Android intent to open Word with intent's text in a new document

Question

I want to send data from my android app to Office Mobile (particularly Word Document) android app. What value should I supply at the setType() method below, the current value does not bring Office Mobile among options. It just brings twitter, facebook, etc.

Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(sendIntent);

Possible duplicate of [How can I setup an android intent for multiple types of files (pdf, office, images, text) and return a path?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/27367272/how-can-i-setup-an-android-intent-for-multiple-types-of-files-pdf-office-imag) — Bishan, Aug 26 '16 at 02:50
Possible duplicate of [Android: Opening a Word document using intents and FileProvider](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54836448/android-opening-a-word-document-using-intents-and-fileprovider) — Shreshth Kharbanda, Oct 30 '19 at 03:36

score -1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

Try this:

public static void openFile(Context context, File url) throws IOException {
    // Create URI
    File file=url;
    Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(file);

    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

    if(url.toString().contains(".docx")) {
        // Text file
        intent.setDataAndType(uri, "text/plain");
}

intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); 
        context.startActivity(intent);

Some other links in case this doesn't work: Android how to open a .doc extension file? https://developer.android.com/guide/components/intents-filters.html

Hope it works! Good Luck! Happy Coding!

Android intent to open Word with intent's text in a new document

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