Share Bitmap in Xamarin Android

Question

I'm trying to share a bitmap, for example by mail, but nothing is shared (mail without bitmap). No exception and no crash in my app. App is being developed in Xamarin.Android and I test it on Android 11 device and emulator. Bitmap is correctly stored and it is not empty.

public void Share(string filename, string title, string content)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(filename) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(title) || string.IsNullOrEmpty(content)) return;
var imageView = FindViewById<ImageView>(Resource.Id.generatedImage);
Android.Graphics.Drawables.BitmapDrawable bitmapDrawable = ((Android.Graphics.Drawables.BitmapDrawable)imageView.Drawable);
if (bitmapDrawable != null)
{
Bitmap bitmap = bitmapDrawable.Bitmap;
string testPath = Android.App.Application.Context.GetExternalFilesDir("").AbsolutePath + Java.IO.File.Separator + $"{filename}.png";
using (System.IO.FileStream os = new System.IO.FileStream(testPath, System.IO.FileMode.Create))
{
bitmap.Compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.Png, 100, os);
os.Close();
}
var sharingIntent = new Intent();
sharingIntent.SetAction(Intent.ActionSend);
sharingIntent.SetType("image/*");
sharingIntent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraSubject, Resources.GetString(Resource.String.contact_subject));
sharingIntent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraText, content);
sharingIntent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraStream, testPath);
StartActivity(Intent.CreateChooser(sharingIntent, title));
}
}

This is my AndroidManifest.xml:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />

android:requestLegacyExternalStorage="true"

Thanks
Alessio

Answer 1

Hello,​

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According to the posted code, you seem not to attach the file when sending the email. You need to pass the file uri instead of the file name.

   //create the file with the path first  
   var uri = FileProvider.GetUriForFile(this, PackageName + ".fileprovider", file);  
     
   var sharingIntent = new Intent();  
   sharingIntent.SetAction(Intent.ActionSend);  
   sharingIntent.SetType("image/*");  
   sharingIntent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraSubject, "contact_subject");  
   sharingIntent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraText, content);  
   sharingIntent.PutExtra(Intent.ExtraStream, uri);  
   StartActivity(Intent.CreateChooser(sharingIntent, title));  

It requires to config the FileProvider in AndroidManifest.xml.

   <provider android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"   
             android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"   
             android:exported="false"   
             android:grantUriPermissions="true">  
               
         <meta-data android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"   
                        android:resource="@xml/file_paths"></meta-data>  
   </provider>  

Best Regards,

Jarvan Zhang

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Answer 2

It works thanks a lot.