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Sammit Rane
Sammit Rane

Reputation: 45

Sharing image failed via intents

I am trying to share an image using intents. Please find the function for the same.

        if(view.getId()==R.id.sendImage){
        Uri imgUri=Uri.parse("android.resource://com.example.watchyalist/mipmap/"+R.mipmap.test);
        intent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setType("image/*");
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,imgUri);
        intent.putExtra(intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"Please find the image");
        chooser=Intent.createChooser(intent,"Choose the app");
        startActivity(chooser);
    }

Here test is the image that I am referring to,it sends bin file when shared via whatsapp. I tried using ic_launcher, then it says failed sharing. Here is a snap shot of my manifest file

 android:allowBackup="true"
    android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:roundIcon="@mipmap/ic_launcher_round"
    android:supportsRtl="true"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme">

I am unable to understand it. I tried changing the manifest tag to drawable and accordingly keeping the imag in drawable and making changes accordingly still no luck. I have kept image in the mipmap-anydpi-v26 folder in project,and also tried changing the location but no use.Could anyone please help? Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 31

Answers (1)

CommonsWare
CommonsWare

Reputation: 1007624

EXTRA_STREAM is documented to take a Uri with a content: scheme. android.resource: is not content:. There is no requirement for any app to know how to handle your Uri when they receive it from your app. Plus, your Uri ends in a semi-random number (whatever R.mipmap.test happens to be for this build).

Please copy the image to a file (e.g., in getCacheDir()), then use FileProvider and getUriForFile() to get the Uri to use for EXTRA_STREAM.

Upvotes: 1

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