Creating a Share (button) Intent for Android in Unity that forces the Chooser

Hey All,

I have managed to utilize some code I found on this website to make a button in one of my games bring up the android share dialog.

The Code is as follows:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using System.Collections;
4. public class ShareApp : MonoBehaviour {
5.  
6. string subject = "eg. subject";
7. string body = "eg. body text";
8.  
9. public void shareText()
10.     {
11.         //execute the below lines if being run on a Android device
12.         #if UNITY_ANDROID
13.         //Reference of AndroidJavaClass class for intent
14.         AndroidJavaClass intentClass = new AndroidJavaClass ("android.content.Intent");
15.         //Reference of AndroidJavaObject class for intent
16.         AndroidJavaObject intentObject = new AndroidJavaObject ("android.content.Intent");
17.         //call setAction method of the Intent object created
18.         intentObject.Call<AndroidJavaObject>("setAction", intentClass.GetStatic<string>("ACTION_SEND"));
19.         //set the type of sharing that is happening
20.         intentObject.Call<AndroidJavaObject>("setType", "text/plain");
21.         //add data to be passed to the other activity i.e., the data to be sent
22.         intentObject.Call<AndroidJavaObject>("putExtra", intentClass.GetStatic<string>("EXTRA_SUBJECT"), subject);
23.         intentObject.Call<AndroidJavaObject>("putExtra", intentClass.GetStatic<string>("EXTRA_TEXT"), body);
24.         //get the current activity
25.         AndroidJavaClass unity = new AndroidJavaClass ("com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer");
26.         AndroidJavaObject currentActivity = unity.GetStatic<AndroidJavaObject>("currentActivity");
27.         //start the activity by sending the intent data
28.         currentActivity.Call ("startActivity", intentObject);
29.         #endif
30.      
31.     }
32.  
33. }

My question is, when the code initiates in an app, it pulls up the android chooser, but also allows the user to set an app as default, which I don't want to do.

Is there a way, with modification to this above code, I can force the share intent to ALWAYS bring up the chooser instead?

I have found references to something called Intent.createChooser() but have absolutely no idea how to go about using it with the above code. I would greatly appreciate some help and even if possible some basic explanation as to the difference between the above code and the code on the Android developers pages outlining the sharing intent.

Thanks

Adam Nickerson

 

Darn, I tried several other things with the code on the Android developer page, but I am stuck with bad context. Like my brain wont switch to understanding this code, I just stare at the two different styles and get confused as all heck. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Even if someone can just help me understand a little better so I can work towards figuring out a solution. Thanks

 

I have tried using this code in various methods in my function

Code (CSharp):

1. Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
2. sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
3. sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");
4. sendIntent.setType("text/plain");
5. startActivity(sendIntent);

But I just can't seem to wrap my head around exactly how it works, or what it's doing, which is making it really difficult to understand why the other code works. It appears I have reached some kind of logic gap and could really use some help understanding.

Thanks.

 

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to give a heads up that I have solved this issue using code I found here.

Instead of using this code at the last line:

Code (CSharp):

1.         currentActivity.Call ("startActivity", intentObject);
2.  

I now use this code:

Code (CSharp):

1.         AndroidJavaObject jChooser = intentClass.CallStatic<AndroidJavaObject>("createChooser", intentObject, "Share Via");
2.         currentActivity.Call("startActivity", jChooser);

It resolves the issue and now no longer asks for a default app to be set on the Chooser.

 

Thank you so much for the code. I didn't think it was that simple. Many Thanks !

 

Thank you so much. This is what I want.

 

Thank you so much!

 

Thank YOU!

 

thank you so much

 

Thank you in 2019!

 

Traduz pra mim!