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

Posted by Chris Grant
Chris Grant
Courses Plus Student 1,717 Points

Intent.createChooser not found??

What's wrong with this code, can't figure it out?

int itemId = item.getItemId();

if (itemId == R.id.action_share) {
    // Add code here!
  Intent sintent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
  sintent.setType("text/plain");
  sintent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "a");
  startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sintent, R.string.chooser_title));
}

2 Answers

cbcbcb
cbcbcb
16,560 Points
cbcbcb
cbcbcb
16,560 Points

You need to use the getString( ) method and pass the string constant in as the parameter for the method as shown below:

int itemId = item.getItemId( );

if( itemId == R.id.action_share ) 
{

    // Add code here!
    Intent sintent = new Intent( Intent.ACTION_SEND );
    sintent.setType( "text/plain" );
    sintent.putExtra( Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "a" );

    startActivity(Intent.createChooser( sintent, new String( getString( R.string.chooser_title ).toString( ) ) ) );

}
Chris Grant
PLUS
Chris Grant
Courses Plus Student 1,717 Points
Chris Grant
Chris Grant
Courses Plus Student 1,717 Points

Figured it out, nvm.