Android Question What is the name of this?

[JohnC]

In android 10, if I click "Attach File" from any app, such as Gmail or Google Messages, it then displays a "Open From" picker app.

Does anyone know the official name of this built-in picker app?

And in this picker app, it has a section near the top called "Browse Files in other apps" and it displays the icons of apps like "Photos" and my third-party file explorer in this section.

How can I get my app listed in that section?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[KMatle]

You can "register" your app for file types. So Android knows your app then. See here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/retrieve-one-or-multiple-image-s-shared-to-your-app.91612/

 

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

Does anyone know the official name of this built-in picker app?

I believe it is called the content chooser. There are posts on the forum on how to use.

How can I get my app listed in that section?

You can use an intent filter for this.

 

[JohnC]

You can "register" your app for file types. So Android knows your app then. See here: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/retrieve-one-or-multiple-image-s-shared-to-your-app.91612/

I have an app that uses those lines, but those lines seem to be for what the app can "receive" and not of what it can "provide".

And I have another app that has Erel's "File Provider" manifest lines in it, and apparently those don't register the way I need to appear in the content chooser.

So, I guess there are other manifest entries that I need to figure out in order to register my app to properly show in the content chooser.

 

[JohnC]

I think I found what I need...

Sharing files from your app with File Provider

Example was updated based on FileProvider class: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/class-fileprovider-share-files.97865/ See the above link if you are interested in sharing files from your app. This tutorial explains the steps required to implement a file picker that other applications...

www.b4x.com

I actually commented in that thread 5 years ago and didn't remember! I guess I'm loosing it ?

 

[Shelby]

Ha ha