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Hello everyone,
I have a android app that is a gallery and when they choose the image you can press menu share and it will go to a text box and some quotes where they can select a quote or write their own text and then pick where they want to share to.
My problem is that when i try to share to Facebook or MMS it only shows the text and says "unable to attach. File not supported". But when i choose to share with gmail it has the text and image and everything is fine.
**OK I did some testing the only apps that I know of that are not working are ---> Facebook ( nothing shows up no wording or picture), Google + (only wording), fancy (nothing shows up) , and stock text app (only the text shows up).... if someone could help me that would be great! Thanks**
I have tried to find the solution but cant find it and im not sure where im going wrong.
I was just wondering if someone has any idea how to fix this, and if so can someone tell me how.
Here is the code snippet of what I have:
Code:
public class TextActivity extends Activity {
public static final String SELECTED_IMAGE = "selected_image";
private ListView lv;
private QuotationAdapter qa;
private EditText et;
private Button btShare;
private int selectedImage = -1;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_text);
Bundle params = getIntent().getExtras();
if(params != null) {
selectedImage = params.getInt(SELECTED_IMAGE, -1);
}
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
qa = new QuotationAdapter(this);
lv.setAdapter(qa);
et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et);
btShare = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_share);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int pos, long arg3) {
et.setText((String) qa.getItem(pos));
}
});
btShare.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
share(TextActivity.this);
}
});
}
public void share(Activity context) {
if (selectedImage > -1) {
String message = et.getText().toString();
Bitmap resourceImage = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(this.getResources(), selectedImage);
File externalStorageFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "image.jpg");
ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
resourceImage.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bytes);
byte b[] = bytes.toByteArray();
try {
externalStorageFile.createNewFile();
OutputStream filoutputStream = new FileOutputStream(externalStorageFile);
filoutputStream.write(b);
filoutputStream.flush();
filoutputStream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + externalStorageFile.getAbsolutePath()));
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent,
context.getResources().getString(R.string.text_share_title)));
TextActivity.this.finish();
}
}
public class QuotationAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
public QuotationAdapter(Context c) {
mContext = c;
}
public int getCount() {
return mQuotations.length;
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return mQuotations[position];
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
TextView i = new TextView(mContext);
i.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
i.setText(mQuotations[position]);
i.setLayoutParams(new ListView.LayoutParams(ListView.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
ListView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
return i;
}
private Context mContext;
Thanks for look i hope someone knows what im doing wrong :laugh:.
-LivLogik

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Hello, change this
Code:
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + externalStorageFile.getAbsolutePath()));
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent,
context.getResources().getString(R.string.text_share_title)));
to this:
Code:
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String ext=externalStorageFile.getName().substring(externalStorageFile.getName().lastIndexOf(".")+1);
// ext maybe .jpg or .png or ....
String type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);
Intent sendIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.SEND");
sendIntent.setType(type);
sendIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.STREAM",Uri.fromFile(externalStorageFile));
sendIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.TEXT",message);
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent,
context.getResources().getString(R.string.text_share_title)));
livlogik said:
Hello everyone,
I have a android app that is a gallery and when they choose the image you can press menu share and it will go to a text box and some quotes where they can select a quote or write their own text and then pick where they want to share to.
My problem is that when i try to share to Facebook or MMS it only shows the text and says "unable to attach. File not supported". But when i choose to share with gmail it has the text and image and everything is fine.
**OK I did some testing the only apps that I know of that are not working are ---> Facebook ( nothing shows up no wording or picture), Google + (only wording), fancy (nothing shows up) , and stock text app (only the text shows up).... if someone could help me that would be great! Thanks**
I have tried to find the solution but cant find it and im not sure where im going wrong.
I was just wondering if someone has any idea how to fix this, and if so can someone tell me how.
Here is the code snippet of what I have:
Code:
public class TextActivity extends Activity {
public static final String SELECTED_IMAGE = "selected_image";
private ListView lv;
private QuotationAdapter qa;
private EditText et;
private Button btShare;
private int selectedImage = -1;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_text);
Bundle params = getIntent().getExtras();
if(params != null) {
selectedImage = params.getInt(SELECTED_IMAGE, -1);
}
lv = (ListView) findViewById(R.id.list);
qa = new QuotationAdapter(this);
lv.setAdapter(qa);
et = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.et);
btShare = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btn_share);
lv.setOnItemClickListener(new OnItemClickListener() {
@Override
public void onItemClick(AdapterView<?> arg0, View arg1, int pos, long arg3) {
et.setText((String) qa.getItem(pos));
}
});
btShare.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
share(TextActivity.this);
}
});
}
public void share(Activity context) {
if (selectedImage > -1) {
String message = et.getText().toString();
Bitmap resourceImage = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(this.getResources(), selectedImage);
File externalStorageFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "image.jpg");
ByteArrayOutputStream bytes = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
resourceImage.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, bytes);
byte b[] = bytes.toByteArray();
try {
externalStorageFile.createNewFile();
OutputStream filoutputStream = new FileOutputStream(externalStorageFile);
filoutputStream.write(b);
filoutputStream.flush();
filoutputStream.close();
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + externalStorageFile.getAbsolutePath()));
context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent,
context.getResources().getString(R.string.text_share_title)));
TextActivity.this.finish();
}
}
public class QuotationAdapter extends BaseAdapter {
public QuotationAdapter(Context c) {
mContext = c;
}
public int getCount() {
return mQuotations.length;
}
public Object getItem(int position) {
return mQuotations[position];
}
public long getItemId(int position) {
return position;
}
public View getView(int position, View convertView, ViewGroup parent) {
TextView i = new TextView(mContext);
i.setPadding(10, 10, 10, 10);
i.setText(mQuotations[position]);
i.setLayoutParams(new ListView.LayoutParams(ListView.LayoutParams.FILL_PARENT,
ListView.LayoutParams.WRAP_CONTENT));
return i;
}
private Context mContext;
Thanks for look i hope someone knows what im doing wrong :laugh:.
-LivLogik
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---------- Post added at 04:56 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:50 PM ----------
Or use this embed function, it works for me.
Code:
public void ShareContent(String str)
//str is path to save resource image or other file
{
try {
File myFile = new File(str);
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String ext=myFile.getName().substring(myFile.getName().lastIndexOf(".")+1);
String type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.SEND");
sharingIntent.setType(type);
sharingIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.STREAM",Uri.fromFile(myFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent,"Share using"));
}
catch(Exception e){
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}

