Question

How would i be able to get the mimeType from an application.

I am working on an application which filters certain installed applications based on the mimeType.

could someone please help me with this issue ?

thanks alot

Answer 1

mime types are associated with activities. You can use List and PackageManager.queryIntentActivities(i, 0) to get all the activities and therefore applications for a given data mime type.

public static List<ResolveInfo> getIntents(String action, String category,
            PackageManager pm) {
        Intent i = new Intent(action, null);
        i.addCategory(category);
        i.setData(data_uri)
        List<ResolveInfo> list = pm.queryIntentActivities(i, 0);
        return list;
    }

Else, you can get all applications (Launchable) by:

getIntents(Intent.ACTION_DEFAULT,Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER,pm);

and now classify by String type = getIntent().getType();