Check viewer to open file in Android lollipop

Question

In android/Hybrid app, I am using following code to check "Is viewer to open file is installed on device or not"

private boolean detectFileViewer(String fileExt) throws InterruptedException,
JSONException {
    try {
        PackageManager packageManager = cordova.getActivity().getPackageManager();
        Intent testIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        testIntent.setType( MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(fileExt));
        if (packageManager.queryIntentActivities(testIntent, PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY).size() > 0) {
            return true;
        } else {
            return false;
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        return false;
    }
}

On Android Lollipop, if only default PDF viewer i.e. "Drive PDF Viewer" is present above code is returning false as

PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY

is returning empty array. Also above code is working fine on previous versions of Android.

Tested on nexus 4 and nexus 5 with Android Lollipop.

Answer 1

   public static void openFile(final Context context, File url, final Activity activity) throws IOException {
    // Create URI
    File file = url;
    Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    if (url.toString().contains(".doc") || url.toString().contains(".docx")) {
        // Word document
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/msword");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".pdf")) {
        // PDF file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/pdf");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".ppt") || url.toString().contains(".pptx")) {
        // Powerpoint file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/vnd.ms-powerpoint");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".xls") || url.toString().contains(".xlsx")) {
        // Excel file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/vnd.ms-excel");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".zip") || url.toString().contains(".rar")) {
        // WAV audio file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/x-wav");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".rtf")) {
        // RTF file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/rtf");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".wav") || url.toString().contains(".mp3")) {
        // WAV audio file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "audio/x-wav");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".gif")) {
        // GIF file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "image/gif");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".jpg") || url.toString().contains(".jpeg") || url.toString().contains(".png")) {
        // JPG file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "image/jpeg");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".txt")) {
        // Text file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "text/plain");
    } else if (url.toString().contains(".3gp") || url.toString().contains(".mpg") || url.toString().contains(".mpeg") || url.toString().contains(".mpe") || url.toString().contains(".mp4") || url.toString().contains(".avi")) {
        // Video files
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "video/*");
    } else {
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "*/*");
    }
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
    try {
            context.startActivity(intent);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        Toast.makeText(context, "There isn't any program open this file!!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

}

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