My webview app already handles external URL\'s fine (opens links from external apps like viber, browsers, etc) like this- (i got this code from here)
// get URL
You need to put below code in your activity which response the intent,
void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
// Get intent, action and MIME type
Intent intent = getIntent();
String action = intent.getAction();
String type = intent.getType();
if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(action))
{
*/if (type.startsWith("image/“))
{*/
downloadImage(intent); // Download image being sent
}
}
void downloadImage(Intent intent) {
Uri imageUri = (Uri) intent.getParcelableExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
if (imageUri != null) {
// Write Your Download Code Here
}
}
you have to solve issues to
replace
startActivity(i);
with
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "caption of the choser"));
In the manifest you have to declare that you have an activity that can handle the relevant content
<manifest ... >
<application ... >
<activity android:name=".MyDownloadActivity" ...>
<intent-filter >
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data
android:mimeType="*/*"
android:scheme="file" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter > <!-- mime only SEND(_TO) -->
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SENDTO" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.CATEGORY_OPENABLE" />
<!--
these do not work :-(
<data android:scheme="content" android:host="*" />
<data android:scheme="content"
android:host="media"
android:pathPattern="/external/images/media/.*" />
<data android:host="*" android:scheme="content"
android:mimeType="image/*" />
-->
<data android:mimeType="*/*" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
MyDownloadActivity
Your MyDownloadActivity.onCreate()
will receive all mime-types * / * for SEND, SENDTO, VIEW. For Details see @Vickyexpert-s answer
intent-intercept is a free android tool to analyse intents. it can intercept nearly every intent. you can look at the sourcecode to see how this is done.
I use sendtosd as my general purpose download handler. It-s sourcecoder is available on github