public class

ShareActionProvider

extends ActionProvider

 java.lang.Object

androidx.core.view.ActionProvider

↳androidx.appcompat.widget.ShareActionProvider

Gradle dependencies

compile group: 'androidx.appcompat', name: 'appcompat', version: '1.7.0'

  • groupId: androidx.appcompat
  • artifactId: appcompat
  • version: 1.7.0

Artifact androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.7.0 it located at Google repository (https://maven.google.com/)

Androidx artifact mapping:

androidx.appcompat:appcompat com.android.support:appcompat-v7

Androidx class mapping:

androidx.appcompat.widget.ShareActionProvider android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider

Overview

Provides a share action, which is suitable for an activity's app bar. Creates views that enable data sharing. If the provider appears in the overflow menu, it creates a submenu with the appropriate sharing actions. ### Adding a share action

To add a "share" action to your activity, put a ShareActionProvider in the app bar's menu resource. For example:

 <item android:id="@+id/action_share"
      android:title="@string/share"
      app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
      app:actionProviderClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.ShareActionProvider"/>
 

You do not need to specify an icon, since the ShareActionProvider widget takes care of its own appearance and behavior. However, you do need to specify a title with android:title, in case the action ends up in the overflow menu.

Next, set up the intent that contains the content your activity is able to share. You should create this intent in your handler for , and update it every time the shareable content changes. To set up the intent:

  1. Get a reference to the ShareActionProvider by calling getActionProvider() and passing the share action's android.view.MenuItem. For example:
     MenuItem shareItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_share);
     ShareActionProvider myShareActionProvider =
         (ShareActionProvider) MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(shareItem);
  2. Create an intent with the action, and attach the content shared by the activity. For example, the following intent shares an image:
     Intent myShareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
     myShareIntent.setType("image/*");
     myShareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, myImageUri);
  3. Call setShareIntent() to attach this intent to the action provider:
     myShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(myShareIntent);
     
  4. When the content changes, modify the intent or create a new one, and call setShareIntent() again. For example:
     // Image has changed! Update the intent:
     myShareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, myNewImageUri);
     myShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(myShareIntent);
### Share target rankings

The share action provider retains a ranking for each share target, based on how often the user chooses each one. The more often a user chooses a target, the higher its rank; the most-commonly used target appears in the app bar as the default target.

By default, the target ranking information is stored in a private file with the name specified by ShareActionProvider.DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME. Ordinarily, the share action provider stores all the history in this single file. However, using a single set of rankings may not make sense if the share action provider is used for different kinds of content. For example, if the activity sometimes shares images and sometimes shares contacts, you would want to maintain two different sets of rankings.

To set the history file, call setShareHistoryFileName() and pass the name of an XML file. The file you specify is used until the next time you call setShareHistoryFileName().

Summary

Fields
public static final java.lang.StringDEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME

The default name for storing share history.

Constructors
publicShareActionProvider(Context context)

Creates a new instance.

Methods
public booleanhasSubMenu()

public ViewonCreateActionView()

public voidonPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu)

public voidsetOnShareTargetSelectedListener(ShareActionProvider.OnShareTargetSelectedListener listener)

Sets a listener to be notified when a share target has been selected.

public voidsetShareHistoryFileName(java.lang.String shareHistoryFile)

Sets the file name of a file for persisting the share history which history will be used for ordering share targets.

public voidsetShareIntent(Intent shareIntent)

Sets an intent with information about the share action.

from ActionProvidergetContext, isVisible, onCreateActionView, onPerformDefaultAction, overridesItemVisibility, refreshVisibility, reset, setSubUiVisibilityListener, setVisibilityListener, subUiVisibilityChanged
from java.lang.Objectclone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Fields

public static final java.lang.String DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME

The default name for storing share history.

Constructors

public ShareActionProvider(Context context)

Creates a new instance.

Parameters:

context: Context for accessing resources.

