Opening files in Android

maarten.koopmans · December 22, 2011, 2:42am

This http://developer.anscamobile.com/forum/2011/07/14/opening-files-sending-other-apps should work according to Carlos’ replies (I got it working in iOS slightly differnt), except that it doesn’t.

local path = system.pathForFile("ap.pdf",system.ResourceDirectory)  
native.showWebPopup(0,0,300,300,"file://" .. path)

assuming a file ap.pdf as resource. Any clues, hints, tips, samples GREATLY appreciated.

–Maarten [import]uid: 5822 topic_id: 19505 reply_id: 319505[/import]

maarten.koopmans · December 28, 2011, 5:23am

Really, nobody knows how to does this? That’s kind of surprising. Apart from the missing directory functionality (mkdir, ls etc.) and the possibility to go to an SD card on Android, we can’t open files?

I have (as a user) apps where a popup comes that nicely asks me to select an app from a list, to open the document.

This is missing, as in the MapView category missing Anyone, please? [import]uid: 5822 topic_id: 19505 reply_id: 76181[/import]