Use getType() on the Intent used to start your activity to find out the MIME type of the document.
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Jonathan Nalewajek <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy _The Busy Coder's Guide to Android Development_ Version 3.4 Available! -- 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