Methods

public void setOnShareTargetSelectedListener(ShareActionProvider.OnShareTargetSelectedListener listener)

Sets a listener to be notified when a share target has been selected. The listener can optionally decide to handle the selection and not rely on the default behavior which is to launch the activity.

Note: If you choose the backing share history file you will still be notified in this callback.

Parameters:

listener: The listener.

public View onCreateActionView()

public boolean hasSubMenu()

public void onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu)

public void setShareHistoryFileName(java.lang.String shareHistoryFile)

Sets the file name of a file for persisting the share history which history will be used for ordering share targets. This file will be used for all view created by ShareActionProvider.onCreateActionView(). Defaults to ShareActionProvider.DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME. Set to null if share history should not be persisted between sessions.

Note: The history file name can be set any time, however only the action views created by ShareActionProvider.onCreateActionView() after setting the file name will be backed by the provided file. Therefore, if you want to use different history files for sharing specific types of content, every time you change the history file with ShareActionProvider.setShareHistoryFileName(String) you must call AppCompatActivity.supportInvalidateOptionsMenu() to recreate the action view. You should not call AppCompatActivity.supportInvalidateOptionsMenu() from ComponentActivity.onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu).

 private void doShare(Intent intent) {
     if (IMAGE.equals(intent.getMimeType())) {
         mShareActionProvider.setHistoryFileName(SHARE_IMAGE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME);
     } else if (TEXT.equals(intent.getMimeType())) {
         mShareActionProvider.setHistoryFileName(SHARE_TEXT_HISTORY_FILE_NAME);
     }
     mShareActionProvider.setIntent(intent);
     supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
 }
 

Parameters:

shareHistoryFile: The share history file name.

public void setShareIntent(Intent shareIntent)

Sets an intent with information about the share action. Here is a sample for constructing a share intent:

  Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
  shareIntent.setType("image/*");
  Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(getFilesDir(), "foo.jpg"));
  shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri.toString());
 

Parameters:

shareIntent: The share intent.

See also:

Source

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package androidx.appcompat.widget;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.content.pm.ResolveInfo;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.os.Build;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.view.MenuItem.OnMenuItemClickListener;
import android.view.SubMenu;
import android.view.View;

import androidx.appcompat.R;
import androidx.appcompat.content.res.AppCompatResources;
import androidx.appcompat.widget.ActivityChooserModel.OnChooseActivityListener;
import androidx.core.view.ActionProvider;

