how to open installed application from my application for sharing contents

Question

I need to open all applications installed in my phone into my android application for sharing contents, can I find a simple method ?

which App you want to open? you must know it's package name to open it — Atef Hares, Feb 21 '17 at 11:21
Possible duplicate of [How to get a list of installed android applications and pick one to run](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2695746/how-to-get-a-list-of-installed-android-applications-and-pick-one-to-run) — Beck Yang, Feb 21 '17 at 12:33

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '17 at 11:31

I think you can try this if data is in text format

    Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);

    sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
    String shareBody = "Here is the share content body";

    sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject Here");
    sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody);


    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share via"));

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '17 at 11:24

Your question is un-clear. But I think I got your question.

You want to share some data?

you have to Use share Intent

Here is Example-

Share Text Data-

Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); 
sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
String shareBody = "Here is the share content body";
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject Here");
sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share via"));

Share Image

String fileName = "image-3116.jpg";//Name of an image
String externalStorageDirectory =     Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString();
String myDir = externalStorageDirectory + "/saved_images/"; // the file will be in saved_images
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file:///" + myDir + fileName);
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/html");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share Deal"));

If the question is unclear, please flag as such, don't answer. I might read and understand it differently and give a completely different answer. — Adriaan, Feb 21 '17 at 11:27
@Adriaan you are right but I understood what sree want. So I gave Answer, that is better to flag. — Vishal Chhodwani, Feb 21 '17 at 11:30

how to open installed application from my application for sharing contents

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