diff --git a/brouter-routing-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/brouter-routing-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
index 356c59d..a982626 100644
--- a/brouter-routing-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/brouter-routing-app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,51 @@
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
             </intent-filter>
+            <!-- some apps (bluemail) do not recognize the .brf file extention, startactivity+intent is done for attachement with text/plain -->
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <data android:mimeType="text/plain"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.MULTIWINDOW_LAUNCHER" />
+            </intent-filter>
+            <!-- general intent to register .brf files -->
+            <intent-filter
+                android:label="@string/app_name"
+                android:priority="50">
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data android:scheme="file"/>
+                <data android:scheme="content"/>
+                <data android:host="*"/>
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.brf" />
+            </intent-filter>
+
+            <intent-filter
+                android:label="@string/app_name"
+                android:priority="50">
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
+                <data android:scheme="file"/>
+                <data android:scheme="content"/>
+                <data android:host="*"/>
+                <data android:mimeType="*/*"/>
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.brf" />
+                <data android:pathPattern=".*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\..*\\.brf" />
+            </intent-filter>
         </activity>
         <activity android:name=".BInstallerActivity"
             android:label="@string/app_name"
diff --git a/brouter-routing-app/src/main/java/btools/routingapp/BRouterActivity.java b/brouter-routing-app/src/main/java/btools/routingapp/BRouterActivity.java
index 2424f88..320dc28 100644
--- a/brouter-routing-app/src/main/java/btools/routingapp/BRouterActivity.java
+++ b/brouter-routing-app/src/main/java/btools/routingapp/BRouterActivity.java
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package btools.routingapp;
 
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.text.DecimalFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -8,29 +13,35 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import android.app.Activity;
 import android.app.ActivityManager;
 import android.app.AlertDialog;
 import android.app.Dialog;
+import android.content.ContentResolver;
 import android.content.Context;
 import android.content.DialogInterface;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
+import android.database.Cursor;
 import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
 import android.net.Network;
 import android.net.NetworkCapabilities;
 import android.net.NetworkInfo;
+import android.net.Uri;
 import android.os.Build;
 import android.os.Bundle;
 import android.os.Environment;
 import android.os.PowerManager;
 import android.os.PowerManager.WakeLock;
 import android.os.StatFs;
+import android.provider.OpenableColumns;
 import android.speech.tts.TextToSpeech.OnInitListener;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.view.KeyEvent;
 import android.widget.EditText;
+import android.widget.TextView;
 
 
 import androidx.core.app.ActivityCompat;
@@ -76,6 +87,24 @@ public class BRouterActivity extends Activity implements ActivityCompat.OnReques
     // Create a bright wake lock
     mWakeLock = mPowerManager.newWakeLock( PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK, getClass().getName() );
 
+    // CHANGE: consider start with Intent to import a profile
+    Intent intent = getIntent();
+    String action = intent.getAction();
+    String type = intent.getType();
+    System.out.println("Brouter START xxxxxx BrouterActivity");
+    if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(action) ) {
+      System.out.println("Brouter Intent.ACTION_VIEW detected");
+      import_profile(intent);
+      return;
+    }
+// end change
+
+    // Get an instance of the PowerManager
+    //mPowerManager = (PowerManager) getSystemService( POWER_SERVICE );
+
+    // Create a bright wake lock
+    //mWakeLock = mPowerManager.newWakeLock( PowerManager.SCREEN_BRIGHT_WAKE_LOCK, getClass().getName() );
+
     ActivityManager am = (ActivityManager) getSystemService(ACTIVITY_SERVICE);
     int memoryClass = am.getMemoryClass();
 
