I don't know if this is what you want, but look at the intent-filter stuff here:
http://developer.android.com/intl/de/guide/topics/intents/intents-filters.html I have an intent-filter defined that will cause the browser to recognize a Uri of the form "bloa-app://twitt" and send requests to that Uri to my app. I did this by adding this to the Activity's description in AndroidManifest.xml: <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" /> <data android:scheme="bloa-app" android:host="twitt" /> </intent-filter> Good luck finding your answer. On Jan 29, 6:38 am, Varun Khaneja <khan...@gmail.com> wrote: > The API call is in a sample application to demonstrate that Android > probably does not have an extension to MIME-type mapping for this > particular MIME-type. > > The main application I am working on does register itself for the > MIME-type in question (via AndroidManifest.xml) but still does not > receive the intents and I think that's because of the lack of mapping > for this MIME-type in Android. > > Is there a way I can add this mapping to Android? > For example, add a mapping for "*.xyz" to "application/xy+z" and vice > versa so that when the user taps on ABC.xyz in a 3rd-party file > explorer, an intent with MIME-type "application/xy+z" is sent to > applications who register for it in their AndroidManifest.xml. > > Thanks, > -Varun > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > The API you are calling is just for the web kit when running in your own > > process. If you want other apps to be able to see what you can do, that is > > what AndroidManifest.xml is for. > > > On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 6:08 AM, Varun Khaneja <khan...@gmail.com> 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 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 > > > -- > > Dianne Hackborn > > Android framework engineer > > hack...@android.com > > > 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. 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