Multiple MIME types in Android

Question

Is there a way to use intent.setType() and supply multiple broad types (like images and video)?

I am using an ACTION_GET_CONTENT.

Answer 1

For me what worked best was:

intent.setType("*/*");
intent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);

You can add several mime types like this

intent.setType("image/*|application/pdf|audio/*");

But the intent chooser will only display applications that can handle images because it is the first in the mime type string.

However if you have a file manager installed (I tested with the CyanogenMod file manager) you can choose a file that is audio or pdf or an image.

If the audio mime type is the first one, like this:

intent.setType("audio/*|image/*|application/pdf");

The intent chooser will display only applications that handle audio.
Again using the file manager you can select an image or pdf or audio.