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Asked: 2026-05-31T07:51:31+00:00

This is how I am calling the SMS app: Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);

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This is how I am calling the SMS app: 

Intent sendIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            sendIntent.putExtra("sms_body", "The SMS text"); 
            sendIntent.setType("vnd.android-dir/mms-sms");

            startActivity(sendIntent);

How do I do the same for sending messages via twitter/Whatsapp/Facebook? What should I write in place of mms-sms? I found no documentation on such.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I can’t also find any way of calling Facebook/Twitter directly, but you could always call android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND and let the user choose the application.

    Android ACTION_SEND intent

    Intent i = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);

i.setType("text/plain");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "Subject");
i.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Message body");

startActivity(Intent.createChooser(i, "Share dialog title"));

    However, there might be a bug when using this to share through Facebook. For more information please see: Android Facebook Intent

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