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    copied!<p>I'm struggling to associate my app with a particular file type (<code>.stl</code>). A recommendation <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4149032/correct-android-intent-filter-configuration-to-associate-a-file-type-with-an-act" title="here">here</a> from Kevin doesn't have any effect. When trying to launch a file from a file manager, my app isn't one of the options suggested.</p> <p>His code is:</p> <pre><code>&lt;activity name="com.mycompany.MyActivity"&gt; &lt;intent-filter&gt; &lt;action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /&gt; &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /&gt; &lt;category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" /&gt; &lt;data android:mimeType="application/pdf" /&gt; &lt;/intent-filter&gt; &lt;/activity&gt; </code></pre> <p>(Except I have stl not pdf). I've tried all the variations on this theme I can find.</p> <p>The system seems unaware that my app is available to open this kind of file. Am I doing something stupid? </p> <p>Many thanks for any suggestions.</p> <p><strong>EDIT:</strong></p> <p>I have the answer. Basically you have to state that you are allowing any old mimetype and relying on the file extension. Using the 'correct' mimetype (application/sla) didn't work. This works:</p> <pre><code>&lt;data android:scheme="file" android:mimeType="*/*" android:pathPattern=".*\\.stl" /&gt; </code></pre> <p>Now when I select a file in Astro my app is suggested as one which will open this kind of file.</p>
 

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