/**
 * Provides a share action, which is suitable for an activity's app bar. Creates
 * views that enable data sharing. If the provider appears in the
 * overflow menu, it creates a submenu with the appropriate sharing
 * actions.
 *
 * ### Adding a share action
 *
 * <p>To add a "share" action to your activity, put a
 * <code>ShareActionProvider</code> in the app bar's menu resource. For
 * example:</p>
 *
 * <pre>
 * &lt;item android:id="&#64;+id/action_share"
 *      android:title="&#64;string/share"
 *      app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
 *      app:actionProviderClass="androidx.appcompat.widget.ShareActionProvider"/&gt;
 * </pre>
 *
 * <p>You do not need to specify an icon, since the
 * <code>ShareActionProvider</code> widget takes care of its own appearance and
 * behavior. However, you do need to specify a title with
 * <code>android:title</code>, in case the action ends up in the overflow
 * menu.</p>
 *
 * <p>Next, set up the intent that contains the content your activity is
 * able to share. You should create this intent in your handler for
 * {@link android.app.Activity#onCreateOptionsMenu onCreateOptionsMenu()},
 * and update it every time the shareable content changes. To set up the
 * intent:</p>
 *
 * <ol>
 * <li>Get a reference to the ShareActionProvider by calling {@link
 * android.view.MenuItem#getActionProvider getActionProvider()} and
 * passing the share action's {@link android.view.MenuItem}. For
 * example:
 *
 * <pre>
 * MenuItem shareItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_share);
 * ShareActionProvider myShareActionProvider =
 *     (ShareActionProvider) MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(shareItem);</pre></li>
 *
 * <li>Create an intent with the {@link android.content.Intent#ACTION_SEND}
 * action, and attach the content shared by the activity. For example, the
 * following intent shares an image:
 *
 * <pre>
 * Intent myShareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
 * myShareIntent.setType("image/*");
 * myShareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, myImageUri);</pre></li>
 *
 * <li>Call {@link #setShareIntent setShareIntent()} to attach this intent to
 * the action provider:
 *
 * <pre>
 * myShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(myShareIntent);
 * </pre></li>
 *
 * <li>When the content changes, modify the intent or create a new one,
 * and call {@link #setShareIntent setShareIntent()} again. For example:
 *
 * <pre>
 * // Image has changed! Update the intent:
 * myShareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, myNewImageUri);
 * myShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(myShareIntent);</pre></li>
 * </ol>
 *
 * ### Share target rankings
 *
 * <p>The share action provider retains a ranking for each share target,
 * based on how often the user chooses each one. The more often a user
 * chooses a target, the higher its rank; the
 * most-commonly used target appears in the app bar as the default target.</p>
 *
 * <p>By default, the target ranking information is stored in a private
 * file with the name specified by {@link
 * #DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME}. Ordinarily, the share action provider stores
 * all the history in this single file. However, using a single set of
 * rankings may not make sense if the
 * share action provider is used for different kinds of content. For
 * example, if the activity sometimes shares images and sometimes shares
 * contacts, you would want to maintain two different sets of rankings.</p>
 *
 * <p>To set the history file, call {@link #setShareHistoryFileName
 * setShareHistoryFileName()} and pass the name of an XML file. The file
 * you specify is used until the next time you call {@link
 * #setShareHistoryFileName setShareHistoryFileName()}.</p>
 *
 * @see ActionProvider
 */
public class ShareActionProvider extends ActionProvider {

    /**
     * Listener for the event of selecting a share target.
     */
    public interface OnShareTargetSelectedListener {

        /**
         * Called when a share target has been selected. The client can
         * decide whether to perform some action before the sharing is
         * actually performed.
         * <p>
         * <strong>Note:</strong> Modifying the intent is not permitted and
         *     any changes to the latter will be ignored.
         * </p>
         * <p>
         * <strong>Note:</strong> You should <strong>not</strong> handle the
         *     intent here. This callback aims to notify the client that a
         *     sharing is being performed, so the client can update the UI
         *     if necessary.
         * </p>
         *
         * @param source The source of the notification.
         * @param intent The intent for launching the chosen share target.
         * @return The return result is ignored. Always return false for consistency.
         */
        public boolean onShareTargetSelected(ShareActionProvider source, Intent intent);
    }

    /**
     * The default for the maximal number of activities shown in the sub-menu.
     */
    private static final int DEFAULT_INITIAL_ACTIVITY_COUNT = 4;

    /**
     * The the maximum number activities shown in the sub-menu.
     */
    private int mMaxShownActivityCount = DEFAULT_INITIAL_ACTIVITY_COUNT;

    /**
     * Listener for handling menu item clicks.
     */
    private final ShareMenuItemOnMenuItemClickListener mOnMenuItemClickListener =
            new ShareMenuItemOnMenuItemClickListener();

    /**
     * The default name for storing share history.
     */
    public static final String DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME = "share_history.xml";

    /**
     * Context for accessing resources.
     */
    final Context mContext;

    /**
     * The name of the file with share history data.
     */
    String mShareHistoryFileName = DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME;

    OnShareTargetSelectedListener mOnShareTargetSelectedListener;

    private OnChooseActivityListener mOnChooseActivityListener;

    /**
     * Creates a new instance.
     *
     * @param context Context for accessing resources.
     */
    public ShareActionProvider(Context context) {
        super(context);
        mContext = context;
    }

