareIntent.getData()); If I then print out the value of is.available(), it appears to be the appropriate size. In other words, the data is there. However, if I call: getContentResolver().getType(shareIntent.getData()); I get the following exception: ERROR/DatabaseUtils(7944): java.lang.SecurityException: Permission Denial: reading com.android.email.provider.EmailProvider uri content://com.android.email.provider/attachment/48 from pid=8048, uid=10114 requires com.android.email.permission.ACCESS_PROVIDER The problem is, if I simply have the byte array, I have no idea what extension the final file should be. I know there are apps that can get not only the MIME-type, but can get the entire filename. For example, if I try to open a pdf from my inbox, and I open it with QuickOffice, I can see the filename at the top of quickoffice. Can someone please explain to me what I am doing wrong, and at least point me in the right direction? Opening email attachments in another application seems like such a simple feature... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
