How to open Facebook and Twitter in android

Question

  Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);    
  i.setType("text/html");  
  String str = et.getText().toString(); 
  i.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,str);  
  startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i,"Share using"));

I can't open Facebook and Twitter with this code in Android but other applications like Gmail and Skype are opened successfully. Why's that? And how do I open Facebook and Twitter?

Not in Emulator,but i install this apk file in my android mobile phone,in that facebook and twitter application is not came but other applications like gmail and skype is came properly.please help me — Shail Modi, Oct 17 '12 at 06:16
I can not share my text on Facebook with above code. i want to share my message from EditText box.this code does not help me for facebook but for other application works properly — Shail Modi, Oct 22 '12 at 06:11

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '12 at 11:55

Can you try this code:

private void facebooktaPaylas() {
    try {
        String facebookUri = "http://m.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=";
        String marketUri = "your sharing text");
        Intent shareOnFacebookIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse(facebookUri + marketUri));
        startActivity(shareOnFacebookIntent);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

private void twitterdaPaylas() {
    try {
        String facebookUri = "http://mobile.twitter.com/home?status=";
        String marketUri = "your sharing text";
        Intent shareOnFacebookIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse(facebookUri + marketUri));
        startActivity(shareOnFacebookIntent);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 17 '12 at 06:21

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How about changing the MIME type to "text/*"?

It seems that Facebook and Twitter can deal with "text/plain" instead of "text/html".

edited Oct 17 '12 at 06:21

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answered Oct 17 '12 at 06:15

Ziteng Chen

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Is that any chang in menifest file? – Shail Modi Oct 17 '12 at 06:48
No you just need to change 'i.setType("text/html"); ' to 'i.setType("text/*"); ' – Ziteng Chen Oct 17 '12 at 07:27
Hey ! I have a little problem arise. i used i.setType("text/*"); all application works successfully. but not in facebook. i used edit textbox, which share my message on facebook. please help me to solve it. – Shail Modi Oct 18 '12 at 13:07
Probably a bug of Facebook app? see this thread http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7545254/android-and-facebook-share-intent – Ziteng Chen Oct 19 '12 at 03:55

How to open Facebook and Twitter in android

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