How do i customize the icon and label shown in Share intent?

Question

I have an app named 'TwiOld'. It is an extension to twitter for Android app.

This how i start it : open twitter app , select a tweet and hit share button.

How do i have same app name in launcher and different label (circled below in image) in share menu ?

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Show me how you set up your icon in the manifest file. – Leandros Dec 02 '12 at 18:06 — Leandros, Dec 02 '12 at 18:06

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 02 '12 at 18:05

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It's the same icon as your application icon.

answered Dec 02 '12 at 18:05

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I think he is asking how to change the label and not the icon – Ahmad Dec 02 '12 at 19:04
Ah, yeah, could be possible. I'll edit my answer accordingly. – Leandros Dec 02 '12 at 21:20
@Leandros yeah..i am more concerned about Label instead of icon. – NoobDeveloper Dec 03 '12 at 06:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

Try using LabeledIntent, see usage example here: How to filter specific apps for ACTION_SEND intent (and set a different text for each app)

you could set the text using this constructor

LabeledIntent(Intent origIntent, String sourcePackage, CharSequence nonLocalizedLabel, int icon)

Create a labeled intent from the given intent, supplying a textual label and icon resource for it.

taken from:

https://developer.android.com/reference/android/content/pm/LabeledIntent.html

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 26 '20 at 05:29

In your manifest, simply add the label and icon attributes to your intent activity.

<activity
        android:name=".IntentActivity"
        android:enabled="true"
        android:exported="true"

        android:icon="@drawable/custom_icon"
        android:label="@string/custom_label">
        <intent-filter>
        ...
        </intent-filter>
</activity>

How do i customize the icon and label shown in Share intent?

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