Thanks Dianne! Would creating a content provider be of any help?
-Akshay On Apr 26, 11:36 pm, Dianne Hackborn <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry there is not a way to do this. You'd have to query the package > manager yourself and show a selection UI that doesn't include your app. > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Akshay Goel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > > > I am struggling with a weird problem. I have an application manifest > > that defines intent filters for office files, .doc, .ppt, etc. So, the > > user can go to an office file in a file explorer, choose open, and > > select my application. My application is not really a document viewer; > > it allows a user to extract images from a file. > > > Now, inside my application, I want to allow the user to view the > > selected office file in a document viewer. For this, I am providing an > > open button, which fires an ACTION_VIEW intent. When the activity > > chooser comes up, it displays my application also as an option because > > I have declared the intent filters in my manifest. In a nut shell, I > > do not want my application to be one of the options when my > > application sends the ACTION_VIEW intent. > > > Is there a way I can filter out my application from this chooser > > dialog? > > > Thanks, > > > Akshay > > > P.S: I cannot register for the SEND filter instead of the VIEW filter > > in my manifest due to my requirements. > > > -- > > 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 > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > [email protected] > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- 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
