How to use Share image using sharing Intent to share images in android

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I have image galley app in that app I placed all the images into the drawable-hdpi folder  and i called images in my activity like this   private Integer   imageIDs             R drawable wall1  R drawable wall2          R drawable wall3  R drawable wall4          R drawable wall5  R drawable wall6          R drawable wall7  R drawable wall8          R drawable wall9  R drawable wall10     So now i want know how do i share this images using sharing Intent i putted sharing code like this        Button shareButton    Button  findViewById R id share button        shareButton setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          public void onClick View v                    Intent sharingIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND           Uri screenshotUri   Uri parse Images Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI    quot   quot    imageIDs            sharingIntent setType  quot image jpeg quot            sharingIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  screenshotUri           startActivity Intent createChooser sharingIntent   quot Share image using quot                                And i have sharing button also when i click on share button Sharing box is opening But when i cliked any service mostly its crashing or some services say   unable to open image So how i can fix this or is there any othere format code to share images      Edit   I tried using the code below  But its not working  Button shareButton    Button  findViewById R id share button        shareButton setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          public void onClick View v             Intent sharingIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND           Uri screenshotUri   Uri parse  quot android resource   com android test   quot            try               InputStream stream   getContentResolver   openInputStream screenshotUri             catch  FileNotFoundException e                   TODO Auto-generated catch block             e printStackTrace                      sharingIntent setType  quot image jpeg quot            sharingIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  screenshotUri           startActivity Intent createChooser sharingIntent   quot Share image using quot                            If don t mind somebody plz correct my above code OR give me a proper example plz How do i Share my images from drawable-hdpi folder

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How to share image in android progamatically , Sometimes you wants to take a snapshot of your view and then like to share it so follow these steps: 1.Add permission to mainfest file

<uses-permission    
   android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

2.Very First take a screenshot of your view , for example it is Imageview, Textview, Framelayout,LinearLayout etc

For example you have an image view to take screenshot call this method in oncreate()

 ImageView image= (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.iv_answer_circle);
     ///take a creenshot
    screenShot(image);

after taking screenshot call share image method either on button
click or where you wants

shareBitmap(screenShot(image),"myimage");

After on create method define these two method ##

    public Bitmap screenShot(View view) {
    Bitmap bitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(view.getWidth(),
            view.getHeight(), Config.ARGB_8888);
    Canvas canvas = new Canvas(bitmap);
    view.draw(canvas);
    return bitmap;
}

//////// this method share your image
private void shareBitmap (Bitmap bitmap,String fileName) {
    try {
        File file = new File(getContext().getCacheDir(), fileName + ".png");
        FileOutputStream fOut = new FileOutputStream(file);
        bitmap.compress(CompressFormat.PNG, 100, fOut);
        fOut.flush();
        fOut.close();
        file.setReadable(true, false);
        final Intent intent = new Intent(     android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
        intent.setType("image/png");
        startActivity(intent);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}

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I was tired in Searching different options for sharing view or image from my application to other application   And finally i got the solution    Step 1   Share Intent handling Block  This will Pop Up your window with list of Applications in you phone  public void share bitMap to Apps          Intent i   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND        i setType  image          ByteArrayOutputStream stream   new ByteArrayOutputStream          compress Bitmap CompressFormat PNG  100  stream       byte   bytes   stream toByteArray            i putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  getImageUri mContext  getBitmapFromView relative me other         try           startActivity Intent createChooser i   My Profile               catch  android content ActivityNotFoundException ex             ex printStackTrace                Step 2   Converting your view to BItmap  public static Bitmap getBitmapFromView View view          Define a bitmap with the same size as the view     Bitmap returnedBitmap   Bitmap createBitmap view getWidth         view getHeight    Bitmap Config ARGB 8888         Bind a canvas to it     Canvas canvas   new Canvas returnedBitmap         Get the view s background     Drawable bgDrawable   view getBackground        if  bgDrawable    null            has background drawable  then draw it on the canvas         bgDrawable draw canvas       else           does not have background drawable  then draw white background on the canvas         canvas drawColor Color WHITE          draw the view on the canvas     view draw canvas         return the bitmap     return returnedBitmap      Step 3    To get The URI from Bitmap Image  public Uri getImageUri Context inContext  Bitmap inImage        ByteArrayOutputStream bytes   new ByteArrayOutputStream        inImage compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  100  bytes        String path   MediaStore Images Media insertImage inContext getContentResolver    inImage   Title   null       return Uri parse path

