How do I share image and text together in WhatsApp

Question

I have a share feature which should share both image and text together. I am doing it as shown below

val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(context!!,BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".provider",file)

val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND)
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri)
intent.flags = Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION
intent.type = "*/*"

if (etShareMessage.text.isNotEmpty()) {
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, etShareMessage.text)
}

val title = resources.getString(R.string.screenshot_share_with)

val chooser = Intent.createChooser(intent, title)

// Verify the intent will resolve to at least one activity
if (intent.resolveActivity(activity?.packageManager) != null) {
    startActivity(chooser)
} else {
    ToastUtils.showToast(context,getString(R.string.screenshot_sorry_no_apps_to_share))
    dismiss()
}

It works fine for Gmail and Hike. But WhatsApp shows only the image. I have referred this post and few other links. But no luck. I can see that Amazon app and Loco app are able to do this.

Why isn't WhatsApp taking text from the above intent?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 29 '18 at 18:01

if (ActivityCompat.checkSelfPermission(getActivity(), Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {

                    Bitmap bm = ((BitmapDrawable) imageView.getDrawable()).getBitmap();
                    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "YOUR TEXT");
                    String path = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getActivity().getContentResolver(), bm, "", null);
                    Uri screenshotUri = Uri.parse(path);

                    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, screenshotUri);
                    intent.setType("image/*");
                    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share image via..."));
                } else {
                    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(getActivity(), new String[]{Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE}, 1);
                }

By this method we can share image to whatsapp the image is in an imageView

Tried this by placing my file in the external directory as my file is inside cache directory. But no luck. — Annah, Jun 02 '18 at 06:32

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 29 '18 at 17:22

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Try

Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE

instead of:

Intent.ACTION_SEND

answered May 29 '18 at 17:22

Sahil

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No difference with this – Annah Jun 02 '18 at 06:33

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '18 at 06:36

After doing a lot of trial and error, I found that the way we pass text via Intent.EXTRA_TEXT matters for WhatsApp!!

I just changed

intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, etShareMessage.text)

to

intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, etShareMessage.text.toString())

and it worked.

How do I share image and text together in WhatsApp

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