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[/COLOR]Or use this embed function, it works for me.
Code:
public void ShareContent(String str)
//str is path to save resource image or other file
{
try {
File myFile = new File(str);
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String ext=myFile.getName().substring(myFile.getName().lastIndexOf(".")+1);
String type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.SEND");
sharingIntent.setType(type);
sharingIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.STREAM",Uri.fromFile(myFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent,"Share using"));
}
catch(Exception e){
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
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Thanks for your help! Could you tell me where I should put the embed function? Should I replace what you told me to replace with the other code?
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First, you save the image as you do.
An then after the catch,
if you call
externalStorageFile.getPath();
you get the path where it has been saved.
You can do something like this:
Code:
String my_saved_image_data=externalStorageFile.getPath();
if(my_saved_image_data!=null)
{
ShareContent(my_saved_image_data);
}
return;
//ShareContent starts the activity.
// Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
//sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
//sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
//sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + externalStorageFile.getAbsolutePath()));
//context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent,
//context.getResources().getString(R.string.text_share_title)));
//TextActivity.this.finish();
livlogik said:
Thanks for your help! Could you tell me where I should put the embed function? Should I replace what you told me to replace with the other code?
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I think i got it. thanks!
I do have 2 more questions.
1) do you know how to change the background color to black?
2) is there a way to put a cover page when they open the app it has a picture first and then it goes to the actual app? If so could you help me figure it out?
Thanks again for all your help.
elfranchu said:
First, you save the image as you do.
An then after the catch,
if you call
externalStorageFile.getPath();
you get the path where it has been saved.
You can do something like this:
Code:
String my_saved_image_data=externalStorageFile.getPath();
if(my_saved_image_data!=null)
{
ShareContent(my_saved_image_data);
}
return;
//ShareContent starts the activity.
// Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
//sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
//sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);
//sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + externalStorageFile.getAbsolutePath()));
//context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sendIntent,
//context.getResources().getString(R.string.text_share_title)));
//TextActivity.this.finish();
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livlogik said:
1) do you know how to change the background color to black?
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Code:
in yout layout R.layout.activity_text
add attributte to the linear o relative layout
android:background="@android:color/black"
livlogik said:
2) is there a way to put a cover page when they open the app it has a picture first and then it goes to the actual app? If so could you help me figure it out?
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Yes, create other main activity which only shows the image, and after a time launch this, use a timertask
Code:
//In A activity
Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.schedule(new TimerTask() {
public void run() {
//here you can start your Activity B.
}
}, 10000);
// change 10000 miliseconds to the miliseconds time you desire
Please, could you pass for my app thread an post your opinion?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2036905
about PhotoDream

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OK will do thanks ! If you had time could you maybe explain to me more doing the embed function part? I'm not sure If I'm doing it right.
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I´m not sure what you mean by embedding.
Just create an activity, an in its layout an imageview where you display le image.
Set it as launcher in manifest and don´t forget deleting this feature for the other activity.
Launch the activity( where you show the image), wait a time, launch new and finish.

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OK thanks that helps me understand that part more. But I was talking about the sharing embed function code that said works for you. Sorry I should have soecified .
elfranchu said:
[/COLOR]Or use this embed function, it works for me.
Code:
public void ShareContent(String str)
//str is path to save resource image or other file
{
try {
File myFile = new File(str);
MimeTypeMap mime = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton();
String ext=myFile.getName().substring(myFile.getName().lastIndexOf(".")+1);
String type = mime.getMimeTypeFromExtension(ext);
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.SEND");
sharingIntent.setType(type);
sharingIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extra.STREAM",Uri.fromFile(myFile));
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent,"Share using"));
}
catch(Exception e){
Toast.makeText(getBaseContext(), e.getMessage(),Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
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livlogik said:
OK thanks that helps me understand that part more. But I was talking about the sharing embed function code that said works for you. Sorry I should have soecified .
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I'm confused

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ariadelvana said:
I'm confused
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The first post he posted said I can add a certain code or use the embeded function that worked for him. I'm just trying to figure out how and where to add the embedded function code because I'm guess I'm doing it wrong
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ariadelvana said:
I'm confused
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Even I was. why he was talking about Embed instead of Activity.
But Relative Layout solution is worked.