Download dicom to another Android app

Question

Is there a way to download a Dicom image using an application like "Droid Dicom Viewer". I would like to be able to transfer the .dcm file from my application and upload it to another application in order to view it.

Can this be done with intentions?

Answer 1

You should be able to open DICOM files, like any other registered MIME type, with intent. I will not depend on the “Droid Dicom Viewer” to browse your files, as it fails more often than it does.

(assuming sDICOMFile is a string containing the path to the file)

final Intent dicom_intent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
dicom_intent.setDataAndType(Uri.parse("file://" + sDICOMFile), "Application/dicom");
startActivity(dicom_intent);