    /**
     * Sets a listener to be notified when a share target has been selected.
     * The listener can optionally decide to handle the selection and
     * not rely on the default behavior which is to launch the activity.
     * <p>
     * <strong>Note:</strong> If you choose the backing share history file
     *     you will still be notified in this callback.
     * </p>
     * @param listener The listener.
     */
    public void setOnShareTargetSelectedListener(OnShareTargetSelectedListener listener) {
        mOnShareTargetSelectedListener = listener;
        setActivityChooserPolicyIfNeeded();
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public View onCreateActionView() {
        // Create the view and set its data model.
        ActivityChooserView activityChooserView = new ActivityChooserView(mContext);
        if (!activityChooserView.isInEditMode()) {
            ActivityChooserModel dataModel = ActivityChooserModel.get(mContext, mShareHistoryFileName);
            activityChooserView.setActivityChooserModel(dataModel);
        }

        // Lookup and set the expand action icon.
        TypedValue outTypedValue = new TypedValue();
        mContext.getTheme().resolveAttribute(R.attr.actionModeShareDrawable, outTypedValue, true);
        Drawable drawable = AppCompatResources.getDrawable(mContext, outTypedValue.resourceId);
        activityChooserView.setExpandActivityOverflowButtonDrawable(drawable);
        activityChooserView.setProvider(this);

        // Set content description.
        activityChooserView.setDefaultActionButtonContentDescription(
                R.string.abc_shareactionprovider_share_with_application);
        activityChooserView.setExpandActivityOverflowButtonContentDescription(
                R.string.abc_shareactionprovider_share_with);

        return activityChooserView;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public boolean hasSubMenu() {
        return true;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */
    @Override
    public void onPrepareSubMenu(SubMenu subMenu) {
        // Clear since the order of items may change.
        subMenu.clear();

        ActivityChooserModel dataModel = ActivityChooserModel.get(mContext, mShareHistoryFileName);
        PackageManager packageManager = mContext.getPackageManager();

        final int expandedActivityCount = dataModel.getActivityCount();
        final int collapsedActivityCount = Math.min(expandedActivityCount, mMaxShownActivityCount);

        // Populate the sub-menu with a sub set of the activities.
        for (int i = 0; i < collapsedActivityCount; i++) {
            ResolveInfo activity = dataModel.getActivity(i);
            subMenu.add(0, i, i, activity.loadLabel(packageManager))
                    .setIcon(activity.loadIcon(packageManager))
                    .setOnMenuItemClickListener(mOnMenuItemClickListener);
        }

        if (collapsedActivityCount < expandedActivityCount) {
            // Add a sub-menu for showing all activities as a list item.
            SubMenu expandedSubMenu = subMenu.addSubMenu(Menu.NONE, collapsedActivityCount,
                    collapsedActivityCount,
                    mContext.getString(R.string.abc_activity_chooser_view_see_all));
            for (int i = 0; i < expandedActivityCount; i++) {
                ResolveInfo activity = dataModel.getActivity(i);
                expandedSubMenu.add(0, i, i, activity.loadLabel(packageManager))
                        .setIcon(activity.loadIcon(packageManager))
                        .setOnMenuItemClickListener(mOnMenuItemClickListener);
            }
        }
    }

