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Re: List of all supported apps for file type
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Re: List of all supported apps for file type


  • Subject: Re: List of all supported apps for file type
  • From: Dave DeLong <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 23 May 2010 21:13:16 -0600

That's really good to know!  Thank you for sharing this.  :)

Dave

On May 23, 2010, at 8:51 PM, Scott Ribe wrote:

> On May 23, 2010, at 5:03 PM, Dave DeLong wrote:
>
>> Use LSCopyAllRoleHandlersForContentType to get a list of bundle identifiers.
>
> No, don't. It's really lame, and returns obviously incomplete results. Maybe it only returns Cocoa apps; maybe it only returns apps that specify the type via explicit UTI and ignores type extensions & codes. Whatever, it's wrong for even common types like PDF & TIFF.
>
> As far as I can, the only way to even come close to getting a list of apps that can open a file type, is to use a dummy file with the appropriate extension, and call LSCopyApplicationURLsForURL.

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