Facebook share doesn't work correctly

Question

I am trying to share a text containing a link via facebook. My code work perfectly with the facebook messenger application. But not via Facebook app. In Facebook app i am getting a sharing view with an empty edittext. I Don't want to integrate facebook api and give sharing authorisation. I don't want to do that. I think it can be done only via extras and intent.

My sharing code:

private void ShareWebView(){
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setType("text/plain");
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, mTitle); 
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share with"));
    }

Have you implemented [`og:meta` tags](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraphprotocol/) on the URL you are trying to share? — Lix, Feb 22 '13 at 10:11
i have to implement android sdk for that, i don't want to do that. I just want to share a text via intalled facebook app — haythem souissi, Feb 22 '13 at 10:19

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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You cannot. See Android and Facebook share intent

And especially this link provided in one of the comment : http://developers.facebook.com/bugs/332619626816423

edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

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answered Feb 22 '13 at 10:29

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 10:37

Walkaround: If you do not want to implement it using android SDK

and you want to use

private void ShareWebView(){
   Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
   intent.setType("text/plain");
   intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, mTitle); // MUST contain 1 url
   startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share with"));
}

make sure that mTitle contains one LINK.

Why to do that: Although the fact that facebook doesn't work properly it grubs the first url or look like url from the mTitle and post-it as share url. It also automatically catch a subtitle and a photo from that url so the post/share is quite acceptable most of the time avoiding long code implementations!

Facebook share doesn't work correctly

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