Unable to cast Action Provider to Share Action Provider

Question

Below is the code for my Activity

    import android.app.Activity;
    import android.os.Bundle;
    import android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider;
          


        

Answer 1

I had the same problem and I have found the solution:

1) You have to use:

2) and in Java

import android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider;

and

// Locate MenuItem with ShareActionProvider
MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_share);
// Fetch and store ShareActionProvider
mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(item);