Sharing location via intent

Question

I'm developing an app where I have to share a location from my activity to social media, until now I can share the location as link, but i want to share the location and display it as Whatsapp shows the location , i mean with the map image.

Can any one guide me to how to do this. I'v tried the bellow

String geoUri = "http://maps.google.com/maps?q=loc:" + driveToLocation.getPosition().latitude + "," +
                    driveToLocation.getPosition().longitude ;

Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "My Location Name");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, geoUri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share via"));

Thanks in advance .

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5842144/sharing-map-based-location?answertab=active#tab-top — M.ArslanKhan, Jan 07 '16 at 20:19
this question has been asked and answered here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12668551/share-location-with-share-intent-activity?rq=1 — hcarrasko, Jan 07 '16 at 20:41
Possible duplicate of [share location with share intent Activity](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12668551/share-location-with-share-intent-activity) — hcarrasko, Jan 07 '16 at 20:43

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 13 '17 at 07:07

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For this you can use Google static map api. You may use an ImageView to show static maps image through url.

http://maps.google.com/maps/api/staticmap?center=37.400470,-122.072981&zoom=13&size=500x300&sensor=TRUE_OR_FALSE

To show image you just need lat and long.Just try it. Share the above on Social Media.
OR

You may refer this link and convert layout into image and share it on social media.

edited Dec 13 '17 at 07:07

Garg

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answered Jan 07 '16 at 20:15

Mahesh Giri

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Thank you it works , but the pin is not shown , and if i shared the image after downloading it form the url , will it opens if the user clicked it ? – Thair Jaber Jan 07 '16 at 20:35
how do you want to show it an image or other? – Mahesh Giri Jan 07 '16 at 20:48
ok when you click on it it won't open image. – Mahesh Giri Jan 08 '16 at 14:43

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