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Srinivas Nahak
Srinivas Nahak

Reputation: 1876

Unable to share image link via whatsapp

Actually I've given a share option in my app to share pictures to whatsapp by referring this link but it' not working . It's toasting something like Share failded please try again.Can anyone please help me to solve this issue.

Code:

String image_url = "http://images.cartradeexchange.com//img//800//vehicle//Honda_Brio_562672_5995_6_1438153637072.jpg";

    Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
    shareIntent.setType("image/*");
    shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
    shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, image_url);
            // Target whatsapp:
    shareIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
    shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);

            try {
                startActivity(shareIntent);
            } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
                Toast.makeText(InventoryManageOnlineActivity.this,
                        "Whatsapp have not been installed.",
                        Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
            }

Upvotes: 0

Views: 90

Answers (1)

Saurabh Thorat
Saurabh Thorat

Reputation: 20734

You are trying to share that URL as text. So use:

shareIntent.setType("text/plain");

Upvotes: 1

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