read docs on android files...
Working with uploaded file is two steps on parse.
- Post the file which returns a URL type file handle (Url, name)
- work with parse object's field that is pointer to the Url of the uploaded file
The examples in android show that process #1 uses
file.saveInBackground();
ParseObject jobApplication = new ParseObject("JobApplication");
jobApplication.put("applicantName", "Joe Smith");
jobApplication.put("applicantResumeFile", file);
jobApplication.saveInBackground();