ACTION_VIEW intent for a file with unknown MimeType

Question

My app has a feature that browse files on your phone and SD card and open them using other apps. I want a solution where I don\'t have to specify the MimeType and can work w

Answer 1

Use this method to get the MIME type from the uri of the file :

public static String getMimeType(String url) {

    String type = null;
    String extension = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
    if (extension != null) {
        type = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
    }
    return type;
}