MediaType

@ExperimentalFoundationApi
expect class MediaType(representation: String)

Type identifier for contents that are transferable between applications or processes. Although mime type format was standardized, each platform is free to choose how they define media types. Therefore, this class has an expect modifier for different platforms to specify how they define certain common media types like Text, and Image.

Properties

val representation: String

How this MediaType is represented in a specific platform.

Companion Object

Properties

val Text: MediaType

Any type of text, html, stylized, or plain.

val PlainText: MediaType

Plain text that's only decoded from its raw representation, does not define or carry any annotations.

val HtmlText: MediaType

Text that represents an HTML content.

val Image: MediaType

Any type of image like PNG, JPEG, or GIFs.

val All: MediaType

Matches all content types.

actual class MediaType actual constructor(actual val representation: String)

Definition of common MediaTypes on the Android platform.

Parameters

Companion Object

Properties

actual val Text: MediaType

actual val PlainText: MediaType

actual val HtmlText: MediaType

actual val Image: MediaType

actual val All: MediaType