Open files with spaces using intent Android

I am making an application which opens a file using another application. The problem is if the file name contains spaces there is an error-and exception is not showed -. I've tried String.replace(" ", "\\ "); but does not work.

My code seems like

File f = new File(Environment.getExternalStoragePublicDirectory(
            Environment.DIRECTORY_DOWNLOADS).
            getAbsoluteFile() + "/MyFolder", file);
    if (f.exists()) {
        Uri path = Uri.fromFile(new File(f.getAbsolutePath().replace(" ", "\\ ")));
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setDataAndType(path, getMimeType(file));

        PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
        ComponentName component = intent.resolveActivity(pm);

        if (component == null) {
            Toast.makeText(
                    getApplicationContext(),
                    "There is not any application to open this file.",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            Log.e("LaunchApp", "There is not any application to open this file.");
        } else {
            startActivity(intent);
        }
    }

File Path is like /storage/emulated/0/Download/MyFolder/Photos/My Photo.jpg;

Result: file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/MyFolder/Photos/My%5C%20Photo.jpg

Otherwise: file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/MyFolder/Photos/My/ Photo.jpg and does not work neither.

What i want: file:///storage/emulated/0/Download/MyFolder/Photos/My Photo.jpg If I "hardcoded" the path, is not success.

Thanks on advance!

Upvotes: 1

Answers (3)

Jnmgr

Reputation: 179

The issue was caused by MimeType method.

    String type = null;
    String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url.replace(" ", ""));
    if (extension != null) {
        type = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
    }
    return type;

I took out all spaces from url(File Path), and now MimeType does not return null and then, startActivity works fine.

Upvotes: 1