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Here is a solution that worked for me  One gotcha is you need to store the images in a shared or non app private location  http   developer android com guide topics data data-storage html InternalCache   Many suggestions say to store in the Apps  private  cache location but this of course is not accessable via other external applications  including the generic Share File intent which is being utilised  When you try this  it will run but for example dropbox will tell you the file is no longer available      STEP 1 - Save bitmap file locally using file save function below      localAbsoluteFilePath   saveImageLocally bitmapImage        STEP 2 - Share the non private Absolute file path to the share file intent     if  localAbsoluteFilePath  null  amp  amp  localAbsoluteFilePath             Intent shareIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND       Uri phototUri   Uri parse localAbsoluteFilePath        File file   new File phototUri getPath          Log d TAG   file path     file getPath          if file exists                 file create success        else              file create fail           shareIntent setData phototUri       shareIntent setType  image png        shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  phototUri       activity startActivityForResult Intent createChooser shareIntent   Share Via    Navigator REQUEST SHARE ACTION             SAVE IMAGE FUNCTION         private String saveImageLocally Bitmap  bitmap             File outputDir   Utils getAlbumStorageDir Environment DIRECTORY DOWNLOADS           File outputFile   null          try               outputFile   File createTempFile  tmp     png   outputDir             catch  IOException e1                   handle exception                    try               FileOutputStream out   new FileOutputStream outputFile                bitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat PNG  90  out               out close               catch  Exception e                   handle exception                    return outputFile getAbsolutePath               STEP 3 - Handle Share File Intent result  Need to remote temporary file etc           Override     public void onActivityResult int requestCode  int resultCode  Intent data            super onActivityResult requestCode  resultCode  data                   deal with this with whatever constant you use  i have a navigator object to handle my navigation so it also holds all mys constants for intents         if  requestCode   Navigator REQUEST SHARE ACTION                   delete temp file             File file   new File  localAbsoluteFilePath               file delete                 Toaster toast   new Toaster activity               toast popBurntToast  Successfully shared                           I hope that helps someone

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The solution proposed from superM worked for me for a long time  but lately I tested it on 4 2  HTC One  and it stopped working there  I am aware that this is a workaround  but it was the only one which worked for me with all devices and versions    According to the documentation  developers are asked to  use the system MediaStore  to send binary content  This  however  has the  dis- advantage  that the media content will be saved permanently on the device   If this is an option for you  you might want to grant permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE and use the system-wide MediaStore   Bitmap icon   mBitmap  Intent share   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   share setType  image jpeg     ContentValues values   new ContentValues    values put Images Media TITLE   title    values put Images Media MIME TYPE   image jpeg    Uri uri   getContentResolver   insert Media EXTERNAL CONTENT URI          values     OutputStream outstream  try       outstream   getContentResolver   openOutputStream uri       icon compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  100  outstream       outstream close      catch  Exception e        System err println e toString        share putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  uri   startActivity Intent createChooser share   Share Image

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With implementation of stricter security policies  exposing uri outside of app throws an error and application crashes    Ali Tamoor s answer explains using File Providers  this is the recommended way   For more details see - https   developer android com training secure-file-sharing setup-sharing  Also you need to include androidx core library to your project   implementation  androidx core core 1 2 0    Of course this is bit bulky library and need it just for sharing files -- if there is a better way please let me know

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try this   Uri imageUri   Uri parse  android resource   your package drawable fileName          Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND         intent setType  image png           intent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  imageUri         startActivity Intent createChooser intent    Share

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I found the easiest way to do this is by using the MediaStore to temporarily store the image that you want to share   Drawable mDrawable   mImageView getDrawable    Bitmap mBitmap     BitmapDrawable  mDrawable  getBitmap     String path   MediaStore Images Media insertImage getContentResolver    mBitmap   Image Description   null   Uri uri   Uri parse path    Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   intent setType  image jpeg    intent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  uri   startActivity Intent createChooser intent   Share Image       From  Sharing Content With Intents

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if  ActivityCompat shouldShowRequestPermissionRationale getActivity                Manifest permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE             Log d TAG   quot Permission granted quot          else           ActivityCompat requestPermissions getActivity                    new String   Manifest permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE                   100              fab setOnClickListener v - gt            Bitmap b   BitmapFactory decodeResource getResources    R drawable refer pic           Intent share   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND           share setType  quot image   quot            ByteArrayOutputStream bytes   new ByteArrayOutputStream            b compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  100  bytes           String path   MediaStore Images Media insertImage requireActivity   getContentResolver                    b   quot Title quot   null           Uri imageUri   Uri parse path           share putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  imageUri           share putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   quot Here is text quot            startActivity Intent createChooser share   quot Share via quot

