Manifest registered Activity no longer working with Intent Filter(s)

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I have read several questions and answers in the forum, without getting a reason for why my manifest registered Activity is not being executed (and previously was)

Not duplicated of this or this or this or this

I have ensured that the Manifest is correctly spelled.

I have rebuilt the project

I have invalidated the Android Studio cache

I have altered the scheme with *, or file, or content and others, without any difference in behavior (clicking in a File, in a File Browser showing as no application options, when it used to behave correctly in the same device, and same application)

This was working, and the Activity was being requested (when a File was clicked) however, it has then stopped working, and I am unable to understand why.

Manifest Activity:

<activity android:name=".activities.FileLoaderActivity">
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.EDIT" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

            <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
            <data android:scheme="file" />
            <data android:host="*" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.dvc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.pfl" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.voc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\.dvc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\.pfl" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\.voc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\.dvc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\.pfl" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\.voc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.dvc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.pfl" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.voc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.dvc" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.pfl" />
            <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.voc" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

Are you sure that when file is clicked, you are not getting `content://` scheme? — egoldx, Sep 04 '18 at 17:03
@egoldx I have also tried other schemes, such as `*`, `http`, `https`, `content`, and many others, but it appears to behave the same. — Bonatti, Sep 04 '18 at 17:49
@AshwiniViolet No. This is a separate Activity, my Launcher Activity is called "Launcher", and is behaving properly with `` and `` — Bonatti, Sep 04 '18 at 17:50

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '18 at 12:52

The issue was an update, in the "File Browser" application, that altered android.intent.action.VIEW to com.sec.android.app.myfiles.PICK_DATA, thus rendering the concept of "View Intent" invalid.

This is for "Samsung" only. In other Devices, the system is behaving as expected

Manifest registered Activity no longer working with Intent Filter(s)

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