Question

I want to share a location attached to my share intent. Is it possible?

Something like this, but adding location information:

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
intent.setType("text/plain");
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "The status update text");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent, "Dialog title text"));

Thanks.

Answer 1

You can put your location data as part of the text of the message, in EXTRA_TEXT.

Or, you are welcome to invent a new extra (e.g., EXTRA_LOCATION), put the location data in there, and then convince all the world’s Android developers to use it where relevant when they implement activities that respond to ACTION_SEND.

But, beyond those two choices, ACTION_SEND does not support anything else related to location.