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RHS.Dev
RHS.Dev

Reputation: 452

How to show my app in every possible sharing intents and receive them?

I want my app to be shown in every kind of sharing like plain text, images, videos or any files. I also want to handle them accordingly. How can I do that? I'm completely new with sharing related stuff and I can't find any proper documentation for it.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 689

Answers (1)

Riyas PK
Riyas PK

Reputation: 3217

Add this intent filter for receiving all types of sharing intent.

<activity
    android:name=".YourActivity">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

And in your receiving activity

Intent intent = getIntent();
String action = intent.getAction();
String type = intent.getType();

if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action) && type != null) {
    if ("text/plain".equals(type)) {
        String sharedText = intent.getStringExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT);
    } else {
        Uri fileUri = intent.getParcelableExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM);
    }
}

You will get shared text and file Uri using the above code

Upvotes: 4

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