Im not entirely sure but I think you need to implement a broadcast receiver for that mimetype
On Jan 28, 8:08 am, Varun Khaneja <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to register my application for files of a certain popular and > well-documented MIME-type. > The problem is that Android does not seem to recognize this MIME-type. > > The following sample code demonstrates this: > > package com.example.helloandroid; > > import android.app.Activity; > import android.os.Bundle; > import android.util.Log; > import android.widget.TextView; > > public class HelloAndroid extends Activity { > /** Called when the activity is first created. */ > @Override > public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { > super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); > TextView tv = new TextView(this); > tv.setText("Hello, Android"); > setContentView(tv); > String extn = > android.webkit.MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl("/data/a.xyz"); > String xyzMimeType = > android.webkit.MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension > (extn); > Log.d ("HelloAndroid", "extn: " + extn + " | xyzMimeType: " + > xyzMimeType); > } > > } > > The MIME-type returned by this API is NULL although it correctly > returns the extension (extn = "xyz"). > > So in my main application, if I skip the <data android:mimeType="..." > /> line in the manifest file, the application does not receive the > intent which means it is not launched. > And there seems to be no way to specify android:mimeType as NULL. > > I also tried using <data android:mimeType="*" />, but with that, I get > an error saying "Malformed XML". > (Read about it > here:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1733195/android-intent-filter-for-...) > > Could someone please throw some light on this? > > Thanks, > -Varun -- 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
