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title: "How to share text using android share Intent ?"  
description: "How to share text using android share Intent ?"  
author: "Anonymous User"  
published: 2015-06-11  
updated: 2020-09-24  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/2617/how-to-share-text-using-android-share-intent  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to share text using android share Intent ?

Share intent is an easy and convenient way of sharing content of your application with other apps.

```
Intent sendIntent = new Intent();sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");sendIntent.setType("text/plain");startActivity(sendIntent);
```

## Answers

### Answer by Anonymous User

Share intent is an easy and convenient way of sharing content of your application with other apps.

```
Intent sendIntent = new Intent();sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "This is my text to send.");sendIntent.setType("text/plain");startActivity(sendIntent);
```


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