Which MIME data type for Android Excel CSV?

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I tried "text/csv" and even "application/vnd.ms-excel", but Excel won't show in the list of choices. Plenty of other apps do.

void shareCsv(Uri uri, Context context) { Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND); intent.setType("text/csv"); intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri); intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION); context.startActivity(intent); }

syblock · Accepted Answer · 2022-07-27 18:37:27Z

For me, these mime types worked:

XLS => application/vnd.ms-excel
XLSX => application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet
CSV => text/comma-separated-values

Husayn Hakeem · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 16:48:19Z

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It should be application/vnd.ms-excel (source)

answered Oct 9, 2017 at 16:48

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chornge · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-09 17:21:18Z

You can try:

void shareCsv(Uri uri, Context context) { Intent intent = new Intent(); intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND); intent.setType("application/excel") //replace "text/csv" with application/excel intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri); intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION); context.startActivity(intent); }

Here's a link to the .xls mime-types you can use. If one type isn't working for you, try another.

List of choices for Excel:

application/excel
application/vnd.ms-excel
application/x-excel
application/x-msexcel

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