android - pathPattern to match file extension does not work if a period exists elsewhere in the file name?

Question

I see numerous examples of using pathPattern to define an intent-filter for a specific file extension/type; for example, pathPattern=".*\.xyz".

Unfortunately, this does not appear to work properly if the file in question has a period elsewhere in the path; for example "my.filename.xyz".

Is there a pathPattern syntax that will match both "myfilename.xyz" and "my.filename.xyz"?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3400072/pathpattern-to-match-file-extension-does-not-work-if-a-period-exists-elsewhere-i

Answer 1

Ran into the same problem trying to open a file in a dot folder. I found I could just add multiple "data" elements, depending on how many dots I expected to have in my paths:

<data android:pathPattern=".*\.mytype"/>
<data android:pathPattern=".*\..*\.mytype"/>
<data android:pathPattern=".*\..*\..*\.mytype"/>
<data android:pathPattern=".*\..*\..*\..*\.mytype"/>

Ugly, though. Anyone know a better way?