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How to create a share button for whatsapp, facebook or others app installed in my phone

I am developing an app, where I want to share the TEXT and IMAGE to other apps installed on my phone.
But when I click the share button Neither it shares TEXT nor IMAGE just empty it directs me to another app I chose for sharing.
below postDescription and postImage are my methods of model class, and I checked that am I getting values are not in a toast it gives there values properly.
Below is the code:
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
shareIntent.setType("image/*");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, postDescription);
Uri uri = Uri.parse(postImage);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share With"));
So the above bunch of code was not working, then I found code through which I can share my post TEXT and IMAGE to WhatsApp only, I tried that but it shows file formate not supported inside WhatsApp.
below is the code for sharing to WhatsApp only:
Uri imgUri = Uri.parse(postImage);
Intent whatsappIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
whatsappIntent.setType("text/plain");
whatsappIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, postDescription );
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imgUri);
whatsappIntent.setType("image/jpeg");
whatsappIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
try {
context.startActivity(whatsappIntent);
} catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
Toast.makeText(context, "Whatsapp have not been installed.", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
I want to know how to create a share button that works fine for WhatsApp and everything or only WhatsApp will do the work for me.

By removing the package from the intent, Android should display the list of apps that can handle the type of intent.
Uri imgUri = Uri.parse(postImage); //Provide the URI to the downloaded image, not an external URL
Intent whatsappIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
whatsappIntent.setType("*/*");
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, postDescription );
whatsappIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imgUri);
if (whatsappIntent.resolveActivity(packageManager) != null) {
startActivity(whatsappIntent)
}

Text not added to mms intent with image

I am creating an intent that will send some text and image to the messaging app. But when messaging app is opened, it only shows the image and no text with it. Can anybody help? Below is my code.
String pathofBmp = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), Global.bitmap, "DriverImage", null);
Uri bmpUri = Uri.parse(pathofBmp);
Intent smsIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
smsIntent.setType("*/*");
smsIntent.setPackage("com.android.mms");
smsIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, messageBody);
smsIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, bmpUri);
smsIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(smsIntent);

Sharing image from android app

I am trying to share an image from my Android app. I am trying to send it as an Email attachment as well as a photo on WhatsApp.
The code is:
String imageUrl = Path to image (eg. sdcard/pictures/image1.jpg);
shareImage.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
#Override
public void onClick(View view) {
Uri uriToImage= Uri.parse(imageUrl);
Log.d("Image", ""+uriToImage);
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uriToImage);
shareIntent.setType("image/*");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share image:"));
}
});
What's happening is:
On WhatsApp I can share the image easily.
On Gmail, it says that the attachment could not be sent.
On Hangouts I get a toast which says Photo couldn't be found
On Facebook too, the post is not accompanied with the Image but I can post.
On Facebook Messenger, it crashes without opening.
The tutorial that I have followed for this is given here. The send binary content part of the tutorial is the one that I have implemented.
Another thing I tried was to set the image in an ImageView and see if it is displayed. The image is displayed correctly. Also, the log message prints the correct path of the image.
I also read and tried the answers to: Question 1 and Question 2 but to no avail.
Where am I going wrong?

try this,
try
{
File myFile = new File(share_image_path);
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String ext = myFile.getName().substring(myFile.getName().lastIndexOf(".") + 1);
String type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.SEND");
sharingIntent.setType(type);
sharingIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.STREAM", Uri.fromFile(myFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share using"));
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}

Yes the #CommonsWare Answer is correct you missed the Schema in your Intent.putExtra() and that's why it is failing to read your image in other social media platform
Here's my solution
Uri fileUri = Uri.fromFile(new File(imagePath));
//No need to do mimeType work or ext
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, fileUri);
intent.setType("image/*");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share Image:"));
BTW it works on all the mentioned platform
Uri image_uri = Uri.parse("file://"+imagePath);
Another method of creating Uri and passing it to intent

Android gallery not updated after ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE

I'm using MediaStore.ACTION_IMAGE_CAPTURE to take a picture with MediaStore.EXTRA_OUTPUT to point to the Uri for the DCIM/Camera directory where all the other photo/video files are stored.
The photo file is successfully taken and I can see it using ES File Explorer and can view it inside my app. However it is not shown in the gallery when I use Intent.ACTION_PICK
Intent selectPictureIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PICK);
selectPictureIntent.setType("image/*");
I've read the other topics on updating the Gallery after the picture comes back using
sendBroadcast(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED,
Uri.parse("file://"+ Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
and also
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, _outputMediaUri);
LocalBroadcastManager.getInstance(getActivity()).sendBroadcast(intent);
What's going on here :(

why did you use LocalBroadcastManager? LocalBroadcastManager can only send broadcast data inside of your app. Try to use
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE, _outputMediaUri);
sendBroadcast(intent);
Gallery always listens to URI change. After file event broadcast to Gallery, the data stored in Gallery will be updated.

it also can problem with KITKAT build version.. for sure you can use this code:
if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.KITKAT) {
Intent mediaScanIntent = new Intent(
Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_SCANNER_SCAN_FILE);
Uri contentUri = Uri.fromFile(out); \\out is your output file
mediaScanIntent.setData(contentUri);
this.sendBroadcast(mediaScanIntent);
} else {
sendBroadcast(new Intent(
Intent.ACTION_MEDIA_MOUNTED,
Uri.parse("file://"
+ Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory())));
}

Where is a list of available intents in Android?

