Question

I have an android containing an activity that can receive pictures sent to it by the android share menu. The activity has this configuration in the manifest file:

<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
<action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND_MULTIPLE" />
<data android:mimeType="image/*" />
</intent-filter>

I am using the mimeType filter to allow only images to be sent to the activity.

Apparently, this is not working on all devices. I have tested it on the Nexus S and Galaxy S/S2 and it worked great, but I’ve got complaints from some users (especially xperia) saying the app it not showing in the Share menu when it’s opened on a photo from the gallery.

The app is using SDK 2.1 sdk 7.

Answer 1

There is no rule that says that an activity have a “share” menu that supports any particular Intent filter.

That being said, I would add:

<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

to your filter.