ShareActionProvider with a split ActionBar

Question

I\'m using a ShareActionProvider and would like to take advantage of the split ActionBar when there isn\'t enough room for it at the top - android:uiOptions=

Answer 1

Some how creating a share history file fixes this issue

this can be fixed by using a custom share history file on app install.

e.g. call CreateShareHisotryFile() on App Create()

public class YourBrokenAPP extends Application {

  public static SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME = "c_share_hist.xml";

 @Override
 public void onCreate() {
     super.onCreate();  
     CreateShareHisotryFile(); 
 }

 private void CreateShareHisotryFile() {

    String data = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes' ?> "+
                 "<historical-records>" +
                  "<historical-record activity=\"com.google.android.apps.plus/com.google.android.libraries.social.gateway.GatewayActivity\" time=\"1426500217970\" weight=\"1.0\" />"+
            "</historical-records>";
    try {
        OutputStreamWriter outputStreamWriter = new     OutputStreamWriter(openFileOutput(SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME, Context.MODE_PRIVATE));
         outputStreamWriter.write(data);
        outputStreamWriter.close();
    }
    catch (IOException e) {
        Log.e("Exception", "File write failed: " + e.toString());
    } 
}

then in the fragment's onCreateOptionsMenu use share history file we just created ....

 @Override
public void onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu, MenuInflater inflater) {
     inflater.inflate(R.menu.main, menu);

  // Set up ShareActionProvider's default share intent
    MenuItem shareItem = menu.findItem(R.id.action_share);
    mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider)
           MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(shareItem);
    mShareActionProvider.setShareHistoryFileName(c_share_hist.xml);
}

Note that historical-records needs @ least one historical-record child element in the xml file

then it's all good ENJOY.......

Answer 2

If does not matter, you can use ActionBarSherlock, this example from demos:

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package com.actionbarsherlock.sample.demos;

import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileOutputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.MenuItem;
import com.actionbarsherlock.widget.ShareActionProvider;

/**
 * This activity demonstrates how to use an {@link android.view.ActionProvider}
 * for adding functionality to the Action Bar. In particular this demo is adding
 * a menu item with ShareActionProvider as its action provider. The
 * ShareActionProvider is responsible for managing the UI for sharing actions.
 */
public class ShareActionProviders extends SherlockActivity {

    private static final String SHARED_FILE_NAME = "shared.png";

    @Override
    public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        setTheme(SampleList.THEME); //Used for theme switching in samples
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.text);
        ((TextView)findViewById(R.id.text)).setText(R.string.share_action_providers_content);
        copyPrivateRawResuorceToPubliclyAccessibleFile();
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate your menu.
        getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.share_action_provider, menu);

        // Set file with share history to the provider and set the share intent.
        MenuItem actionItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_share_action_provider_action_bar);
        ShareActionProvider actionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) actionItem.getActionProvider();
        actionProvider.setShareHistoryFileName(ShareActionProvider.DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME);
        // Note that you can set/change the intent any time,
        // say when the user has selected an image.
        actionProvider.setShareIntent(createShareIntent());

        //XXX: For now, ShareActionProviders must be displayed on the action bar
        // Set file with share history to the provider and set the share intent.
        //MenuItem overflowItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_share_action_provider_overflow);
        //ShareActionProvider overflowProvider =
        //    (ShareActionProvider) overflowItem.getActionProvider();
        //overflowProvider.setShareHistoryFileName(
        //    ShareActionProvider.DEFAULT_SHARE_HISTORY_FILE_NAME);
        // Note that you can set/change the intent any time,
        // say when the user has selected an image.
        //overflowProvider.setShareIntent(createShareIntent());

        return true;
    }

    /**
     * Creates a sharing {@link Intent}.
     *
     * @return The sharing intent.
     */
    private Intent createShareIntent() {
        Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        shareIntent.setType("image/*");
        Uri uri = Uri.fromFile(getFileStreamPath("shared.png"));
        shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
        return shareIntent;
    }

    /**
     * Copies a private raw resource content to a publicly readable
     * file such that the latter can be shared with other applications.
     */
    private void copyPrivateRawResuorceToPubliclyAccessibleFile() {
        InputStream inputStream = null;
        FileOutputStream outputStream = null;
        try {
            inputStream = getResources().openRawResource(R.raw.robot);
            outputStream = openFileOutput(SHARED_FILE_NAME,
                    Context.MODE_WORLD_READABLE | Context.MODE_APPEND);
            byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
            int length = 0;
            try {
                while ((length = inputStream.read(buffer)) > 0){
                    outputStream.write(buffer, 0, length);
                }
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
                /* ignore */
            }
        } catch (FileNotFoundException fnfe) {
            /* ignore */
        } finally {
            try {
                inputStream.close();
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
               /* ignore */
            }
            try {
                outputStream.close();
            } catch (IOException ioe) {
               /* ignore */
            }
        }
    }
}

https://github.com/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock/blob/master/samples/demos/src/com/actionbarsherlock/sample/demos/ShareActionProviders.java

Answer 3

This has been fixed in the dev branch of ActionBarSherlock- https://github.com/JakeWharton/ActionBarSherlock/issues/505

You could try that instead.

UPDATE: Now fixed in ActionBarSherlock 4.2.0