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dley
dley

Reputation: 43

AIR - Open files on Android (openWithDefaultApplication() alternative)

I'm currently trying to open a downloaded file (.txt e.g.) on Android (2.2) programmatically through Adobe's AIR SDK.

On desktop AIR applications there is an API called File.openWithDefaultApplication();, which works fine.

Unfortunately this call doesn't work on Android based devices.

Do you guys know an alternative function to manage this - or point me in the right direction?

I guess it couldn't be that hard, but the relating information is quiet rare on Adobe's Knowledge Base ;-)

Thanx in advance.

Regards, /dley

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2778

Answers (1)

Joe Ward
Joe Ward

Reputation: 61

Opening a file in another application is not supported, except for files that can be launched with http/s, mailto, sms, tel, and market URI schemes. You can launch those with the navigateToURL() function.

Of course, it isn't hard to display text inside an AIR app, if that is what you are trying to do.

Upvotes: 2

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