Question

I had one issue with file editing in android using implicit intents, it got solved know, It took lot of time and permutations and combinations to solve it, but still finally I am left with doubt, The problem got solved but my quest to know why the problem got solved is not solved.

Please let me know if in case u have any clue on this.

Coming to my problem.

1. I have an activity. I have a Button in the activity. I want to open a pre existing log file (which is a text file example log.txt) stored in the location “/mnt/sdcard/xxx/log.txt”

2. The below is the implicit intent code i wrote and i ended up with an exception ” No activity found”

code1: which i tried and got exception

Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/xxx/log.txt");
Intent viewTestLogFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT,uri);
viewTestLogFileIntent.setType("text/plain");

code2: which i tried and got exception

Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/xxx/log.txt");
Intent viewTestLogFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT);
viewTestLogFileIntent.setData(uri);
viewTestLogFileIntent.setType("text/plain");

code3: which i tried and working fine

Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/xxx/log.txt");
Intent viewTestLogFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_EDIT);
viewTestLogFileIntent.setDataAndType(uri,"text/plain");

Two doubts i have are

1. First of all my file is located in /mnt/sdcard/xxx/log.txt this i can clearly see in the file system in DDMS view of eclipse, but how is it working when i give the file link in uri as “file:///sdcard/xxx/log.txt” where i skipped /mnt from path

2. what is wrong with code1 and code2?
   what ever is the data and type i am setting in code3 i am setting same data and type on intent but with different methods like setData() and setType() seperately. why are they ( code2 & code1) not working? why is the code3 working?

Answer 1

Please see the Javadoc of the method setType(String type) in the class Intent:

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This method automatically clears any data that was previously set (for example by setData(Uri)).
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