Is this possible.

[jndaniels1]

A friend approached me with a project idea... It seems easy in theory but I am lost as to get one spot menu to be available; if even possible. The rest is easy and straightforward.

Ok.. I get a TEXT from my buddy Joe.

I open the default messenger app, click on Joes' TEXT ... Now if I do a long tap on his message, i get a menu with "share", "forward", "Translate", etc --

Can I add my own clickable option to that list to handle or redirect that message to my own app? Is this what intents are? Where would I even look for this?

Thanks in advance!
JEFFD

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[Erel]

You cannot add anything to this list.

With intent-filters you can add your app to menus that ask you something like "which application should handle this task?".

 

[corwin42]

You should add an intent filter as Erel said in his answer.

<intent-filter>
   <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND"></action>
   <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
   <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
</intent-filter>

If you add this intent filter to your activity then your app should show in the share list of the most apps.

 

[jndaniels1]

Thanks for the example & intent explanation. That did help!

Cheers
JEFF