on android, handle file received from intent action_view

[Kppro]

On Android this allows to receive media also from the intent action_view.

Example use case : clic on an email attachment to open it with our app

[filipenanclarez]

intent.action.VIEW is handled in package as url type. When user try open a file, android system send the uri of this file to intent.

if you need open file with dart:io functions like readAdBytes or readAsString, you should convert the Uri to full path. You can do this with uri_to_file package.

So, you can handle action.VIEW with this code in flutter side:

import 'package:uri_to_file/uri_to_file.dart';
...
// For sharing or opening urls/text coming from outside the app while the app is closed
ReceiveSharingIntent.getInitialText().then((String? value) async {
    String _sharedText = value ?? "";
    debugPrint('path of file: ${Uri.parse(_sharedText).path}');
    File file = await toFile(_sharedText);
    var fileContent = await file.readAsString();
    ...
});

[LuisMiguelSS]

intent.action.VIEW is handled in package as url type. When user try open a file, android system send the uri of this file to intent.

if you need open file with dart:io functions like readAdBytes or readAsString, you should convert the Uri to full path. You can do this with uri_to_file package.

So, you can handle action.VIEW with this code in flutter side:

import 'package:uri_to_file/uri_to_file.dart';
...
// For sharing or opening urls/text coming from outside the app while the app is closed
ReceiveSharingIntent.getInitialText().then((String? value) async {
    String _sharedText = value ?? "";
    debugPrint('path of file: ${Uri.parse(_sharedText).path}');
    File file = await toFile(_sharedText);
    var fileContent = await file.readAsString();
    ...
});

This won't work for all files as you'll get permission issues, this plugin should still be able to send the content set when adding the intent extra "EXTRA_STREAM".

[jaroslawdabrowski]

This pull request, looks very promising as I am facing the same issue. Can it get merged?

[YashSavsani]

Can this branch get merged?

[Kppro]

Can this branch get merged?

doesn't look like this repo is maintained anymore. Soon there will be more forks than stars 😢