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| From | Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.android |
| Subject | Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... |
| Date | 2017-01-07 08:53 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <edboj6FivtuU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <oalsxv6r295m$.1p6mromx0luvd.dlg@40tude.net> |
tlvp wrote: > Three questions, if I may, about Android dialogues of "Open with..." type. > These are the 4-or-more-line dialogues looking like so: > > : Complete action using > : [ Icon_1] App_1 > : [ Icon_2] App_2 > : [ Icon_3] App_3 > : |__| Use by default for this action > > Q1: how can one add yet another App to the list of candidates? You don't. The author of an app can declare that it is able to handle files/actions of a certain type, if the device has more than one possible app it shows the dialog. > Q2: how does one _later_ undo one's choice to tick the Use-by-default box? Settings/WhicheverApp/OpenByDefault/ClearDefaults > Q3: how does one initiate such a dialogue when trying to open a file of a > type Android doesn't yet have a handler for (e.g., .azw, .MOBI, .ePub)? > (Yes, I've Kobo Reader and Kindle for Android installed and ready to use.) You don't. If it has zero handlers it can't handle the file; if it has one handler it will use it with no dialog; if it has multiple handlers but knows your preference it will use it with no dialog; only when it has two or more handlers but you haven't declared a preference will it initiate the dialog. > If it matters, I'm interested for Android versions 2.3.5, 4.0.4, and newer. Don't think the behaviour has changed much over the years.
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Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-06 20:27 -0500
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2017-01-07 08:53 +0000
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-07 14:45 -0500
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2017-01-07 22:12 +0000
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-08 00:15 -0500
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-08 17:18 +0000
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-08 16:44 -0500
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2017-01-08 22:35 +0000
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-08 23:47 -0500
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... Kees Nuyt <k.nuyt@nospam.demon.nl> - 2017-01-09 18:50 +0100
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-10 04:08 -0500
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2017-01-09 23:55 +0000
Re: Q.: "Open with" dialogues in Android ... tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2017-01-10 04:16 -0500
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