@@ -730,4 +759,123 @@ public class BRouterActivity extends Activity implements ActivityCompat.OnReques
       }
     }
   }
+
+
+  private void import_profile(Intent intent) {
+    TextView scanResults;
+    //  app was activated by an intent with "action_view"...
+    System.out.println("Brouter Intent.ACTION_VIEW detected");
+
+    if (intent.getData() == null) {
+      System.out.println("Brouter intent.get(data) is NULL   ERROR");
+    }
+    else
+    {
+      setContentView(R.layout.import_intent);
+      scanResults = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.Info_brouter);
+      scanResults.setText("Start importing profile: \n");
+
+      Uri dataUri = intent.getData();
+      System.out.println("Brouter DATA=" + dataUri);
+
+// by some apps (bluemail) the file name must be "extracted" from the URI, as example with the following code
+// see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14364091/retrieve-file-path-from-caught-downloadmanager-intent
+// URI example ==>  dat=content://me.bluemail.mail.attachmentprovider/a2939069-76b5-44e4-8cbd-94485d0fd4ff/cc32b61d-97a6-4871-b67f-945d1d1d43c8/VIEW
+      String filename = null;
+      Long filesize = null;
+      Cursor cursor = null;
+      try {
+        cursor = this.getContentResolver().query(intent.getData(), new String[]{
+          OpenableColumns.DISPLAY_NAME, OpenableColumns.SIZE}, null, null, null);
+        if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
+          filename = cursor.getString(0);
+          filesize = cursor.getLong(1);
+        }
+      } finally {
+        if (cursor != null)
+          cursor.close();
+      }
+      System.out.println("Brouter filename=" + filename + "\n file size=" + filesize);
+      scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "File name=" + filename + "\nFile size=" + filesize + " bytes\n");
+      //  is the file extention ".brf" in the file name
+      if (filename.indexOf(".brf") != -1 && (filename.indexOf(".brf") == (filename.length() - 4))) {
+        System.out.println("Brouter  OK, file extention is .brf!!!");
+      } else {
+        System.out.println("Brouter  ERROR, please provide a file with the valid extention \".brf\"...");
+        // report error in UI and stop
+        scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "ERROR: File extention must be \".brf\" \n");
+        return;
+      }
+      // profile size is generally < 30 kb, so set max size to 100 kb
+      if (filesize > 100000) {
+        System.out.println("Brouter  file size too big!!!");
+        // report error in UI and stop
+        scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "ERROR: File size too big !!! \n");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      ContentResolver cr = getContentResolver();
+      String Profile_code = "";
+      try {
+        //    try to read the file
+        InputStream input = cr.openInputStream(dataUri);
+
+        BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(
+          new InputStreamReader(input));
+        Profile_code = reader.lines().collect(Collectors.joining(
+          System.getProperty("line.separator"))).toString();
+        System.out.println("Brouter Profile_CODE=" + Profile_code);
+
+        // consistency check
+        if (Profile_code.indexOf("highway=") == -1 || (Profile_code.indexOf("costfactor") == -1) || (Profile_code.indexOf("---context:global") == -1)) {
+          System.out.println("Brouter  ERROR, file content is not a valid profile for Brouter!, please provide a valid profile ...");
+          // report error in UI and stop
+          scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "ERROR: this file is not a valid brouter-profile!!!! \n");
+          return;
+        }
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        System.out.println(e);
+        // report error in UI and stop
+        scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "ERROR: "  + e + "/n");
+      }
+
+      String baseDir = null;
+      InputStream configInput = null;
+      try
+      {
+        configInput = openFileInput( "config15.dat" );
+        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader( new InputStreamReader( configInput ) );
+        baseDir = br.readLine();
+        System.out.println("Brouter  baseDir=" + baseDir );
+      }
+      catch (Exception e)
+      {
+        System.out.println("Brouter  exception by read config15.dat  " + e );
+        scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "ERROR: " + e + " /n");
+      }
+      finally
+      {
+        if ( configInput != null ) try { configInput.close(); } catch (Exception ee) {}
+      }
+
+
+      //  now save profile as file in ./brouter/profiles2/...
+      try {
+        File path = getExternalFilesDir(null);
+        File file = new File(baseDir,  "brouter/profiles2/" + filename);
+        FileOutputStream stream = new FileOutputStream(file);
+        stream.write(Profile_code.getBytes());
+        stream.close();
+        System.out.println("Brouter: profile was installed in ./brouter/profiles2 !!!");
+        // report success in UI and stop
+        scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "Profile successfully imported into:\n" + baseDir + "brouter/profiles2/" + filename + " \n\nIt can be used now in the same way as a basis profile! " );
+        return;
+      } catch (IOException e) {
+        System.out.println("Exception, File write failed: " + e.toString());
+        // report error in UI and stop
+        scanResults.setText(scanResults.getText() + "ERROR: " + e + " /n");
+        return;
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/brouter-routing-app/src/main/res/layout/import_intent.xml b/brouter-routing-app/src/main/res/layout/import_intent.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98f6a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/brouter-routing-app/src/main/res/layout/import_intent.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+    tools:context=".MainActivity">
+
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/Info_brouter"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="377dp"
+        android:layout_below="@+id/textView3"
+        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
+        android:layout_marginStart="22dp"
+        android:layout_marginLeft="22dp"
+        android:layout_marginTop="13dp"
+        android:layout_marginEnd="18dp"
+        android:layout_marginRight="18dp"
+        android:background="@android:color/holo_blue_dark"
+        android:text="....."
+        android:textSize="20sp" />
+
+    <TextView
+        android:id="@+id/textView3"
+        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:layout_alignParentStart="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentEnd="true"
+        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
+        android:layout_marginStart="95dp"
+        android:layout_marginLeft="95dp"
+        android:layout_marginTop="55dp"
+        android:layout_marginEnd="98dp"
+        android:layout_marginRight="98dp"
+        android:text="BROUTER"
+        android:textSize="34sp" />
+
+</RelativeLayout>
+