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Android Build a Blog Reader Android App Using Intents to Display and Share Posts Easy Sharing with Intents

Antonis Tsagaris
Antonis Tsagaris
17,511 Points
Posted by Antonis Tsagaris
Antonis Tsagaris
17,511 Points

Intent.createChooser() returns an error

I cannot complete the Code Challenge because the compiler gives me an error at the dot between "Intent" and "createChooser". I'm pretty sure that I'm doing everything right. Any ideas?

3 Answers

Javier Briones
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Javier Briones
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Javier Briones
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Javier Briones
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 29,674 Points

I figured it out. Here's my working code:

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, getString(R.string.choose_title));

You have to use the 'getString' method to get the string from 'R.string.choose_title'

Antonis Tsagaris
Antonis Tsagaris
17,511 Points
Antonis Tsagaris
Antonis Tsagaris
17,511 Points

Thanks. Weirdly, during the tutorial the code seemed to work fine without the getString() method.

Hiroki Hokari
Hiroki Hokari
5,308 Points
Hiroki Hokari
Hiroki Hokari
5,308 Points

Could you post the code including the error part?

Antonis Tsagaris
Antonis Tsagaris
17,511 Points
Antonis Tsagaris
Antonis Tsagaris
17,511 Points

Intent inte = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); inte.setType("text/plain"); inte.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "extra text"); startActivity(Intent.createChooser(inte, R.string.chooser_title));

Fixed though - Xavier found the solution.