Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate Share Action Provider in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.
Main Activity
package com.example.share_action_provider; import android.annotation.SuppressLint; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import android.widget.ShareActionProvider; @SuppressLint("NewApi") public class MainActivity extends Activity { private ShareActionProvider provider; @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.activity_main); } @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) { getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu); // Get the ActionProvider for later usage provider = (ShareActionProvider) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_share) .getActionProvider(); return true; } @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) { switch (item.getItemId()) { case R.id.menu_share: doShare(); break; default: break; } return true; } public void doShare() { // populate the share intent with data Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); intent.setType("text/plain"); intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "message"); provider.setShareIntent(intent); } }
Activity_Main
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools" android:layout_width="match_parent" android:layout_height="match_parent" android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin" android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin" tools:context=".MainActivity" > <TextView android:id="@+id/textView1" android:layout_width="wrap_content" android:layout_height="wrap_content" android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" android:layout_alignParentRight="true" android:layout_alignParentTop="true" android:layout_marginTop="178dp" android:text="Demonstrate Share Action Provider" android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" /> </RelativeLayout>
