Weird Error With Video Intent On Jelly Bean

I'm experiencing a weird error with video Intents that I haven't experienced until Android 4.1. Here's my code for launching the Intent. I've tried with other MIME types as well, i

Solution 1:

I managed to find a solution with a bit of help from someone else. It seems that the setType() call clears any previously attached data, including the setData() call. Per the documentation:

This method automatically clears any data that was previously set (for example by setData(Uri)).

When I changed it to setDataAndType() instead, it worked. It appears that it wasn't an issue with Jelly Bean after all, thankfully :-)

Here's the final code for creating the video intent:

publicstaticIntentgetVideoIntent(String fileUrl) {
    Intent videoIntent = newIntent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    videoIntent.setDataAndType(Uri.fromFile(newFile(fileUrl)), getMimeType(fileUrl));

    return videoIntent;
}

publicstaticStringgetMimeType(String url) {
    Stringtype = null;
    String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url);

    if (extension != null) {
        MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
        type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);

        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(type))
            type = "video/*"; // No MIME type found, so use the video wildcard
    }

    returntype;
}