Adding my app as a sharing option in the Youtube app

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Is it possible to add to the list of sharing apps my own app?. The idea is that users that have my app installed have the option to share YouTube videos to my app, so when they click the option my app opens and I receive something from it.

please consider accepting an answer if it helped you – SoroushA Jul 28 '16 at 12:43 — SoroushA, Jul 28 '16 at 12:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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For Android: Filter incoming intents to your activity to catch the send intent:

<activity ...>
 <intent-filter>
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
  <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />              
  <data android:host="www.youtube.com" android:mimeType="text/*" />
 </intent-filter>
</activity>

And then your app will show up in the chooser when a user shares something from youtube.

EDIT: For iOS it is not as easy (not possible with lower iOS versions). Take a look at this question for more information about why.

edited May 23 '17 at 11:44

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answered Jul 26 '16 at 11:58

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@Artemix added iOS info – SoroushA Jul 26 '16 at 12:35
For iOS search on how to create a share extension , available iOS8 onwards – Bhumit Mehta Jul 26 '16 at 12:44

Adding my app as a sharing option in the Youtube app

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