Question

I had searched through different questions here but still didn’t get how to approach it.

So, basically, I have a file in my app that is displayed as if in file explorer, consequently, when user clicks on it – i want to open it using preinstalled program. Say, I want to open a pdf file with a preinstalled pdf viewer. How do I approach this? If there any “automatic” solutions when you just give android a file path and its type and it offers you programs it can be opened with?

Thanks xx

Answer 1

android will appropriate prog to open it if available

Intent contacts = new Intent();

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

contacts.setData(uri for what u want 2 do);

 startActivity(contacts);