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Strring temp  facebook  temp  whatsapp  temp  instagram  temp  googleplus  temp  share        if temp equals  facebook                  Intent intent   getPackageManager   getLaunchIntentForPackage  com facebook katana            if  intent    null                 Intent shareIntent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION SEND               shareIntent setType  image png                shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri parse  file         sdcard folder name abc png                 shareIntent setFlags Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION               shareIntent setPackage  com facebook katana                startActivity shareIntent                      else                       Toast makeText MainActivity this   Facebook require       Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                        if temp equals  whatsapp                   try               File filePath   new File   sdcard folder name abc png                final ComponentName name   new ComponentName  com whatsapp    com whatsapp ContactPicker                Intent oShareIntent   new Intent                oShareIntent setComponent name               oShareIntent setType  text plain                oShareIntent putExtra android content Intent EXTRA TEXT   Website   www google com                oShareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri fromFile filePath                oShareIntent setType  image jpeg                oShareIntent addFlags Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION               MainActivity this startActivity oShareIntent               catch  Exception e                Toast makeText MainActivity this   WhatsApp require       Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                        if temp equals  instagram                  Intent intent   getPackageManager   getLaunchIntentForPackage  com instagram android            if  intent    null                        File filePath  new File   sdcard folder name  abc png                Intent shareIntent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION SEND               shareIntent setType  image                shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri parse  file         sdcard Chitranagari abc png                 shareIntent setPackage  com instagram android                startActivity shareIntent                      else                       Toast makeText MainActivity this   Instagram require       Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                         if temp equals  googleplus                   try                        Calendar c   Calendar getInstance                SimpleDateFormat sdf   new SimpleDateFormat  dd-MM-yyyy hh mm ss                String strDate   sdf format c getTime                 Intent shareIntent   ShareCompat IntentBuilder from MainActivity this  getIntent                shareIntent setType  text plain                shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   Website   www google com                shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri parse  file         sdcard folder name abc png                 shareIntent setPackage  com google android apps plus                shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND               startActivity shareIntent            catch  Exception e                        e printStackTrace                Toast makeText MainActivity this   Googleplus require       Toast LENGTH SHORT  show                        if temp equals  share               File filePath  new File   sdcard folder name abc png       optional   internal storage         Intent shareIntent   new Intent            shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND           shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   Website   www google com            shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri fromFile filePath       optional  use this when you want to send an image         shareIntent setType  image jpeg            shareIntent addFlags Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION           startActivity Intent createChooser shareIntent   send

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First add permission  lt uses-permission android name  quot android permission WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE quot   gt  using Bitmap from resources Bitmap b  BitmapFactory decodeResource getResources   R drawable userimage   Intent share   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   share setType  quot image jpeg quot    ByteArrayOutputStream bytes   new ByteArrayOutputStream    b compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  100  bytes   String path   MediaStore Images Media insertImage getContentResolver    b   quot Title quot   null   Uri imageUri    Uri parse path   share putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  imageUri   startActivity Intent createChooser share   quot Select quot      Tested via bluetooth and other messengers

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ref  - http   developer android com training sharing send html send-multiple-content  ArrayList lt Uri gt  imageUris   new ArrayList lt Uri gt     imageUris add imageUri1      Add your image URIs here imageUris add imageUri2    Intent shareIntent   new Intent    shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND MULTIPLE   shareIntent putParcelableArrayListExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  imageUris   shareIntent setType  image      startActivity Intent createChooser shareIntent   Share images to

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Thanks all  I tried the few of the options given  but those seems not to work for the latest android releases  so adding the modified steps which work for the latest android releases  these are based on few of the answers above but with modifications  amp  the solution is based on the use of File Provider   Step 1 Add Following code in Manifest File   lt provider     android name  quot androidx core content FileProvider quot      android authorities  quot   applicationId  quot      android exported  quot false quot      android grantUriPermissions  quot true quot  gt       lt meta-data         android name  quot android support FILE PROVIDER PATHS quot          android resource  quot  xml file provider paths quot    gt   lt  provider gt   step 2 Create an XML File in res  gt  xml Create file provider paths file inside xml  Note that this is the file which we include  in the android resource in the previous step  Write following codes inside the file provider paths   lt  xml version  quot 1 0 quot  encoding  quot utf-8 quot   gt   lt paths gt           lt cache-path name  quot cache quot  path  quot   quot    gt           lt files-path name  quot files quot  path  quot   quot    gt   lt  paths gt   Step 3 After that go to your button Click  Button setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener          Override     public void onClick View v            Bitmap bit   BitmapFactory decodeResource context getResources     R drawable filename           File filesDir   context getApplicationContext   getFilesDir            File imageFile   new File filesDir   quot birds png quot            OutputStream os          try               os   new FileOutputStream imageFile               bit compress Bitmap CompressFormat PNG  100  os                os flush                os close              catch  Exception e                Log e getClass   getSimpleName     quot Error writing bitmap quot   e                      Intent intent   new Intent            intent setAction Intent ACTION SEND           intent setFlags Intent FLAG GRANT READ URI PERMISSION            Uri imageUri   FileProvider getUriForFile context  BuildConfig APPLICATION ID  imageFile            intent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  imageUri           intent setType  quot image   quot            context startActivity intent              For More detailed explanation Visit  https   droidlytics wordpress com 2020 08 04 use-fileprovider-to-share-image-from-recyclerview

