Branching the Android Share Intent extras depending on which method they choose to share

Question

Simply want to share a dynamic text string + the URL to the app. The native Android share intent is setup correctly, and works perfect with Twitter, Gmail, etc. But, as many

Answer 1

found a solution, on this SO question asking for something else: https://stackoverflow.com/a/8550043/1938669

the attempt posted my original question here was close. within that cycle of possible shareIntent List, you need to create a new share intent targeted at the specific sharing choice (like facebook or twitter)

here is a final working solution that shares only a URL if facebook is choosen, otherwise shares the complete text string + url:

public void shareIt(View view){
    //sharing implementation
    List<Intent> targetedShareIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
    Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
    String shareBody = "string of text " + txt_var + " more text! Get the app at http://someapp.com";

    PackageManager pm = view.getContext().getPackageManager();
    List<ResolveInfo> activityList = pm.queryIntentActivities(sharingIntent, 0);
    for(final ResolveInfo app : activityList) {

         String packageName = app.activityInfo.packageName;
         Intent targetedShareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
         targetedShareIntent.setType("text/plain");
         targetedShareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "share");
         if(TextUtils.equals(packageName, "com.facebook.katana")){
             targetedShareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "http://someurl.com");
         } else {
             targetedShareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody);
         }

         targetedShareIntent.setPackage(packageName);
         targetedShareIntents.add(targetedShareIntent);

    }

    Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetedShareIntents.remove(0), "Share Idea");

    chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targetedShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[]{}));
    startActivity(chooserIntent);

}