How to filter specific apps for ACTION_SEND intent (and set a different text for each app)

Question

How can you filter out specific apps when using the ACTION_SEND intent? This question has been asked in various ways, but I haven\'t been able to gather a

Answer 1

The cleanest way is to copy the following classes: ShareActionProvider, ActivityChooserView, ActivityChooserModel. Add the ability to filter the intents in the ActivityChooserModel, and the appropriate support methods in the ShareActionProvider. I created the necessary classes, you can copy them into your project (https://gist.github.com/saulpower/10557956). This not only adds the ability to filter the apps you would like to share with (if you know the package name), but also to turn off history.

private final String[] INTENT_FILTER = new String[] {
    "com.twitter.android",
    "com.facebook.katana"
};

@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
    inflater.inflate(R.menu.journal_entry_menu, menu);

    // Set up ShareActionProvider's default share intent
    MenuItem shareItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_share);

    if (shareItem instanceof SupportMenuItem) {
        mShareActionProvider = new ShareActionProvider(this);
        mShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(ShareUtils.share(mJournalEntry));
        mShareActionProvider.setIntentFilter(Arrays.asList(INTENT_FILTER));
        mShareActionProvider.setShowHistory(false);
        ((SupportMenuItem) shareItem).setSupportActionProvider(mShareActionProvider);
    }

    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}