Android Share Intent chooser - Sharing TEXT with Facebook/Twitter Social media etc

Question

If I only send text, the Share Intent chooser DOES NOT give Facebook/Twitter as an option.

Only Gmail, Skype and Evernote are options.

Here is my code

Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);

shareIntent.setType("plain/text");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text)
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share using"));

I have tried different combination of setType() with no joy including "text/*", "text/html" and passing HTML text in the putExtra as follows:

shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, Html.fromHtml("<p>This is the text that will be shared.</p>"));

When I use "text/plain", Facebook comes up as an option but the text does not load up when selecting it. But the text does load for Twitter,email, SMS.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?

When I share an image, there is no problem and Facebook along with other social media apps are available on the list.

Answer found here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3515198/share-text-on-facebook-from-android-app-via-action-send — tiptopjat, Jun 01 '12 at 22:47

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 11 '12 at 17:26

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Also it should be "text/plain" and not "plain/text" according to the documentation.

answered Dec 11 '12 at 17:26

pedronveloso

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That's what was causing the problem here. Thanks – jfcartier Nov 20 '14 at 00:54

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 01 '12 at 22:33

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this depends upon what intent filters are defined by each of those apps.
For instance if I add intent-filter android.intent.action.send

If I choose single image from Gallery my application will appear in the list. However if I choose multiple my application will not appear as I have not added the intent-filer for android.intent.action.send_multiple

So it depends upon what intents facebook is filtering for. You need to see the release notes or help or developer pages for that.

answered Jun 01 '12 at 22:33

Orlymee

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I've found a page that covers this in depth. By including a URL in my String text. EG. "Hi, check out http://www.bbc.co.uk Facebook recognises the string. Strangely only the URL part of the string. Twitter recognises the whole string along with the URL. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3515198/share-text-on-facebook-from-android-app-via-action-send – tiptopjat Jun 01 '12 at 22:47

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 05 '13 at 19:00

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The facebook issue is a limitation in facebook permissions. Use the facebook API

answered Jan 05 '13 at 19:00

Daniel Uribe

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jul 07 '14 at 15:56

Share via Twitter :

Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");

shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, (String)v.getTag(R.string.app_name));

shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, (String)v.getTag(R.drawable.ic_launcher));

// for finding twitter package name ---- >>

   PackageManager pm = v.getContext().getPackageManager();

   List<ResolveInfo> activityList = pm.queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);

     for (final ResolveInfo app : activityList) 
      {
        if ("com.twitter.android.PostActivity".equals(app.activityInfo.name))
          {
             final ActivityInfo activity = app.activityInfo;
             final ComponentName name = new ComponentName(activity.applicationInfo.packageName, activity.name);
             shareIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
             shareIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED);
             shareIntent.setComponent(name);
             v.getContext().startActivity(shareIntent);
            break;
          }
        }

Share via Facebook

   Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
   shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
   shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,String)v.getTag(R.string.app_name));

   shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, (String) 

v.getTag(R.drawable.ic_launcher));

// finding facebook package name 

   PackageManager pm = v.getContext().getPackageManager();
   List<ResolveInfo> activityList = pm.queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);
     for (final ResolveInfo app : activityList) 
     {
         if ((app.activityInfo.name).contains("facebook")) 
         {
           final ActivityInfo activity = app.activityInfo;
           final ComponentName name = new ComponentName(activity.applicationInfo.packageName, activity.name);
          shareIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
          shareIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED);
          shareIntent.setComponent(name);
          v.getContext().startActivity(shareIntent);
          break;
        }
      }

Share via Gmail

  Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);

   shareIntent.setType("text/plain");         

shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT(String)v.getTag(R.string.app_name));

 shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT(String)v.getTag(R.drawable.ic_launcher));

// finding gmail package name  --- 

  PackageManager pm = v.getContext().getPackageManager();

   List<ResolveInfo> activityList = pm.queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);

       for (final ResolveInfo app : activityList) 
        {
          if ((app.activityInfo.name).contains("gmail")) 
           {
             final ActivityInfo activity = app.activityInfo;
             final ComponentName name = new ComponentName(activity.applicationInfo.packageName, activity.name);
            shareIntent.addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_LAUNCHER);
            shareIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK | Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_RESET_TASK_IF_NEEDED);
             shareIntent.setComponent(name);
             v.getContext().startActivity(shareIntent);
             break;
           }
       }

@TaslimOseni if you use ACTION_SEND, it will show Whatsapp, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at least, not considering other apps who can also respond to that intent action like Gmail. See this link: https://developer.android.com/training/sharing/send#using-android-system-sharesheet — FabioR, Sep 22 '20 at 16:16

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