How to get the file name from the intent?

Question

This is my manifest file. After using intent filter i download the ics file from the mail attachment. When i open the downloaded file it start my application. I need to get the file name and data of the selected file in my application. What should i do in the manifest and the java file. I am very new to android can any one help me????

<application android:label="@string/app_name" android:icon="@drawable/icsicon">
    <activity android:name=".setMIMEfile" android:label="@string/app_name">
     <intent-filter>
         <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
         <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
         <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
        <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.ics" />    
     </intent-filter>
</activity>

Answer 1

Intent intent = getIntent();                
String name = intent.getData().getPath();

String name will contain your selected file path, from that path you can read your file

Answer 2

Intent intent = getIntent();
String name = intent.getData().getLastPathSegment();

Answer 3

Note that

Intent intent = getIntent();
String name = intent.getData().getEncodedPath();

gives you an encoded string, e.g. a space in the file name is encoded as "%20". If you want to open the file, you have to use

intent.getData().getPath()

instead.

Answer 4

You can get the file name using intent.getData().