Passing Multiple text/plain values in share intent

Question

I am creating a notepad application in android. I have given a functionality to share individual note with other apps. I want the share function to share the title and content of the note. I can't seem to make it work. Below is my java code for share intent.

JAVA

    String title=noteModel.getTitle();
    String content=noteModel.getContent();
    Intent intentShare = new Intent();
    intentShare.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);

    intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,title);
    intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,content);            
    intentShare.setType("text/plain");
    context.startActivity(intentShare.createChooser(intentShare,"Send note to"));

I am unable to pass two values. In the above code only "content" value gets displayed on the screen to be share but not "title". I have tried using a different key - `EXTRA_SUBJECT` for title and `EXTRA_TEXT` for content, it doesn't work either. — Pawanjot Singh, Aug 22 '17 at 15:14

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 23 '17 at 10:56

I found a way to pass multiple strings with just one EXTRA_TEXT. I wanted to pass two values, namely, title and content, So I stored the value of title in a string called "title" and the value of content in a string called "content". Now, the trick ! I concatenated both the strings together and stored that concatenated string to a new string and passed that string into EXTRA_TEXT.

I am gonna share my correct code just to give a clear picture.

String title=noteModel.getTitle();
String content=noteModel.getContent();
String titleAndContent="Title: "+title+"\n Content: "+content;

Intent intentShare = new Intent();
intentShare.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intentShare.setType("text/plain");
intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,titleAndContent);

context.startActivity(intentShare);

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 05:56

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You used the same key for two Extra

    intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,title);
    intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,content);

You have to use a different key for every extra you pass. Change the content extra similar to below one.

intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_CONTENT,content);

answered Aug 22 '17 at 05:56

Bhuvanesh BS

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Error pops up saying "Cannot resolve symbol EXTRA_CONTENT" , I need to initialize it but I am not sure what value to give it – Pawanjot Singh Aug 22 '17 at 06:05
public static final String EXTRA_CONTENT = "intent.extra.content.text" – Bhuvanesh BS Aug 22 '17 at 06:07
use the same key to get from extra. that's it. – Bhuvanesh BS Aug 22 '17 at 06:07
`EXTRA_CONTENT` doesn't get displayed but `EXTRA_TEXT` does. – Pawanjot Singh Aug 22 '17 at 06:35
In your receiver end get it by getIntent().getStringExtra(EXTRA_CONTENT); – Bhuvanesh BS Aug 22 '17 at 06:41
I am not sure what you mean by "receiver end". Where am I suppose to get the intent? – Pawanjot Singh Aug 22 '17 at 07:11
how you get your intent passed in another acitivty – Bhuvanesh BS Aug 22 '17 at 07:12
I have received the intent in my other activity with this code `Intent intent=getIntent(); intent.getStringExtra(EXTRA_CONTENT);` If this is what you were asking me to do then it doesn't work, same problem persists, only EXTRA_TEXT gets displayed – Pawanjot Singh Aug 22 '17 at 07:22
check your content text has value – Bhuvanesh BS Aug 22 '17 at 07:40
Yes I checked the value of both title and content with the help of debugger, they both have valid values. – Pawanjot Singh Aug 22 '17 at 07:57

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 05:56

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intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,title);
intentShare.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,content); ///ovewriting value

please use different key

answered Aug 22 '17 at 05:56

phpdroid

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 22 '17 at 06:02

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try this

intentShare.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, title);
intentShare.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, content);

answered Aug 22 '17 at 06:02

AskNilesh

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Passing Multiple text/plain values in share intent

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