QFileDialog filter from mime-types
- by Mathias
I want the filter in a QFileDialog to match all audio file types supported by Phonon on the platform in question.
1 - However I am not able to find a way in Qt to use mime types in a filter. How can I do that?
2 - Or how can I find the corresponding file extensions for the mimetypes manually? The solution should be Qt based, or at least be cross platform and supported everywhere Qt is.
Following is a short code describing my problem:
#include <QApplication>
#include <QFileDialog>
#include <QStringList>
#include <phonon/backendcapabilities.h>
QString mime_to_ext(QString mime)
{
// WHAT TO REALLY DO ??
// NEEDLESS TO SAY; THIS IS WRONG...
return mime.split("/").back().split('-').back();
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
QApplication app(argc, argv);
QStringList p_audio_exts;
QStringList p_mime_types = Phonon::BackendCapabilities::availableMimeTypes();
for(QStringList::iterator i = p_mime_types.begin(), ie = p_mime_types.end(); i != ie; i++)
{
if((*i).startsWith("audio"))
p_audio_exts << mime_to_ext(*i);
}
QString filter = QString("All Files(*)");
if(!p_audio_exts.isEmpty())
{
QString p_audio_filter = QString("Audio Files (*.%1)").arg(p_audio_exts.join(" *."));
filter = QString("%1;;%2").arg(p_audio_filter).arg(filter);
}
QFileDialog dialog(NULL, "Open Audio File", QString::null, filter);
dialog.exec();
}
