Loading MSword from android

Question

I am trying to load a document in MSword from my android app but can't find any documentation for the interface.  From Android Java I am calling:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_OPEN_DOCUMENT);intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);file = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()+"/Download/101131a.docx";Uri uri = Uri.parse(file);intent.setDataAndType(uri, "application/msword");activity.startActivity(intent);

This loads MSWord, but it cant find the file.....

Ultimately I want to load the file from my OneDrive account, but don't know what to pass to MSWord to achieve this.

Can anyone help?

Answer 1

At the moment I am trying to just load the file from my local storage.

If I load MSWord and then Open -> This device > Download , I can see the file 101131a.docx and open it for editing.

When I make the above call from my Android App, it fires up MSWord but says 'Can't open file' .

I can only conclude that that is because either I'm not passing the file name correctly, or I have not set the correct path.

Ultimately I want to load from OneDrive through MSWord, but wanted to check I could do it locally first, which I don't seem to be able to do.

I would expect that to open from OneDrive, I might need to pass a more complex file location?

Answer 2

Hi,

I need more information before we proceed.

1. Does the issue persist with the particular file/ all the file?
2. Are you using OneDrive with browser/ OneDrive app?

I look forward to your reply to assist you further.

Thank you.