share via facebook and whatsapp in web view

Question

I have a webview from which user can share a link to whatsapp but i want that when ever user share a link via whatsapp from webview my app name should also be sent in that text file . webview is in fragment

i want that my app name should be displayed in captions section "say something " and same on whats app or any other social media

i have tried

@Override
            public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {


                boolean overrideUrlLoading = false;

                if (url != null && url.startsWith("whatsapp://")) {
                    Intent text = new Intent();
                    Intent text1 = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,  Uri.parse(url));
                    text.setAction("android.intent.action.SEND");
                    text.setType("text/plain");
                    text.putExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", "my app name ");


                    startActivity(text);
                    startActivity(text1);
                }

and this too

  @Override
                public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView view, String url) {


                    boolean overrideUrlLoading = false;

                    if (url != null && url.startsWith("whatsapp://")) {

                        Intent text1 = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,  Uri.parse(url));
                        startActivity(text1);
                        Intent text = new Intent();
                        text.setAction("android.intent.action.SEND");
                        text.setType("text/plain");
                        text.putExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", "my app name ");



                        startActivity(text);
                    }

i want to send my app name with the link (from webview) just like sharechat . any help ?? my app just send the link but it dont send my app name with that link

rachna · Answer 1 · 2019-10-09T08:47:26.357

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@anshul raj ///use this code its working properly

private void shareApp() {

        String appName = getString(R.string.app_name);
        Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
    String shareBodyText = "https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4969217/share-application-link-in-android"+"\n"+appName;

        shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBodyText);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent,getString(R.string.app_name)));
    }

edited Oct 09 '19 at 08:47

answered Oct 09 '19 at 08:07

rachna

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please help me out – anshul raj Oct 10 '19 at 10:56
app name you want to make tittle,body or other – rachna Oct 10 '19 at 10:59
the code is working for whatsapp only, but not for facebook or any other social – anshul raj Oct 10 '19 at 11:11
i want that when user share link through facebook or twitter , the app name should also displayed in the post body – anshul raj Oct 10 '19 at 11:13
is there a way to do it ?? @rachna – anshul raj Oct 11 '19 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 07 '19 at 12:55

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Try below code

text.putExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT", getString(R.string.appname);

You can pass app name from string file.

edited Oct 07 '19 at 12:55

help-info.de

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answered Oct 07 '19 at 11:06

Ashok Songara

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sorry to say but it is not working .check the image, i want that my app name is shown on that text "say something about it " – anshul raj Oct 10 '19 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '19 at 07:36

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Use the below code to share text to WhatsApp

Intent intent = new Intent();
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "my app name");
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");
startActivity(intent);

answered Oct 09 '19 at 07:36

Adarsh Yashvanth

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sorry to say but it is not working .check the image, i want that my app name is shown on that text "say something about it " – anshul raj Oct 10 '19 at 10:56

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 18 '22 at 09:53

//postURL- this is URL of an article from a blog which I want to post on my facebook feed.

public void setupFacebookShareIntent(String postURL) {

        ShareDialog shareDialog;
        FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());
        shareDialog = new ShareDialog(DetailedActivity.this);

        ShareLinkContent linkContent = new ShareLinkContent.Builder()
                .setContentUrl(Uri.parse(postURL))

                .build();

        shareDialog.show(linkContent);
    }

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