Android get attached filename from gmail app

Question

I have to retrieve the filename of the content from gmail app.

i get content uri some thing similar to

content://gmail-ls/messages/mymailid%40gmail.com/4/attachments/0.1/BEST/false

i see some apps getting the file names from it like this app

Kindly help regarding this.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Basically, you need to acquire the file system and get a cursor where the info is stored:

import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.database.Cursor;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.provider.MediaStore;
import android.widget.Toast;

public class CheckIt extends Activity {
    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        Intent theIntent = getIntent();
        String attachmentFileName = "No file name found";
        if (theIntent != null && theIntent.getData() != null) {
            Cursor c = getContentResolver().query(
                theIntent.getData(), null, null, null, null);
            c.moveToFirst();
            final int fileNameColumnId = c.getColumnIndex(
                MediaStore.MediaColumns.DISPLAY_NAME);
            if (fileNameColumnId >= 0)
                attachmentFileName = c.getString(fileNameColumnId);
        }
        Toast.makeText(this, attachmentFileName, Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }

}

In the cursor returned there is another column - MediaStore.MediaColumns.SIZE. At least that's what I get with GMail on my Desire HD. Just try the above code by operning a mail in GMail and hitting the preview button.

Of course, do not forget to add the following to the activity section in the Manifest.xml (do not drop the android.intent.category.LAUNCHER intent-filter section from the activity otherwise it will not be viewable through the launcher):

<intent-filter>
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
    <data android:mimeType="*/*" /> 
</intent-filter>

Answer 2

What you need to do is register for the different mime types. Something like this:

<intent-filter>
<action name="android.intent.action.VIEW">
<category name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT">
<data mimetype="text/xml">
</intent-filter>

Then Android will list your app as an option when trying to open attachements from Gmail. Then it will start your app with an intent that gives you the uri.