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Questions tagged [share-menu]

For questions on the Share Menu, which allows media from one app to be easily shared with another app.

One of Android's most powerful features is its Share menu. At its core, the Share menu simplifies sharing something from one app with another. A photo in the Gallery app can easily be shared using Google+ or Twitter, simply by choosing the Share menu and selecting the right app.

Developers can add their own apps to the Share menu, using something called "Intents". There is no need to wait for an OS update; virtually any app can integrate itself into the Android sharing system.

This tag is to be used for questions regarding the Share menu.

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How can I easily share links or text between my Android phone and my laptop?

For example, if I have a URL for an image from my laptop's browser that I want to share with a WhatsApp contact, what is the easiest way of doing this? The only way I can think of is to copy the URL, paste it into an email to myself, open the email,…
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Is there a way to edit the Share menu?

It's getting a little crowded with every app having a share option these days. I'd love to narrow it down to the few I like but haven't been able to figure out how.
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How can I customize the list of services that pops up when I choose to "share" something in an app?

Many apps give you the option to "Share" whatever it is you are looking at (or watching or listening to). This usually manifests in the form of a popup list of services that include: Gmail, Facebook, Twitter...) The list seems to be the same from…
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Trim list of sharing apps in ICS

Things like sharing photos come to mind. When I view a photo and click Share, the list can get pretty bloated depending on what apps I have installed. Is it possible to trim the list of apps down or disable them from appearing on this…
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Add Share option without an app?

Is it possible to install/setup a new sharing option without the use of an app? In my case I'd like to be able to share photos to Flickr, but I have no interest in installing the Flickr app (or any other app whatsoever, for that matter).
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Who is showing up on the direct share contact list

hello I have a quick question Is it possible a contact that you haven't used in a few months to show up in the direct share quick contacts? Or the contacts that show up tehrr are always Recently used or most Frequently used contacts? Thanks
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How to find the application responsible for a Share menu item?

I have a duplicate "Copy" item in the "Share" menu when sharing a link from Firefox: The legitimate one is "Копировать", bottom left. The one that puzzles me is "Copy", second from the left in the top row. How do I find which application is…
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What's the max char size you can share via Android share

With the colornote app for I have quite large docs (thousands of lines, not sure precise char count) so when I click 'send' on the largest ones to bring up the standard android share popup the pop-up never appears. Is there a known limit on the size…
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"share via" doesnt pop up any appliction I choose

"share via" had been working for years, it stops to work a few days ago (i didnt update anything the last few days) I click app "simple Gallery" -> choose a picture -> click "share via" -> a list of apps I can choose (like viber, whatapps, mail…
Van Ng
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Enable direct share in Samsung S7

I had OPT and the direct share option is a great feature. However it looks like it's missing on my Galaxy S7. Is there any way of enabling it?
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Extra icon by share button

I was playing around with Android's "share" feature and now I've got this extra icon which I really don't like and I can't figure out how to make it go away. The icon is to the right of the share button and has the icon of the app that I was sharing…
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