    /**
     * Sets the file name of a file for persisting the share history which
     * history will be used for ordering share targets. This file will be used
     * for all view created by {@link #onCreateActionView()}. Defaults to
     * {@link #DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME}. Set to <code>null</code>
     * if share history should not be persisted between sessions.
     *
     * <p class="note">
     * <strong>Note:</strong> The history file name can be set any time, however
     * only the action views created by {@link #onCreateActionView()} after setting
     * the file name will be backed by the provided file. Therefore, if you want to
     * use different history files for sharing specific types of content, every time
     * you change the history file with {@link #setShareHistoryFileName(String)} you must
     * call {@link androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity#supportInvalidateOptionsMenu()}
     * to recreate the action view. You should <strong>not</strong> call
     * {@link androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity#supportInvalidateOptionsMenu()} from
     * {@link androidx.appcompat.app.AppCompatActivity#onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu)}.
     *
     * <pre>
     * private void doShare(Intent intent) {
     *     if (IMAGE.equals(intent.getMimeType())) {
     *         mShareActionProvider.setHistoryFileName(SHARE_IMAGE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME);
     *     } else if (TEXT.equals(intent.getMimeType())) {
     *         mShareActionProvider.setHistoryFileName(SHARE_TEXT_HISTORY_FILE_NAME);
     *     }
     *     mShareActionProvider.setIntent(intent);
     *     supportInvalidateOptionsMenu();
     * }
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param shareHistoryFile The share history file name.
     */
    public void setShareHistoryFileName(String shareHistoryFile) {
        mShareHistoryFileName = shareHistoryFile;
        setActivityChooserPolicyIfNeeded();
    }

    /**
     * Sets an intent with information about the share action. Here is a
     * sample for constructing a share intent:
     *
     * <pre>
     *  Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
     *  shareIntent.setType("image/*");
     *  Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(new File(getFilesDir(), "foo.jpg"));
     *  shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri.toString());
     * </pre>
     *
     * @param shareIntent The share intent.
     *
     * @see Intent#ACTION_SEND
     * @see Intent#ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE
     */
    public void setShareIntent(Intent shareIntent) {
        if (shareIntent != null) {
            final String action = shareIntent.getAction();
            if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action) || Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE.equals(action)) {
                updateIntent(shareIntent);
            }
        }
        ActivityChooserModel dataModel = ActivityChooserModel.get(mContext,
                mShareHistoryFileName);
        dataModel.setIntent(shareIntent);
    }

    /**
     * Reusable listener for handling share item clicks.
     */
    private class ShareMenuItemOnMenuItemClickListener implements OnMenuItemClickListener {
        ShareMenuItemOnMenuItemClickListener() {
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onMenuItemClick(MenuItem item) {
            ActivityChooserModel dataModel = ActivityChooserModel.get(mContext,
                    mShareHistoryFileName);
            final int itemId = item.getItemId();
            Intent launchIntent = dataModel.chooseActivity(itemId);
            if (launchIntent != null) {
                final String action = launchIntent.getAction();
                if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action) ||
                        Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE.equals(action)) {
                    updateIntent(launchIntent);
                }
                mContext.startActivity(launchIntent);
            }
            return true;
        }
    }

    /**
     * Set the activity chooser policy of the model backed by the current
     * share history file if needed which is if there is a registered callback.
     */
    private void setActivityChooserPolicyIfNeeded() {
        if (mOnShareTargetSelectedListener == null) {
            return;
        }
        if (mOnChooseActivityListener == null) {
            mOnChooseActivityListener = new ShareActivityChooserModelPolicy();
        }
        ActivityChooserModel dataModel = ActivityChooserModel.get(mContext, mShareHistoryFileName);
        dataModel.setOnChooseActivityListener(mOnChooseActivityListener);
    }

    /**
     * Policy that delegates to the {@link OnShareTargetSelectedListener}, if such.
     */
    private class ShareActivityChooserModelPolicy implements OnChooseActivityListener {
        ShareActivityChooserModelPolicy() {
        }

        @Override
        public boolean onChooseActivity(ActivityChooserModel host, Intent intent) {
            if (mOnShareTargetSelectedListener != null) {
                mOnShareTargetSelectedListener.onShareTargetSelected(
                        ShareActionProvider.this, intent);
            }
            return false;
        }
    }

    void updateIntent(Intent intent) {
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 21) {
            // If we're on Lollipop, we can open the intent as a document
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_DOCUMENT |
                    Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_MULTIPLE_TASK);
        } else {
            // Else, we will use the old CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET flag
            intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_CLEAR_WHEN_TASK_RESET);
        }
    }
}