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

Posted by Charles Li
Charles Li
Courses Plus Student 19,041 Points

Last Task in Challenge

Can't get it to work, here's what i have

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

1 Answer

Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points
Ben Junya
Ben Junya
12,365 Points

Almost there!

That last line should be:

startActivity(intent.createChooser(intent, getString(R.string.chooser_title)));

This is because R refers to resources in hex format. You need to call getString() in order to have the data properly set.