Android Share plain text using intent to all messaging apps

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I m trying to share some text using an intent   Intent i   new Intent android content Intent ACTION SEND   i setType  text plain      i putExtra android content Intent EXTRA TEXT   TEXT      and warping with chooser   startActivity Intent createChooser sms  getResources   getString R string share using       it works  but only for email app  what I need is a general intent for all messaging app  emails  sms  IM  Whatsapp  Viber  Gmail  SMS     tried using android content Intent ACTION VIEW and tried using i setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms    nothing helped       vnd android-dir mms-sms  shared using sms only

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Use the code as         Create an ACTION SEND Intent       Intent intent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION SEND         This will be the actual content you wish you share        String shareBody    Here is the share content body         The type of the content is text  obviously        intent setType  text plain          Applying information Subject and Body        intent putExtra android content Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  getString R string share subject        intent putExtra android content Intent EXTRA TEXT  shareBody         Fire        startActivity Intent createChooser intent  getString R string share using

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New way of doing this would be using ShareCompat IntentBuilder like so       Create and fire off our Intent in one fell swoop ShareCompat IntentBuilder            getActivity   or activity field if within Fragment          from this              The text that will be shared          setText textToShare             most general text sharing MIME type          setType  text plain             setStream uriToContentThatMatchesTheArgumentOfSetType                         OPTIONAL  Designate a URI to share  Your type that             is set above will have to match the type of data            that your designating with this URI  Not sure            exactly what happens if you don t do that  but             let s not find out                         For example  to share an image  you d do the following                 File imageFile                       Uri uriToImage           Convert the File to URI                Intent shareImage   ShareCompat IntentBuilder from activity                    setType  image png                     setStream uriToImage                    getIntent                         setEmailTo arrayOfStringEmailAddresses           setEmailTo singleStringEmailAddress                         OPTIONAL  Designate the email recipients as an array            of Strings or a single String                       setEmailTo arrayOfStringEmailAddresses           setEmailTo singleStringEmailAddress                         OPTIONAL  Designate the email addresses that will be             BCC d on an email as an array of Strings or a single String                       addEmailBcc arrayOfStringEmailAddresses           addEmailBcc singleStringEmailAddress                         The title of the chooser that the system will show            to allow the user to select an app                      setChooserTitle yourChooserTitle           startChooser      If you have any more questions about using ShareCompat  I highly recommend this great article from Ian Lake  an Android Developer Advocate at Google  for a more complete breakdown of the API  As you ll notice  I borrowed some of this example from that article   If that article doesn t answer all of your questions  there is always the Javadoc itself for ShareCompat IntentBuilder on the Android Developers website  I added more to this example of the API s usage on the basis of clemantiano s comment

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Intent sendIntent   new Intent    sendIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND   sendIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   quot This is my text to send  quot    sendIntent setType  quot text plain quot     Intent shareIntent   Intent createChooser sendIntent  null   startActivity shareIntent

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100   Working Code For Gmail Share      Intent intent   new Intent  Intent ACTION SEND       intent setType  message rfc822        intent putExtra Intent EXTRA EMAIL  new String    anyMail gmail com         intent putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT   Any subject if you want        intent setPackage  com google android gm        if  intent resolveActivity getPackageManager     null          startActivity intent       else         Toast makeText this  Gmail App is not installed  Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

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Images or binary data   Intent sharingIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   sharingIntent setType  image jpg    Uri uri   Uri fromFile new File getFilesDir     foo jpg     sharingIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  uri toString     startActivity Intent createChooser sharingIntent   Share image using       or HTML   Intent sharingIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   sharingIntent setType  text html    sharingIntent putExtra android content Intent EXTRA TEXT  Html fromHtml   lt p gt This is the text shared  lt  p gt      startActivity Intent createChooser sharingIntent  Share using

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Use below method  just pass the subject and body as arguments of the   method   public static void shareText String subject String body        Intent txtIntent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION SEND       txtIntent  setType  text plain        txtIntent  putExtra android content Intent EXTRA SUBJECT  subject       txtIntent  putExtra android content Intent EXTRA TEXT  body       startActivity Intent createChooser txtIntent   Share

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Below is the code that works with both the email or messaging app  If you share through email then the subject and body both are added   Intent sharingIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND                   sharingIntent setType  text plain                     String shareString   Html fromHtml  Medicine Name     medicine name                             lt p gt Store Name        store name        lt  p gt                               lt p gt Store Address        store address        lt  p gt      toString                                          sharingIntent putExtra android content Intent EXTRA SUBJECT   Medicine Enquiry                    sharingIntent putExtra android content Intent EXTRA TEXT  shareString                    if  sharingIntent resolveActivity context getPackageManager       null                      context startActivity Intent createChooser sharingIntent   Share using                     else                       Toast makeText context   No app found on your phone which can perform this action   Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

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This a great example about share with Intents in Android     Share with Intents in Android    Share text   Intent intent2   new Intent    intent2 setAction Intent ACTION SEND   intent2 setType  text plain    intent2 putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   Your text here       startActivity Intent createChooser intent2   Share via        via Email   Intent intent2   new Intent    intent2 setAction Intent ACTION SEND   intent2 setType  message rfc822    intent2 putExtra Intent EXTRA EMAIL  new String   EMAIL1  EMAIL2    intent2 putExtra Intent EXTRA SUBJECT   Email Subject    intent2 putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   Your text here       startActivity intent2      Share Files     Image   boolean isPNG    path toLowerCase   endsWith   png      true   false   Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND     Set type of file if isPNG        i setType  image png     With png image file or set  image    type   else       i setType  image jpeg       Uri imgUri   Uri fromFile new File path     Absolute Path of image i putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  imgUri    Uri of image startActivity Intent createChooser i   Share via     break     APK   File f   new File path1   if f exists          Intent intent2   new Intent       intent2 setAction Intent ACTION SEND      intent2 setType  application vnd android package-archive     APk file type      intent2 putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri fromFile f          startActivity Intent createChooser intent2   Share via       break

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This code is for sharing through sms       String smsBody  Sms Body        Intent sendIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW        sendIntent putExtra  sms body   smsBody        sendIntent setType  vnd android-dir mms-sms         startActivity sendIntent

[android] Android: Share plain text using intent (to all messaging apps)

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