On Thu, Feb 9, 2012 at 4:05 AM, Dusk Jockeys Android Apps <duskjock...@gmail.com> wrote: > The obvious candidate is to use the application/zip MIME type. The > problem is that while this works fine on the default android mail app > it is not supported by Gmail or the default Samsung email app, any zip > file attachment recieved on those mail clients simply won't open. It > seems to be a recognized issue with Gmail, has anyone any experience > to the contrary?
If you do not have an application on the device with an ACTION_VIEW, CATEGORY_BROWSABLE activity for application/zip, this is the behavior that I would expect, regardless of mail client. > So is there a better approach? Don't use email attachments. Upload/download files from a server, potentially emailing URLs. -- Mark Murphy (a Commons Guy) http://commonsware.com | http://github.com/commonsguy http://commonsware.com/blog | http://twitter.com/commonsguy Android 4.0 Programming Books: http://commonsware.com/books -- 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
