IntentBuilder

class IntentBuilder

kotlin.Any
↳	androidx.core.app.ShareCompat.IntentBuilder

IntentBuilder is a helper for constructing Intent#ACTION_SEND and Intent#ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE sharing intents and starting activities to share content. The ComponentName and package name of the calling activity will be included.

Summary

Public methods
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addEmailBcc(address: String!)` Add an email address to be used in the "bcc" field of the final Intent.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addEmailBcc(addresses: Array<String!>!)` Add an array of email addresses to be used in the "bcc" field of the final Intent.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addEmailCc(address: String!)` Add an email address to be used in the "cc" field of the final Intent.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addEmailCc(addresses: Array<String!>!)` Add an array of email addresses to be used in the "cc" field of the final Intent.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addEmailTo(address: String!)` Add an email address to be used in the "to" field of the final Intent.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addEmailTo(addresses: Array<String!>!)` Add an array of email addresses to be used in the "to" field of the final Intent.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`addStream(streamUri: Uri!)` Add a stream URI to the data that should be shared.
open Intent!	`createChooserIntent()` Create an Intent that will launch the standard Android activity chooser, allowing the user to pick what activity/app on the system should handle the share.
open static ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`from(launchingActivity: Activity!)` Create a new IntentBuilder for launching a sharing action from launchingActivity.
open Intent!	`getIntent()` Retrieve the Intent as configured so far by the IntentBuilder.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setChooserTitle(title: CharSequence!)` Set the title that will be used for the activity chooser for this share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setChooserTitle(@StringRes resId: Int)` Set the title that will be used for the activity chooser for this share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setEmailBcc(addresses: Array<String!>!)` Set an array of email addresses to BCC on this share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setEmailCc(addresses: Array<String!>!)` Set an array of email addresses to CC on this share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setEmailTo(addresses: Array<String!>!)` Set an array of email addresses as recipients of this share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setHtmlText(htmlText: String!)` Set an HTML string to be sent as part of the share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setStream(streamUri: Uri!)` Set a stream URI to the data that should be shared.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setSubject(subject: String!)` Set a subject heading for this share; useful for sharing via email.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setText(text: CharSequence!)` Set the literal text data to be sent as part of the share.
open ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!	`setType(mimeType: String!)` Set the type of data being shared
open Unit	`startChooser()` Start a chooser activity for the current share intent.

Public methods

addEmailBcc

open fun addEmailBcc(address: String!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add an email address to be used in the "bcc" field of the final Intent.

Parameters
`address`	String!: Email address to BCC

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_BCC

addEmailBcc

open fun addEmailBcc(addresses: Array<String!>!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add an array of email addresses to be used in the "bcc" field of the final Intent.

Parameters
`addresses`	Array<String!>!: Email addresses to BCC

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_BCC

addEmailCc

open fun addEmailCc(address: String!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add an email address to be used in the "cc" field of the final Intent.

Parameters
`address`	String!: Email address to CC

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_CC

addEmailCc

open fun addEmailCc(addresses: Array<String!>!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add an array of email addresses to be used in the "cc" field of the final Intent.

Parameters
`addresses`	Array<String!>!: Email addresses to CC

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_CC

addEmailTo

open fun addEmailTo(address: String!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add an email address to be used in the "to" field of the final Intent.

Parameters
`address`	String!: Email address to send to

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_EMAIL

addEmailTo

open fun addEmailTo(addresses: Array<String!>!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add an array of email addresses to be used in the "to" field of the final Intent.

Parameters
`addresses`	Array<String!>!: Email addresses to send to

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_EMAIL

addStream

open fun addStream(streamUri: Uri!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Add a stream URI to the data that should be shared. If this is not the first stream URI added the final intent constructed will become an ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE intent. Not all apps will handle both ACTION_SEND and ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE.

Parameters
`streamUri`	Uri!: URI of the stream to share

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_STREAMIntent#ACTION_SENDIntent#ACTION_SEND_MULTIPLE

createChooserIntent

open fun createChooserIntent(): Intent!

Create an Intent that will launch the standard Android activity chooser, allowing the user to pick what activity/app on the system should handle the share.

Return
Intent!: A chooser Intent for the currently configured sharing action

from

open static fun from(launchingActivity: Activity!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Create a new IntentBuilder for launching a sharing action from launchingActivity.

Parameters
`launchingActivity`	Activity!: Activity that the share will be launched from

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: a new IntentBuilder instance

getIntent

open fun getIntent(): Intent!

Retrieve the Intent as configured so far by the IntentBuilder. This Intent is suitable for use in a ShareActionProvider or chooser dialog.

To create an intent that will launch the activity chooser so that the user may select a target for the share, see createChooserIntent().

Return
Intent!: The current Intent being configured by this builder

setChooserTitle

open fun setChooserTitle(title: CharSequence!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set the title that will be used for the activity chooser for this share.

Parameters
`title`	CharSequence!: Title string

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

setChooserTitle

open fun setChooserTitle(@StringRes resId: Int): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set the title that will be used for the activity chooser for this share.

Parameters
`resId`	Int: Resource ID of the title string to use

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

setEmailBcc

open fun setEmailBcc(addresses: Array<String!>!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set an array of email addresses to BCC on this share. This replaces all current "BCC" recipients that have been set so far.

Parameters
`addresses`	Array<String!>!: Email addresses to BCC on the share

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_BCC

setEmailCc

open fun setEmailCc(addresses: Array<String!>!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set an array of email addresses to CC on this share. This replaces all current "CC" recipients that have been set so far.

Parameters
`addresses`	Array<String!>!: Email addresses to CC on the share

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_CC

setEmailTo

open fun setEmailTo(addresses: Array<String!>!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set an array of email addresses as recipients of this share. This replaces all current "to" recipients that have been set so far.

Parameters
`addresses`	Array<String!>!: Email addresses to send to

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_EMAIL

setHtmlText

open fun setHtmlText(htmlText: String!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set an HTML string to be sent as part of the share. If EXTRA_TEXT has not already been supplied, a styled version of the supplied HTML text will be added as EXTRA_TEXT as parsed by Html.fromHtml.

Parameters
`htmlText`	String!: A string containing HTML markup as a richer version of the text provided by EXTRA_TEXT.

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

#setText(CharSequence)

setStream

open fun setStream(streamUri: Uri!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set a stream URI to the data that should be shared.

This replaces all currently set stream URIs and will produce a single-stream ACTION_SEND intent.

Parameters
`streamUri`	Uri!: URI of the stream to share

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_STREAM

setSubject

open fun setSubject(subject: String!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set a subject heading for this share; useful for sharing via email.

Parameters
`subject`	String!: Subject heading for this share

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_SUBJECT

setText

open fun setText(text: CharSequence!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set the literal text data to be sent as part of the share. This may be a styled CharSequence.

Parameters
`text`	CharSequence!: Text to share

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#EXTRA_TEXT

setType

open fun setType(mimeType: String!): ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!

Set the type of data being shared

Parameters
`mimeType`	String!: mimetype of the shared data

Return
ShareCompat.IntentBuilder!: This IntentBuilder for method chaining

See Also

Intent#setType(String)

startChooser

open fun startChooser(): Unit

Start a chooser activity for the current share intent.

Note that under most circumstances you should use ShareCompat.configureMenuItem() to add a Share item to the menu while presenting a detail view of the content to be shared instead of invoking this directly.