Time for action – sharing an update using intents

Perform the following steps to share an update using intents:

1. Add a function that shares an item of text (this text could be shared as a message to Tweet or a post to Facebook) . The function creates an Android intent, sets the type of data to be included with the intent as text/plain, and adds the message before launching the intent.

     function shareUpdate(_args) {
     var shareThis = Ti.Android.createIntent({
         action: Ti.Android.ACTION_SEND,
         type: "text/plain"
     });
     shareThis.putExtra(Ti.Android.EXTRA_TEXT, _args.comment);
     shareThis.addCategory(Ti.Android.CATEGORY_DEFAULT);
     Ti.Android.currentActivity.startActivity(shareThis);
   
   }

2. Link this together by creating a button that when pressed calls the shareUpdate function:

   var shareThisButton = Ti.UI.createButton({title: 'Share'});
   
   shareThisButton.addEventListener('click', function(e) {
       shareUpdate();
   });
   layout.add(shareThisButton);

3. Run the app!

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