How do you turn off share history when using ShareActionProvider?

Question

The new ShareActionProvider available in Android 4.0 (or in earlier versions if you\'re using ActionBarSherlock) has a feature where the last used item is displayed in the a

Answer 1

    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(null);
    OnShareTargetSelectedListener listener = new OnShareTargetSelectedListener() {
        public boolean onShareTargetSelected(ShareActionProvider source, Intent intent) {
            startActivity(intent);
            return true;
        }
    };
    actionProvider.setOnShareTargetSelectedListener(listener);***

Answer 2

There is no API to do this. However, the class is really simple and you could very easily create your own version of ShareActionProvider that did not keep a history. You would just have to determine the sort order of the possible targets using some other means of ordering (e.g., alphabetically).