Share image puts path in to address

Question

I'm having this issue where sharing an image from my app to Gmail puts the path of the image in the To field.

Here's the code that I'm using:

Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("image/*");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,"Beam Dental Insurance Card");
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION); // temp permission for receiving app to read this file
shareIntent.setDataAndType(insuranceCardImageUri, getActivity().getContentResolver().getType(insuranceCardImageUri));
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, insuranceCardImageUri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share Insurance Card"));

And here's what I get.

The To: field gets filled in with the path to the image with the "content:" removed from the front. I've tried setting the EXTRA_EMAIL on the intent but that doesn't help.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '16 at 15:41

First, replace:

shareIntent.setDataAndType(insuranceCardImageUri, getActivity().getContentResolver().getType(insuranceCardImageUri));

with:

shareIntent.setType(getActivity().getContentResolver().getType(insuranceCardImageUri));

as ACTION_SEND does not use a Uri in the data field of the Intent.

Then, remove:

shareIntent.setType("image/*");

as you do not need to call setType() twice (or even call setType() and setDataAndType(), as you have it here).

Also, bear in mind:

If the Uri is not coming from your app (e.g., your own ContentProvider), third-party apps like Gmail may not be able to use it, as they may not have permission to access it. This is not significantly different than passing a URL to a third-party app, where the URL requires an authenticated user session to be useful.
There is no requirement for ACTION_SEND implementations to honor both EXTRA_STREAM andEXTRA_TEXT`.

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:32

You can share image using share intent, but you've to decode image to a localized Bitmap

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hey view/download this image");
String path = Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), loadedImage, "", null);
Uri screenshotUri = Uri.parse(path);

intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, screenshotUri);
intent.setType("image/*");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share image via..."));

loadedImage is the loaded bitmap from http://eofdreams.com/data_images/dreams/face/face-03.jpg

acoording to Nitin Misra

Share image puts path in to address

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