Android file execute

Question

I am doing an Android file explorer. How can I execute a file? For example : "/xxx/xxx/image.jpg" I need to display the image in the default android system image viewer when the user clicks on the name of the file.

You need to send an Intent. I think that this answer might help you: http://stackoverflow.com/a/17831722/4568679 — Slav, Sep 29 '16 at 17:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 29 '16 at 17:42

You can use an intent to do that.

Intent intent = new Intent();
//Action View to see an image in default native app in your device.
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
//The path to see your image.
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("file://" + "/sdcard/test.jpg"), "image/*");
startActivity(intent);

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 29 '16 at 17:42

Without knowing much about the code itself you can try with:

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("file://" + "your_image_path.jpg"), "image/*");
startActivity(intent);

ACTION_VIEW as per Android Documentation:

Display the data to the user. This is the most common action performed on data -- it is the generic action you can use on a piece of data to get the most reasonable thing to occur.

Android file execute

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