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Personal Jesus
Personal Jesus

Reputation: 1309

How to activate "Share" button in android app?

i want to add "Share" button to my android app.

Like that

:

I added "Share" button, but button is not active. I click, but nothing happens.

My code in MainActivity.java:

private ShareActionProvider mShareActionProvider;

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.share_menu, menu);
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.share_menu);
    mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) menu.findItem(R.id.share_menu).getActionProvider();
    mShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(getDefaultShareIntent());

    return true;
}

{
    Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
    sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Text");
    sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share using"));
}

I want to share text in my first tab (first_tab.xml) or second tab (second_tab.xml).

Code in tab (xml) (If need):

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@color/background_color"
android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
tools:context=".MainActivity$DummySectionFragment" >

<TextView
    android:id="@+id/section_label1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:text="@string/text"
    android:textColor="@color/text_color" />

<ImageView
    android:id="@+id/imageView1"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_alignParentBottom="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:src="@drawable/sprite" />

Upvotes: 117

Views: 183105

Answers (5)

Rohit S
Rohit S

Reputation: 784

Kotlin

Inside the click listener needed to add this module for sharing text via applications like whatsApp, email, Slack..

shareOptionClicked.setOnClickListener{
     val shareData = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND)
     shareData.type = "text/plain"
     val dataToShare = "Text from my application"
     shareData.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject from my application")
     shareData.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, dataToShare)    
     startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareData, "Share Via"))
     }

Upvotes: 1

Ramin eghbalian
Ramin eghbalian

Reputation: 2667

Share Any File as below ( Kotlin ) :
first create a folder named xml in the res folder and create a new XML Resource File named provider_paths.xml and put the below code inside it :

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <files-path
        name="files"
        path="."/>

    <external-path
        name="external_files"
        path="."/>
</paths>

now go to the manifests folder and open the AndroidManifest.xml and then put the below code inside the <application> tag :

<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
    android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
    android:resource="@xml/provider_paths" /> // provider_paths.xml file path in this example
</provider>

now you put the below code in the setOnLongClickListener :

share_btn.setOnClickListener {
    try {
        val file = File("pathOfFile")
        if(file.exists()) {
            val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this, BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".provider", file)
            val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND)
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
            intent.setType("*/*")
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri)
            intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
            startActivity(intent)
        }
    } catch (e: java.lang.Exception) {
        e.printStackTrace()
        toast("Error")
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

mhKarami
mhKarami

Reputation: 1014

in kotlin :

val sharingIntent = Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND)
sharingIntent.type = "text/plain"
val shareBody = "Application Link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=${App.context.getPackageName()}"
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "App link")
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody)
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share App Link Via :"))

Upvotes: 6

Daniel Nyamasyo
Daniel Nyamasyo

Reputation: 2312

Create a button with an id share and add the following code snippet.

share.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {             
    @Override
    public void onClick(View v) {

        Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
        String shareBody = "Your body here";
        String shareSub = "Your subject here";
        sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, shareSub);
        sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share using"));
    }
});

The above code snippet will open the share chooser on share button click action. However, note...The share code snippet might not output very good results using emulator. For actual results, run the code snippet on android device to get the real results.

Upvotes: 17

Basavaraj Hampali
Basavaraj Hampali

Reputation: 3915

Add a Button and on click of the Button add this code:

Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); 
sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
String shareBody = "Here is the share content body";
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject Here");
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share via"));

Useful links:

For basic sharing

For customization

Upvotes: 316

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