Share Via Option in Android

In this Application you will learn to implement an effective and user friendly share action to android app. You can add android share action anywhere in your application.

Here I have added share action in actionbar/toolbar and on button’s click event.

 If user clicks the share button from actionbar/toolbar,

many options will be available there to share like whatsapp,email, gmail, facebook, linkedin,twitter  

activity_main.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
     android:orientation="vertical"
    app:layout_behavior="@string/appbar_scrolling_view_behavior"
    tools:context="com.sgp.anil.sharevia.MainActivity"
    tools:showIn="@layout/activity_main">


    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:text="Share via Option Example"
        android:id="@+id/textView"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
        android:text="Anil Android"
        android:id="@+id/textView2"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:layout_marginTop="20dp" />
</LinearLayout>

menu_main.xml

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<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:app="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    tools:context="com.sgp.anil.sharevia.MainActivity">
    <item
        android:id="@+id/share"
        android:actionProviderClass="android.widget.ShareActionProvider"
        android:icon="@android:drawable/ic_menu_share"
        android:title="Share"
        app:showAsAction="always" />
</menu>

MainActivity.Java

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 package com.sgp.anil.sharevia;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.Toolbar;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;

public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);


    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.share) {
            Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
            String shareBodyText = "This is My Text to Send";
            sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject Test");
            sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBodyText);
            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Sharing Option"));
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}