Intent.ActionSend Field
Definition
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Activity Action: Deliver some data to someone else.
[Android.Runtime.Register("ACTION_SEND")]
public const string ActionSend;[<Android.Runtime.Register("ACTION_SEND")>]
val mutable ActionSend : stringField Value
Implements
- Attributes
Remarks
Activity Action: Deliver some data to someone else. Who the data is being delivered to is not specified; it is up to the receiver of this action to ask the user where the data should be sent.
When launching a SEND intent, you should usually wrap it in a chooser (through #createChooser), which will give the proper interface for the user to pick how to send your data and allow you to specify a prompt indicating what they are doing.
Input: #getType is the MIME type of the data being sent. get*Extra can have either a #EXTRA_TEXT or #EXTRA_STREAM field, containing the data to be sent. If using EXTRA_TEXT, the MIME type should be "text/plain"; otherwise it should be the MIME type of the data in EXTRA_STREAM. Use */* if the MIME type is unknown (this will only allow senders that can handle generic data streams). If using #EXTRA_TEXT, you can also optionally supply #EXTRA_HTML_TEXT for clients to retrieve your text with HTML formatting.
As of android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#JELLY_BEAN, the data being sent can be supplied through #setClipData(ClipData). This allows you to use #FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION when sharing content: URIs and other advanced features of ClipData. If using this approach, you still must supply the same data through the #EXTRA_TEXT or #EXTRA_STREAM fields described below for compatibility with old applications. If you don't set a ClipData, it will be copied there for you when calling Context#startActivity(Intent).
Starting from android.os.Build.VERSION_CODES#O, if #CATEGORY_TYPED_OPENABLE is passed, then the Uris passed in either #EXTRA_STREAM or via #setClipData(ClipData) may be openable only as asset typed files using ContentResolver#openTypedAssetFileDescriptor(Uri, String, Bundle).
Optional standard extras, which may be interpreted by some recipients as appropriate, are: #EXTRA_EMAIL, #EXTRA_CC, #EXTRA_BCC, #EXTRA_SUBJECT.
Output: nothing.
Java documentation for android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND.
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