Share Video From Android App

Question

Ours is a video hosting portal where users can upload and earn from their videos based on the views they get. We have recently launched an Android App and trying to integrate Share button to each video. Here is the code what we have placed

 Intent intent = new Intent();
                    try {

                        URL url = new URL("https://www.clipsnow.com/videos/images/thumbnails/230/10493.jpg");
                        Bitmap image = BitmapFactory.decodeStream(url.openConnection().getInputStream());
                        intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);

                        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                        intent.setData(Uri.parse("https://www.clipsnow.com"));

                        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,msg);

                        intent.setType("text/plain");
                        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, getImageUri(v.getContext(), image));


                        intent.setType("image/*");
                        intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
                        v.getContext().startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share Video"));

                    } catch (Exception e) {
                        e.printStackTrace();
                    }

When we share any video with this, only thumbnail image is getting shared along with the video title. But, we need the video URL will get shared and when user tap on the URL, user will be taken to our app.

How can we do that?

Hamzeh Soboh · Answer 1 · 2019-04-19T20:26:52.510

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This worked with me. Give a try!

File videoFile = new File(filePath);
Uri videoURI = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.N
        ? FileProvider.getUriForFile(mContext, mContext.getPackageName(), videoFile)
        : Uri.fromFile(videoFile);
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder.from(getActivity())
        .setStream(videoURI)
        .setType("video/mp4")
        .setChooserTitle("Share video...")
        .startChooser();

edited Apr 19 '19 at 20:26

answered Jul 11 '17 at 13:24

Hamzeh Soboh

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Its not working on oreo. The video file gets shared but when we launch the app to verify it it shows error when we try to launch the video with "Unable to load the resource" – suv Apr 08 '19 at 10:18
@suv I think now it should. – Hamzeh Soboh Apr 19 '19 at 20:27
Couldn't find meta-data for provider with authority **package_name** – Abhishek Kumar Aug 26 '20 at 14:35

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 05 '17 at 08:14

You should download video first. Then you can share with using ACTION_SEND.

        String path = ""; //should be local path of downloaded video

        ContentValues content = new ContentValues(4);
        content.put(MediaStore.Video.VideoColumns.DATE_ADDED,
                System.currentTimeMillis() / 1000);
        content.put(MediaStore.Video.Media.MIME_TYPE, "video/mp4");
        content.put(MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA, path);

        ContentResolver resolver = getApplicationContext().getContentResolver();
        Uri uri = resolver.insert(MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, content);

        Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        sharingIntent.setType("video/*");
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Hey this is the video subject");
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hey this is the video text");
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,uri);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent,"Share Video");

We don't want the user to download the video to local storage. If we share any video from YouTube via WhatsApp, it will share a thumbnail image, video title and video URL to the receiver. We want to the same kind of implementation to our app. — aswarth, Apr 07 '17 at 04:48
@aswarth this is the different stuff. You should create post/video detail page and set html tags for it. Please check http://stackoverflow.com/a/35785393/1923925 also this http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19778620/provide-a-picture-for-whatsapp-link-sharing — iravul, Apr 07 '17 at 12:33
@aswarth what Youtube share to whatsapp is just a link, and then Whatsapp fetch the Url link to get the image, and title, also descriptions if any. — Fthr, Mar 26 '21 at 17:44

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 18 '20 at 19:28

I guess, all the other solutions are obsolete. Here is the working solution for sharing the video to any platform (Youtube, Gmail, Hangout, Whatsapp etc),

startActivity(
    Intent.createChooser(
        Intent().setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND)
            .setType("video/*")
            .setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
            .putExtra(
                Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,
                getVideoContentUri(this, File(currentVideo.videoPath))
            ), resources.getString(R.string.share_video)
    )
)

Below is the getVideoContentUri method,

/**
 * Return the URI for a file. This URI is used for
 * sharing of video.
 * NOTE: You cannot share a file by file path.
 *
 * @param context Context
 * @param videoFile File
 * @return Uri?
 */
fun getVideoContentUri(context: Context, videoFile: File): Uri? {
    var uri: Uri? = null
    val filePath = videoFile.absolutePath
    val cursor = context.contentResolver.query(
        MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI,
        arrayOf(MediaStore.Video.Media._ID),
        MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA + "=? ",
        arrayOf(filePath), null)

    if (cursor != null && cursor.moveToFirst()) {
        val id = cursor.getInt(cursor
            .getColumnIndex(MediaStore.MediaColumns._ID))
        val baseUri = Uri.parse("content://media/external/video/media")
        uri = Uri.withAppendedPath(baseUri, "" + id)
    } else if (videoFile.exists()) {
        val values = ContentValues()
        values.put(MediaStore.Video.Media.DATA, filePath)
        uri = context.contentResolver.insert(
            MediaStore.Video.Media.EXTERNAL_CONTENT_URI, values)
    }

    closeCursor(cursor)
    return uri
}

Looks like yours is obsolete too – Eduard Unruh Jul 05 '21 at 20:35 — Eduard Unruh, Jul 05 '21 at 20:35

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Sep 18 '22 at 17:33

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To send the video in android 10 and above use this. I used this to send the video from local storage to WhatsApp.

    public void shareVideo(String filepath)
    {
    
     Intent shareintent=new Intent("android.intent.action.SEND");      
     shareintent.setType("video/mp4");       
     shareintent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.STREAM", 
     Uri.parse(filepath));
     startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareintent,"share"));

    }

edited Sep 18 '22 at 17:33

halfer

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answered Mar 14 '22 at 03:17

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This answer needs editing – Abhishek Dutt Mar 17 '22 at 02:50

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