On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 6:38 PM, Mark Murphy <mmur...@commonsware.com> wrote:
> You can specify the path to a PDF as an extra, or as the Uri
> associated with the Intent. You need to follow the rules for whatever
> it is that you are trying to do (e.g., ACTION_SEND would use
> EXTRA_STREAM).
>
> Note that paths to files on internal storage are frequently useless,
> as other apps cannot access those files by default. You would either
> need to use MODE_WORLD_READABLE (ick) or create a small
> ContentProvider for serving that file and making it available to other
> apps via a content:// Uri.
I've found the following code which would allow the user to select an
email client from a list fired as an intent. The email client on the phone
would have the pdf as an attachment. Here the pdf is called shortcuts.pdf.
However I don't know how to save it so that it becomes accessible as
R.raw.shortcuts . How is this magic achieved? What is R.raw? Does it
reside on external storage?
Do I really need to use "content://" and a content provider or can I do
away with using "android:resource://" as below? What's the difference?
Intent emailIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
emailIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL,
new String[]{"emailaddress"});
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
emailIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Body");
String rawFolderPath = "android.resource://" + getPackageName()
+ "/" + R.raw.shortcuts;
// Here my file name is shortcuts.pdf which i have stored in /res/raw folder
Uri emailUri = Uri.parse(rawFolderPath );
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, emailUri);
emailIntent.setType("application/pdf");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, "Send mail..."));
Thanks,
JG
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