Android Sharesheet

Andres Sandoval

Nov 5, 2019·1 min read

Today I learned about “Android Sharesheet”, simply by adding one line of code to the share intent makes it look nicer.

Line of code:

Intent shareIntent = Intent.createChooser(share, null);

The below code opens the new Android Sharesheet:

/**
 * Create simple share intent by simply appending the url to the {@code shareText}.
 */
public Intent buildShareIntent(String shareText, String url) {
    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(shareText) || StringUtils.isEmpty(url))    {
        return null;
    }

    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("text/plain");
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareText + " " + url);
    Intent shareIntent = Intent.createChooser(share, null);

    return shareIntent;
}