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Manifest - File Handlers

Used by packaged apps to specify what types of files the app can handle. An app can have multiple file_handlers, with each one having an identifier, a list of MIME types and/or a list of file extensions that can be handled. The app can handle a file if it either has a matching file extension or has a matching MIME type. The app can also handle directories if include_directories is set. You can use a wildcard "*" in types or extensions to indicate that the app can handle any file type or "type/*" in types to indicate that the app can handle any file with a MIME type of type. Here's an example of specifying file handlers:

"file_handlers": {
  "text": {
    "types": [
      "text/*"
    ],
  },
  "image": {
    "types": [
      "image/png",
      "image/jpeg"
    ],
    "extensions": [
      "tiff"
    ],
  },
  "any": {
    "extensions": [
      "*",
      "include_directories": true
    ],
  }
}

To handle files or directories, apps also need to declare the fileSystem permission. Apps can then be passed files or directories in the app.runtime.onLaunched event - either from the system file manager (currently supported on Chrome OS only) or by providing a path on the command line.