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SuperM answer worked for me but with Uri fromFile   instead of Uri parse     With Uri parse    it worked only with Whatsapp   This is my code     sharingIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri fromFile mFile      Output of Uri parse     storage emulated 0 Android data application package Files 17072015 0927 jpg  Output of Uri fromFile  file    storage emulated 0 Android data application package Files 17072015 0927 jpg

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All the Above solution doesnot work for me in Android Api 26  amp  27  Oreo   was gettting Error  exposed beyond app through ClipData Item getUri  The solution that fits in my situation was    get path uri using FileProvider getUriForFile Context packagename File  as    void shareImage             Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND           intent setType  image              intent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  FileProvider getUriForFile this getPackageName   deleteFilePath            startActivity Intent createChooser intent  Share with                 Define a  lt provider gt  in your Manifest xml as    lt provider      android name  android support v4 content FileProvider       android authorities  com example stickerapplication        android exported  false        android grantUriPermissions  true  gt         lt meta-data           android name  android support FILE PROVIDER PATHS            android resource   xml file paths  gt          lt  meta-data gt   lt  provider gt     And the last step is to define resource file for your directorys    lt paths xmlns android  http   schemas android com apk res android  gt       lt external-path name  external files  path       gt   lt  paths gt     Note this solution is for  external storage   uri

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I just had the same problem   Here is an answer that doesn t use any explicit file writing in your main code  letting the api taking care of it for you    Drawable mDrawable   myImageView1 getDrawable    Bitmap mBitmap     BitmapDrawable mDrawable  getBitmap    String path   MediaStore Images Media insertImage getContentResolver    mBitmap   Image I want to share   null   Uri uri   Uri parse path   Intent shareIntent   new Intent    shareIntent setAction Intent ACTION SEND   shareIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  uri   shareIntent setType  image      startActivity Intent createChooser shareIntent   Share Image       This is the path    you just need to add your image IDs in a Drawable object  In my case  code above   the drawable was extracted from an ImageView

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A perfect solution for share text and Image via Intent is    On your share button click    Bitmap image  shareimagebutton setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View view                 URL url   null              try                   url   new URL  https   firebasestorage googleapis com v0 b fir-notificationdemo-dbefb appspot com o abc text select handle middle mtrl light png alt media amp token c624ab1b-f840-479e-9e0d-6fe8142478e8                    image   BitmapFactory decodeStream url openConnection   getInputStream                   catch  IOException e                    e printStackTrace                              shareBitmap image                       Then Create shareBitmap image  method   private void shareBitmap Bitmap bitmap         final String shareText   getString R string share text                      getString R string app name      developed by                  https   play google com store apps details id     getPackageName         n n        try           File file   new File this getExternalCacheDir     share png            FileOutputStream fOut   new FileOutputStream file           bitmap compress Bitmap CompressFormat PNG  100  fOut           fOut flush            fOut close            file setReadable true  false           final Intent intent   new Intent android content Intent ACTION SEND           intent setFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK           intent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT  shareText           intent putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri fromFile file            intent setType  image png            startActivity Intent createChooser intent   Share image via            catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace               And then just test It

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Simple and Easiest code you can use it to share image from gallery    String image path              File file   new File image path               Uri uri   Uri fromFile file               Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND               intent  setType  image                  intent  putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  uri               context startActivity intent

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Bitmap icon   mBitmap  Intent share   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND   share setType  image jpeg    ByteArrayOutputStream bytes   new ByteArrayOutputStream    icon compress Bitmap CompressFormat JPEG  100  bytes   File f   new File Environment getExternalStorageDirectory     File separator    temporary file jpg    try       f createNewFile        FileOutputStream fo   new FileOutputStream f       fo write bytes toByteArray       catch  IOException e                                   e printStackTrace      share putExtra Intent EXTRA STREAM  Uri parse  file    sdcard temporary file jpg     startActivity Intent createChooser share   Share Image

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