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

I have improved @dacoinminster answer and this is the result with an example to share your app:

// Intents with SEND action
PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
List<ResolveInfo> resolveInfoList = packageManager.queryIntentActivities(sendIntent, 0);

List<LabeledIntent> intentList = new ArrayList<LabeledIntent>();
Resources resources = context.getResources();

for (int j = 0; j < resolveInfoList.size(); j++) {
    ResolveInfo resolveInfo = resolveInfoList.get(j);
    String packageName = resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(packageName,
    resolveInfo.activityInfo.name));
    intent.setType("text/plain");

    if (packageName.contains("twitter")) {
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, resources.getString(R.string.twitter) + "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + context.getPackageName());
    } else {
        // skip android mail and gmail to avoid adding to the list twice
        if (packageName.contains("android.email") || packageName.contains("android.gm")) {
            continue;
        }
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, resources.getString(R.string.largeTextForFacebookWhatsapp) + "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + context.getPackageName());
    }

    intentList.add(new LabeledIntent(intent, packageName, resolveInfo.loadLabel(packageManager), resolveInfo.icon));
}

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO, Uri.parse("mailto:"));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, resources.getString(R.string.subjectForMailApps));
emailIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, resources.getString(R.string.largeTextForMailApps) + "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=" + context.getPackageName());

context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(emailIntent, resources.getString(R.string.compartirEn)).putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, intentList.toArray(new LabeledIntent[intentList.size()])));

Answer 2

So simple and concise. Thanks to the Open source developer, cketti for sharing this solution:

String mailto = "mailto:bob@example.org" +
    "?cc=" + "alice@example.com" +
    "&subject=" + Uri.encode(subject) +
    "&body=" + Uri.encode(bodyText);

Intent emailIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO);
emailIntent.setData(Uri.parse(mailto));

try {
  startActivity(emailIntent);
} catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
  //TODO: Handle case where no email app is available
}

And this is the link to his/her gist.

Answer 3

This solution shows a list of applications in a ListView dialog that resembles the chooser:

It is up to you to:

1. obtain the list of relevant application packages
2. given a package name, invoke the relevant intent

The adapter class:

import java.util.List;

import android.content.Context;
import android.content.pm.ApplicationInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager.NameNotFoundException;
import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable;
import android.util.TypedValue;
import android.view.View;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.TextView;

public class ChooserArrayAdapter extends ArrayAdapter<String> {
    PackageManager mPm;
    int mTextViewResourceId;
    List<String> mPackages;

    public ChooserArrayAdapter(Context context, int resource, int textViewResourceId, List<String> packages) {
        super(context, resource, textViewResourceId, packages);
        mPm = context.getPackageManager();
        mTextViewResourceId = textViewResourceId;
        mPackages = packages;
    }

    @Override
    public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
        String pkg = mPackages.get(position);
        View view = super.getView(position, convertView, parent);

        try {
            ApplicationInfo ai = mPm.getApplicationInfo(pkg, 0);

            CharSequence appName = mPm.getApplicationLabel(ai);
            Drawable appIcon = mPm.getApplicationIcon(pkg);

            TextView textView = (TextView) view.findViewById(mTextViewResourceId);
            textView.setText(appName);
            textView.setCompoundDrawablesWithIntrinsicBounds(appIcon, null, null, null);
            textView.setCompoundDrawablePadding((int) TypedValue.applyDimension(TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP, 12, getContext().getResources().getDisplayMetrics()));
        } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        return view;
    }

}

and its usage:

    void doXxxButton() {
        final List<String> packages = ...;
        if (packages.size() > 1) {
            ArrayAdapter<String> adapter = new ChooserArrayAdapter(MyActivity.this, android.R.layout.select_dialog_item, android.R.id.text1, packages);

            new AlertDialog.Builder(MyActivity.this)
            .setTitle(R.string.app_list_title)
            .setAdapter(adapter, new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
                public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int item ) {
                    invokeApplication(packages.get(item));
                }
            })
            .show();
        } else if (packages.size() == 1) {
            invokeApplication(packages.get(0));
        }
    }

    void invokeApplication(String packageName) {
        // given a package name, create an intent and fill it with data
        ...
        startActivityForResult(intent, rq);
    }

Answer 4

Thanks to @dacoinminster. I make some modifications to his answer including package names of the popular apps and sorting of those apps.

