View MS office files in an android application

Question

I am trying to view files in my application such as audio, video , PDF and others.

I have successfully done that, now I am trying to view Microsoft office files such as doc, docx, xls and ppt.

Is there any way to do that in android, like calling an Intent?

I am so appreciated for any help or guide.

Edit

I have downloaded thinkfree office to my nexus S, but the following code still returning false, kindly look at it:

 private boolean checkViewerAvailability(String type) 
 {
    PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.setType("application/doc");

    List<ResolveInfo> list = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
    return list.size() > 0;
}

May you please share the code you used to show preview of pdf etc? — Noitidart, Oct 18 '17 at 22:18
Hello, its been almost 5 years now, but I will look up the code for you, anyway i guess this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/10530506/488434 is what you're looking for — Ahmad Kayyali, Oct 20 '17 at 10:05
Thank you sir, this is via an intent right, not in-app preview? — Noitidart, Oct 20 '17 at 13:32
Yes via Intent, are you looking for in app preview? What type of files are you targeting? — Ahmad Kayyali, Oct 21 '17 at 16:45
if for viewing only, I would consider web view, try that and let me know. — Ahmad Kayyali, Oct 23 '17 at 04:59
Thanks sir, but will that require being online? So it wont work in airplane mode etc huh? — Noitidart, Oct 23 '17 at 06:57

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 23 '11 at 17:59

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You can try. Create an ACTION_VIEW Intent with a Uri to the document on external storage and the proper MIME type for whatever sort of file it is. Use PackageManager and queryIntentActivities() to see if there are any matches. If there are no matches, then the user does not have such an application installed.

answered Jan 23 '11 at 17:59

CommonsWare

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Thank you for the response, i will try that asap. – Ahmad Kayyali Jan 23 '11 at 21:34
Dear @CommonsWare i have updated my question to include what you have advised me to do but still no luck. – Ahmad Kayyali Jan 24 '11 at 08:37
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@Ahmad Kayyali: The MIME type for Microsoft Word appears to be `application/msword`. http://filext.com/faq/office_mime_types.php – CommonsWare Jan 24 '11 at 12:03

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 23 '11 at 18:17

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Don't exactly get your use case, but Google docs will accept and translate those formats to native Gdocs that can be edited on android.

answered Jan 23 '11 at 18:17

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thank you dartdog, do you have any code snippet explaining your answer? – Ahmad Kayyali Jan 23 '11 at 21:35

View MS office files in an android application

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