Android: Adding easy share

For implementing user friendly share in action bar is made easy. 


Add Menu item as follows

<item    android:id="@+id/menu_item_share"    app:showAsAction="always"    android:title="Share"    android:icon="@drawable/abc_ic_menu_share_mtrl_alpha"    android:orderInCategory="3"    android:actionProviderClass=        "android.widget.ShareActionProvider" />

Update the share intent associated with that action item. Here's an example:  

private ShareActionProvider mShareActionProvider;
...
@Override
public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    // Inflate menu resource file.
    getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.share_menu, menu);

    // Locate MenuItem with ShareActionProvider
    MenuItem item = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_item_share);

    // Fetch and store ShareActionProvider
    mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) item.getActionProvider();

    // Return true to display menu
    return true;
}
// Call to update the share intent
private void setShareIntent(Intent shareIntent) {
    if (mShareActionProvider != null) {
        mShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(shareIntent);
    }
}

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