Android button to share text from textview

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I need the share button to share the text in the textView in this way,I am a beginner in java and android

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score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 02 '12 at 20:10

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on Button Click

Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"Your score and Some extra text");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "The title");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share..."));

edited Dec 02 '12 at 20:10

Ahmad

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answered Dec 02 '12 at 19:57

Mohsin Naeem

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 02 '12 at 20:12

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create a method which will be called on share button and add this lines in it

Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share via"));

Try this link as well.

Cheers

edited Dec 02 '12 at 20:12

Ahmad

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answered Dec 02 '12 at 19:58

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score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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Take a look at how to use the Intent that launches the Share Via dialog.

See this post that has your answer : Android Share Via Dialog

edited May 23 '17 at 12:33

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answered Dec 02 '12 at 19:57

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score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 02 '12 at 19:59

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Here is a complete tutorial for this. http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-sdk-implement-a-share-intent/

answered Dec 02 '12 at 19:59

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Android button to share text from textview

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