I’m using this manifest to register (for example) a .stl file type with my application:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="org.test.core" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
<application android:icon="@drawable/icon" android:label="@string/app_name">
<activity android:name=".Testy" android:label="@string/app_name">
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity android:name="ThorActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
</activity>
<activity android:name="LokiActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
</activity>
<activity android:name="OdinActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
<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="http" android:host="*"
android:pathPattern=".*\\.stl" />
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="*"
android:pathPattern=".*\\.stl" />
<data android:scheme="content" android:host="*"
android:pathPattern=".*\\.stl" />
<data android:scheme="file" android:host="*"
android:pathPattern=".*\\.stl" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH_ADMIN" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
</manifest>
As you can see, I’m linking the .stl file extension to the activity OdinActivity
. Inside the OdinActivity
, I use the following line to get the file path so I can open it:
filePath = getIntent().getData().getEncodedPath();
Then I just open it to read from it:
FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(new File(filePath));