Open a selected file (image, pdf, …) programmatically from my Android Application?

Question

I\'m working on an Android application which should be able to open a selected file from a specific folder.

I already tried this, but after selecting which applicati

Answer 1

You can try this

File file = new File(filePath);
MimeTypeMap map = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String ext = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(file.getName());
String type = map.getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);

if (type == null)
    type = "*/*";

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri data = Uri.fromFile(file);

intent.setDataAndType(data, type);

startActivity(intent);