Open a CSV file in Android programmatically

Question

I have written a CSV programmatically, I want to allow the user to be able to open the CSV in an app that they have installed on their device.

I have the following:

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "My_App_Dir/" + fileName);
Intent csvIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);
csvIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE);
csvIntent.setDataAndType(FileProvider.getUriForFile(getActivity(), getActivity().getApplicationContext().getPackageName() + ".provider", finalFile), "text/csv");
csvIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
csvIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
getActivity().startActivity(csvIntent);

When I run the above code, all I get is the recent files explorer (which doesn't show the file) not the app selection screen to allow the user to select which application they want to use to open the file.

If I go to my devices file explorer app (solid explorer) and select the app, it provides me a list of apps that are capable of supporting the CSV (Google Docs or Excel).

CommonsWare · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-11 22:20:04Z

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Use ACTION_VIEW. ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT is the equivalent of a desktop OS or Web browser "file open" dialog.

answered Apr 11, 2017 at 22:20

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Boardy Over a year ago

Thanks, I've given that a try but it throws an ActivityNotFoundException now.

android.content.ActivityNotFoundException: No Activity found to handle Intent { act=android.intent.action.VIEW cat=[android.intent.category.OPENABLE] dat=content://com.my_company.my_app.provider/external_files/My_App_Dir/11042017_233342_resultset.csv typ=text/csv flg=0x10000001 }

Boardy Over a year ago

Ah sorted it, done what you did, but I needed to remove the addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_OPENABLE). Thanks for your help

CommonsWare Over a year ago

@Boardy: Oh, yeah, right, sorry about missing that. ACTION_VIEW is usually only used with the default category, and that gets added by default when you call startActivity().

tiagocarvalho92 Over a year ago

This is not available in API 15. Do you have any other suggestion?

CommonsWare Over a year ago

@tiagocarvalho92: I do not know what "this" is. ACTION_VIEW -- which I recommended in my answer, has been around since API Level 1.

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