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URLConnection.GuessContentTypeFromName(String) Method

Definition

Tries to determine the content type of an object, based on the specified "file" component of a URL.

[Android.Runtime.Register("guessContentTypeFromName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;", "")]
public static string? GuessContentTypeFromName (string? fname);
[<Android.Runtime.Register("guessContentTypeFromName", "(Ljava/lang/String;)Ljava/lang/String;", "")>]
static member GuessContentTypeFromName : string -> string

Parameters

fname
String

a filename.

Returns

a guess as to what the content type of the object is, based upon its file name.

Attributes

Remarks

Tries to determine the content type of an object, based on the specified "file" component of a URL. This is a convenience method that can be used by subclasses that override the getContentType method.

Java documentation for java.net.URLConnection.guessContentTypeFromName(java.lang.String).

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Applies to