Untitled is shown instead of file name while sharing on whatsapp through android app

Question

I have written code to share .txt file on my device to whatsapp. However text file gets shared but instead of showing the name of the .txt file it shows untitled. Here is my code.I have also attached screen shot of whatsapp screen after sharing the file.

public static void shareTextToSocialMedia(Context c,String sFilePath)
{
    //share pdf via WhatsApp
    Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    Uri screenshotUri = Uri.parse(sFilePath);

    sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
    sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, screenshotUri);
    c.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share report using"));
}

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I have attached my image for first time here. So failed to write the discription of it. please click on "enter image description here" to view the image. — Karthik Pai, Nov 28 '17 at 05:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 28 '17 at 10:35

My issue got resolved.The code is correct.The path was wrong. I added file:// to the path.I set the path of .txt file like this, "file://"+ Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory()+ File.separator+"Notes"+File.separator+sName+".txt"; View attached image

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 06 '18 at 20:50

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The best way to do it is using FileProvider as this can lead to FileUriExposedException

You can refer this post https://stackoverflow.com/a/46761554/2793036

answered Jun 06 '18 at 20:50

Rishabh876

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 31 '18 at 11:17

You try this it will help for you

Share an txt file from your app

File file = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().toString() + "/" +   "abc.txt");
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sharingIntent.setType("text/*");
sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + file.getAbsolutePath()));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "share file with"));

Share Image from your App Example

File f=new File("full image path");
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file://"+f.getAbsolutePath());
Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
share.setType("image/*");
share.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share image File"));

Share Image directly to WhatsApp from your app

File f=new File("full image path");
Uri uri = Uri.parse("file://"+f.getAbsolutePath());
Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
share.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
share.setType("image/*");
share.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share image File"));

Untitled is shown instead of file name while sharing on whatsapp through android app

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