Thursday, May 17, 2012

Android Share Via Dialog


I've seen the "share via" dialogs that are in apps like TFLN (texts from last night). Looks like this: share dialog



I am looking to share text. Can someone point me in the right direction? Is this done with intents?


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  1. UserMay 17, 2012 at 4:23 AM

    This is indeed done with Intents.

    For sharing an image, like in the example picture, it would be something like this:

    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("image/jpeg");

    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,
    Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/DCIM/Camera/myPic.jpg"));

    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Image"));


    For text you would use something like:

    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("text/plain");
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "I'm being sent!!");
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Text"));

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  2. UserMay 17, 2012 at 4:23 AM

    Yes. You need to provide an Activity with an intent filter that can handle objects of the MIME Type image/jpeg (say, if you wanted to support sharing JPEG images), and and action of presumably ACTION_SEND.

    Many of the built-in Android apps are open-source, you can check the manifest file of the Messaging app to see what intent filters it is using.

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