[android-developers] Re: Filter out an application

Thanks Dianne!

Would creating a content provider be of any help?

-Akshay

On Apr 26, 11:36 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote:
> Sorry there is not a way to do this.  You'd have to query the package
> manager yourself and show a selection UI that doesn't include your app.
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> On Tue, Apr 26, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Akshay Goel <xpectro...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello,
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> > I am struggling with a weird problem. I have an application manifest
> > that defines intent filters for office files, .doc, .ppt, etc. So, the
> > user can go to an office file in a file explorer, choose open, and
> > select my application. My application is not really a document viewer;
> > it allows a user to extract images from a file.
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> > Now, inside my application, I want to allow the user to view the
> > selected office file in a document viewer. For this, I am providing an
> > open button, which fires an ACTION_VIEW intent. When the activity
> > chooser comes up, it displays my application also as an option because
> > I have declared the intent filters in my manifest. In a nut shell, I
> > do not want my application to be one of the options when my
> > application sends the ACTION_VIEW intent.
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> > Is there a way I can filter out my application from this chooser
> > dialog?
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> > Thanks,
>
> > Akshay
>
> > P.S: I cannot register for the SEND filter instead of the VIEW filter
> > in my manifest due to my requirements.
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