Requesting a Shared File

要求其他app共享文件，一般调用startActivityForResult（Intent），并设定action为ACTION_PICK 和MIME type.
如下所示requestFile的实现:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    private Intent mRequestFileIntent;
    private ParcelFileDescriptor mInputPFD;
    ...
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        mRequestFileIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
        mRequestFileIntent.setType("image/jpg");
        ...
    }
    ...
    protected void requestFile() {
        /**
         * When the user requests a file, send an Intent to the
         * server app.
         * files.
         */
            startActivityForResult(mRequestFileIntent, 0);
        ...
    }
    ...
}
然后要实现onActivityResult()方法来得到service app的返回值.我们可以从Inent中得到uri，再通过openFileDescriptor得到 ParcelFileDescriptor 对象mInputPFD，继续调用getFileDescriptor得到FileDescriptor 对象fd.就可以用fd直接读文件了.


 @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode,
            Intent returnIntent) {
        // If the selection didn't work
        if (resultCode != RESULT_OK) {
            // Exit without doing anything else
            return;
        } else {
            // Get the file's content URI from the incoming Intent
            Uri returnUri = returnIntent.getData();
            /*
             * Try to open the file for "read" access using the
             * returned URI. If the file isn't found, write to the
             * error log and return.
             */
            try {
                /*
                 * Get the content resolver instance for this context, and use it
                 * to get a ParcelFileDescriptor for the file.
                 */
                mInputPFD = getContentResolver().openFileDescriptor(returnUri, "r");
            } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
                Log.e("MainActivity", "File not found.");
                return;
            }
            // Get a regular file descriptor for the file
            FileDescriptor fd = mInputPFD.getFileDescriptor();
            ...
        }
    }
文件的安全性是通过uri保证的，文件的访问权限是临时的。当这个app 不在app stack中时，权限也就结束了.