android share image from url

Question

I want to share an image using the code:

Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
Uri imageUri = Uri.parse(\"http://stacktoheap.com/images/stac         


        

Answer 1

After a lot of pondering, here is the code that I found to be working for me! I think this is one of the simplest versions of code to achieve the given task using Picasso. There is not need to create an ImageView object.

            Target target = new Target() {
            @Override
            public void onBitmapLoaded(Bitmap bitmap, Picasso.LoadedFrom from) {
                bmp = bitmap;
                String path = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(getContentResolver(), bmp, "SomeText", null);
                Log.d("Path", path);
                Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Hey view/download this image");
                Uri screenshotUri = Uri.parse(path);
                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, screenshotUri);
                intent.setType("image/*");
                startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Share image via..."));
            }

            @Override
            public void onBitmapFailed(Drawable errorDrawable) {

            }

            @Override
            public void onPrepareLoad(Drawable placeHolderDrawable) {

            }
        };
        String url = "http://efdreams.com/data_images/dreams/face/face-03.jpg";
        Picasso.with(getApplicationContext()).load(url).into(target);

Here, bmp is a class level Bitmap variable and url will be the dynamic Internet url to your image for sharing. Also, instead of keeping the code to share inside the onBitmapLoaded() function, it can also be kept inside another handler function and later called from the onBitmapLoaded() function. Hope this helps!