Exception: This is not supported, use MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider()

Question

I\'m trying to make \"Share\" button in Action Bar of Android Application. Here my code:

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import andr         


        

Answer 1

First, you cannot use android.widget.ShareActionProvider with the appcompat-v7 action bar backport (e.g., ActionBarActivity). Either use the appcompat-v7 version of ShareActionProvider, or move everything over to the native action bar.

Second, if you stick with appcompat-v7, then you cannot safely use getActionProvider(), as that method will not exist on API Level 10 and below. Replace menuItem.getActionProvider() with MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(menuItem).

FWIW, here is a sample project that implements the appcompat-v7 edition of ShareActionProvider.

Answer 2

You can follow the pattern in Code Sample from Google in link below. https://github.com/googlesamples/android-ActionBarCompat-ShareActionProvider

The easiest way is to go to your Android Studio => File, Import Sample. Then type in "Share Action Provider".

Below are the code involved in creating Share Action Menu Item with ShareActionProvider with ActionBarCompat, backwards compatible to API v7.

MainActivity.java

// BEGIN_INCLUDE(get_sap)
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate the menu resource
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);

    // Retrieve the share menu item
    MenuItem shareItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_share);

    // Now get the ShareActionProvider from the item
    mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(shareItem);

    // Get the ViewPager's current item position and set its ShareIntent.
    int currentViewPagerItem = ((ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewpager)).getCurrentItem();
    setShareIntent(currentViewPagerItem);

    return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
}
// END_INCLUDE(get_sap

private void setShareIntent(int position) {
    // BEGIN_INCLUDE(update_sap)
    if (mShareActionProvider != null) {
        // Get the currently selected item, and retrieve it's share intent
        ContentItem item = mItems.get(position);
        Intent shareIntent = item.getShareIntent(MainActivity.this);

        // Now update the ShareActionProvider with the new share intent
        mShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(shareIntent);
    }
    // END_INCLUDE(update_sap)
}

main_menu.xml

<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:support="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">

<!--
  To use ShareActionProvider provided by ActionBarCompat, we reference the class by set the
  support:actionProviderClass attribute with the full class name of ShareActionProvider.
-->
<item
    android:id="@+id/menu_share"
    android:title="@string/menu_share"
    support:actionProviderClass="android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider"
    support:showAsAction="always" />

Answer 3

Follow following steps:

Step.1) To add a "share" action to your activity, put a ShareActionProvider in the app bar's menu resource. Like this

<item android:id="@+id/action_share"
      android:title="@string/share"
      app:showAsAction="ifRoom"
      app:actionProviderClass="android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider"/>

Please note the actionProviderClass

Step.2) Now you make sure that in your Activity Java Class you import same ShareActionProvider

import android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider;

Step.3)
Below section for onCreate methond

        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();

        inflater.inflate(R.menu.main_activity_bar, menu);

        ShareActionProvider shareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(menu.findItem(R.id.actionbar_share));
        shareActionProvider.setShareIntent(shareIt());

Intent method

    private Intent shareIt() {
        Intent intent= new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setType("text/plain");

        String shareMsgBody = "Hello, Share this with world !!";

        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareAndPromotionBody);
        startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Spread the message!!"));
        return intent;
    }