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Android Google Play Services Interacting with Google+ APIs Using a Share Intent

Posted by princess mudyahoto
princess mudyahoto
18,502 Points

google play services

Challenge Task 4 of 4

Finally, start an Activity for this Intent, but use the createChooser() method to show a nice chooser dialog. The first parameter is the Intent, and for the second, use a string of "Share". Important: In each task of this code challenge, the code you write should be added to the code from the previous task. Restart Preview Get Help Check Work CodeChallenge.java

1 String textToShare = "Learn something new at www.teamtreehouse.com"; 2 Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); 3 shareIntent.setType("text/plain"); 4 shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , textToShare); 5 startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share));

CodeChallenge.java 
String textToShare = "Learn something new at www.teamtreehouse.com";
Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT , textToShare);
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share));

1 Answer

Nomore Majuru
Nomore Majuru
7,881 Points

Use this on your last statement startActivity(shareIntent.createChooser(shareIntent, "share"));