Open Attatchment does not work

[derTomGER]

Hello,

i've got problems open the attatchments of mails who need another app to open.

Example:
My telephone answering machine mails me missed calls, attached as .wav file.
If i try to open the attachement directly in aquamail it does not work, see attached error message.
opening the file in e.g. es file explorer works like a charm.

i think at this point the "open with" dialogue is missing

[Kostya Vasilyev]

How about installing a sound player that can handle .wav files?

[derTomGER]

Sorry, forgot to mention that.
Saving the attachment and open it in a third party app, like ES File Explorer or Apollo Mediaplayer works like a charm.

so if the handling is like in windows there might be a problem with the assignment of the filetype

[Kostya Vasilyev]

Ok, I just sent myself a .wav file, with the same mime type ("audio/x-wav").

If I save the attachment first, and open it, I get a choice of ES Media Player and Google Music.

If I don't save first, the file plays with Google Music (there is no app chooser).

This on a Galaxy Nexus with 4.2.2, both in my app, and in stock Android Email.

I can only conclude that ES Media Player is only able to accept files, not "content provider URIs" used for opening without saving first (again, both in my app and stock Android Email).

[miru rdmo]

I'm having a similar issue with opening Excel files. Different flavors of extensions yield different results. An .xls attachment might launch correctly from Aqua Mail, where as an .xlsm might not (I get "Web browser installed?" message)

However if I save them and open with ES, it prompts for the desired program.

Would it be possible to have an option that would open files like ES does, ignoring the uri?

[Kostya Vasilyev]

I added a mime mapping for .xlsm per this page:

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/vsofficedeveloper/archive/2008/05/08/office-2007-open-xml-mime-types.aspx

Get the new build here:

http://www.aqua-mail.com/forum/index.php?topic=1517.0