I'm starting to learn how to develop apps for Android, and I'm having some issues with intents--it just doesn't seem like they're documented at all. All I want to do is send the user to the video recorder, where they record a video, and the video information is returned to my app. I know this is possible, as I've seen it in other apps, but it seems like the intent is undocumented (or I'm just not completely understanding how intents work).
Any thoughts?

Apart from above solutions, here are a list of common intents
//show web page intent:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://www.google.com");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,uri);
startActivity(it);
//show maps intent:
Uri uri = Uri.parse("geo:38.899533,-77.036476");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.Action_VIEW,uri);
startActivity(it);
//show ways
Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=startLat%20startLng&daddr=endLat%20endLng&hl=en");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,URI);
startActivity(it);
//call dial program
Uri uri = Uri.parse("tel:xxxxxx");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DIAL, uri);
startActivity(it);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("tel.xxxxxx");
Intent it =new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL,uri);
//don't forget add this config:<uses-permission id="android.permission.CALL_PHONE" />
//send sms/mms, call sender program
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
it.putExtra("sms_body", "The SMS text");
it.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");
startActivity(it);
//send sms
Uri uri = Uri.parse("smsto:0800000123");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
it.putExtra("sms_body", "The SMS text");
startActivity(it);
//send mms
Uri uri = Uri.parse("content://media/external/images/media/23");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra("sms_body", "some text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
it.setType("image/png");
startActivity(it);
//send email
Uri uri = Uri.parse("mailto:xxx#abc.com");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, uri);
startActivity(it);
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, "me#abc.com");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "The email body text");
it.setType("text/plain");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
Intent it=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
String[] tos={"me#abc.com"};
String[] ccs={"you#abc.com"};
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_EMAIL, tos);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CC, ccs);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "The email body text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The email subject text");
it.setType("message/rfc822");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
//add extra
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The email subject text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, "file:///sdcard/mysong.mp3");
sendIntent.setType("audio/mp3");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
//play media
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/song.mp3");
it.setDataAndType(uri, "audio/mp3");
startActivity(it);
Uri uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(MediaStore.Audio.Media.INTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, "1");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(it);
//Uninstall
Uri uri = Uri.fromParts("package", strPackageName, null);
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DELETE, uri);
startActivity(it);
//uninstall apk
Uri uninstallUri = Uri.fromParts("package", "xxx", null);
returnIt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_DELETE, uninstallUri);
//install apk
Uri installUri = Uri.fromParts("package", "xxx", null);
returnIt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_PACKAGE_ADDED, installUri);
//play audio
Uri playUri = Uri.parse("file:///sdcard/download/everything.mp3");
returnIt = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, playUri);
//send extra
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The email subject text");
it.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, "file:///sdcard/eoe.mp3");
sendIntent.setType("audio/mp3");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(it, "Choose Email Client"));
//search
Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://search?q=pname:pkg_name");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(it);
//where pkg_name is the full package path for an application
//show program detail page
Uri uri = Uri.parse("market://details?id=app_id");
Intent it = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
startActivity(it);
//where app_id is the application ID, find the ID
//by clicking on your application on Market home
//page, and notice the ID from the address bar
//search google
Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_WEB_SEARCH);
intent.putExtra(SearchManager.QUERY,"searchString")
startActivity(intent);

In general, the Android developer docs are a good place to look for this kind of thing: there's a list of common intent actions in the Intent class reference. For recording video, check out the ACTION_VIDEO_CAPTURE intent action defined by the Media provider.

You might want to check out OpenIntents

This is relatively new from Google (they seem to have updated their old page which just showed Intents for standard Google apps).
Common Intents
It tells you exact Intent specification for performing a wide range of actions with apps for the following:
Alarm Clock
Camera
Calendar
Contacts / People
Email
File Storage
Maps
Music / Video
Phone Dialler
Settings
Text Messaging
Web browsing
It's important now that Google have provided a definitive list of the Intents that should be used for performing a given action, that we use them exactly as provided there. The reasoning behind Intents is all about a standard method of communication between apps (i.e. different developers), so it is important for the sake of your app's compatibility to talk in exactly the same language as the one everyone else will be using.