com.phonegap.plugins.openfilewithexternalapp.OpenFileWithExternalApp.java Source code

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/**
 * That file is available under *either* the terms of the modified BSD license *or* the
 * MIT License (2008). See http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical for full text.
 *
 * Copyright (c) Ivan Vetrau 2012
 */

package com.phonegap.plugins.openfilewithexternalapp;

import java.io.File;

import org.apache.cordova.api.Plugin;
import org.apache.cordova.api.PluginResult;
import org.json.JSONArray;
import org.json.JSONException;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Environment;
import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;

public class OpenFileWithExternalApp extends Plugin {

    public PluginResult execute(String action, JSONArray args, String callbackId) {

        try {

            String filePath = args.getString(0);

            Intent intent = new Intent();

            intent.setAction(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

            File fileToOpen = new File(filePath);

            MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();

            String extension = fileToOpen.getName().substring(fileToOpen.getName().lastIndexOf(".") + 1)
                    .toLowerCase();

            String type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);

            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

            Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(fileToOpen);

            intent.setDataAndType(uri, type);

            this.ctx.startActivity(intent);
        }

        catch (JSONException e) {

            e.printStackTrace();

        }

        PluginResult mPlugin = new PluginResult(PluginResult.Status.NO_RESULT);

        return mPlugin;
    }
}