List<Intent> targetShareIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
PackageManager pm = getActivity().getPackageManager();
List<ResolveInfo> resInfos = pm.queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);
if (!resInfos.isEmpty()) {
    System.out.println("Have package");
    for (ResolveInfo resInfo : resInfos) {
        String packageName = resInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
        Log.i("Package Name", packageName);

        if (packageName.contains("com.twitter.android") || packageName.contains("com.facebook.katana")
                || packageName.contains("com.whatsapp") || packageName.contains("com.google.android.apps.plus")
                || packageName.contains("com.google.android.talk") || packageName.contains("com.slack")
                || packageName.contains("com.google.android.gm") || packageName.contains("com.facebook.orca")
                || packageName.contains("com.yahoo.mobile") || packageName.contains("com.skype.raider")
                || packageName.contains("com.android.mms")|| packageName.contains("com.linkedin.android")
                || packageName.contains("com.google.android.apps.messaging")) {
            Intent intent = new Intent();

            intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(packageName, resInfo.activityInfo.name));
            intent.putExtra("AppName", resInfo.loadLabel(pm).toString());
            intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            intent.setType("text/plain");
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "https://website.com/");
            intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, getString(R.string.share_text));
            intent.setPackage(packageName);
            targetShareIntents.add(intent);
        }
    }
    if (!targetShareIntents.isEmpty()) {
        Collections.sort(targetShareIntents, new Comparator<Intent>() {
            @Override
            public int compare(Intent o1, Intent o2) {
                return o1.getStringExtra("AppName").compareTo(o2.getStringExtra("AppName"));
            }
        });
        Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetShareIntents.remove(0), "Select app to share");
        chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targetShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[]{}));
        startActivity(chooserIntent);
    } else {
        Toast.makeText(getActivity(), "No app to share.", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
    }
}

Answer 5

I had same problem and this accepted solution didn't helped me, if someone has same problem you can use my code snippet:

// example of filtering and sharing multiple images with texts
// remove facebook from sharing intents
private void shareFilter(){

    String share = getShareTexts();
    ArrayList<Uri> uris = getImageUris();

    List<Intent> targets = new ArrayList<>();
    Intent template = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
    template.setType("image/*");
    List<ResolveInfo> candidates = getActivity().getPackageManager().
            queryIntentActivities(template, 0);

    // remove facebook which has a broken share intent
    for (ResolveInfo candidate : candidates) {
        String packageName = candidate.activityInfo.packageName;
        if (!packageName.equals("com.facebook.katana")) {
            Intent target = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE);
            target.setType("image/*");
            target.putParcelableArrayListExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,uris);
            target.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, share);
            target.setPackage(packageName);
            targets.add(target);
        }
    }
    Intent chooser = Intent.createChooser(targets.remove(0), "Share Via");
    chooser.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targets.toArray(new Parcelable[targets.size()]));
    startActivity(chooser);

}

Answer 6

You can try the code below, it works perfectly.

Here we share to some specific apps, that are Facebook, Messenger, Twitter, Google Plus and Gmail.

public void shareIntentSpecificApps() {
        List<Intent> intentShareList = new ArrayList<Intent>();
        Intent shareIntent = new Intent();
        shareIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
        List<ResolveInfo> resolveInfoList = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(shareIntent, 0);

        for (ResolveInfo resInfo : resolveInfoList) {
            String packageName = resInfo.activityInfo.packageName;
            String name = resInfo.activityInfo.name;
            Log.d(TAG, "Package Name : " + packageName);
            Log.d(TAG, "Name : " + name);

            if (packageName.contains("com.facebook") ||
                    packageName.contains("com.twitter.android") ||
                    packageName.contains("com.google.android.apps.plus") ||
                    packageName.contains("com.google.android.gm")) {

                if (name.contains("com.twitter.android.DMActivity")) {
                    continue;
                }

                Intent intent = new Intent();
                intent.setComponent(new ComponentName(packageName, name));
                intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                intent.setType("text/plain");
                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Your Subject");
                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Your Content");
                intentShareList.add(intent);
            }
        }

        if (intentShareList.isEmpty()) {
            Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "No apps to share !", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(intentShareList.remove(0), "Share via");
            chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, intentShareList.toArray(new Parcelable[]{}));
            startActivity(chooserIntent);
        }
    }