Share functionality without share menu

[lymey]

Hi,
I have an app that uses the share menu to share some text, the text is dropped into the destination app just fine.

But what I would like to do is to have that share capability without having to display the share menu each time. In other words, can I share with an app without using the share menu.

I have tried starting intetent with put extras and that doesn't work.

The other alternative would be to somehow automatically paste text in to the receiving app??

Thanks for any input you can give!

 

[Erel]

What do you mean with "share menu"? Are you referring to the dialog that allows the user to select the target app?

 

[lymey]

share menu

Yes that's right!
I should have said the chooser menu! (that pops up when you use the following code

Dim Intent1 As Intent
   Intent1.Initialize(Intent1.ACTION_SEND, "")
   Intent1.SetType("text/*")
        Intent1.PutExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", txtInput.Text)
   Intent1.WrapAsIntentChooser("Choose")
   StartActivity(Intent1)

 

[Erel]

You can use PackageManager.QueryIntentActivities to find all the apps that can handle your intent.

The List returned holds the "component name" value of each app. You can then use it to launch a specific app.

 

[lymey]

thank you!

Thanks Erel,
that was very helpful!
:icon_clap:

 

[TsubasaOzora]

Yes that's right!
I should have said the chooser menu! (that pops up when you use the following code

Dim Intent1 As Intent
   Intent1.Initialize(Intent1.ACTION_SEND, "")
   Intent1.SetType("text/*")
        Intent1.PutExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", txtInput.Text)
   Intent1.WrapAsIntentChooser("Choose")
   StartActivity(Intent1)

Hi,

have some question.

if i want to share a bitmap image , how do i do that ?

Dim Intent1 As Intent
    Intent1.Initialize(Intent1.ACTION_SEND, "")
    Intent1.SetType("image/*")
   
   
        Intent1.PutExtra("android.intent.extra.image", thisisbitmap)
    Intent1.WrapAsIntentChooser("Choose")
    StartActivity(Intent1)

i try this and the apps die

 

[Erel]

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