152 Java Android Program to Demonstrate Share Action Provider in Android
Posted by Superadmin on December 09 2015 05:50:03

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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>