ShareActionProvider in Android with Source Code

Here is source code of the Program to Demonstrate Share Action Provider in Android. The program is successfully compiled and run on a Windows system using Eclipse Ide. The program output is also shown below.

Main Activity

package com.example.share_action_provider;
 
import android.annotation.SuppressLint;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
import android.widget.ShareActionProvider;
 
@SuppressLint("NewApi")
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
 
    private ShareActionProvider provider;
 
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
 
        // Get the ActionProvider for later usage
        provider = (ShareActionProvider) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_share)
                .getActionProvider();
        return true;
    }
 
    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        switch (item.getItemId()) {
        case R.id.menu_share:
            doShare();
            break;
        default:
            break;
        }
        return true;
    }
 
    public void doShare() {
        // populate the share intent with data
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        intent.setType("text/plain");
        intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "message");
        provider.setShareIntent(intent);
    }
}

Activity_Main

<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"
    android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"
    tools:context=".MainActivity" >
 
    <TextView
        android:id="@+id/textView1"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true"
        android:layout_alignParentTop="true"
        android:layout_marginTop="178dp"
        android:text="Demonstrate Share Action Provider"
        android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge" />
 
</RelativeLayout>

Screenshot_2013-11-16-18-31-24

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