Sharing and social media on Android
If you are going to run your app on Android, you can make use of intents to share information between apps. If you have an Android device, you may have seen the following pop up when you click on a link, select a phone number, press a button, or just try to do something that is outside of the functionality for your app. From the following screen you can send Tweets and e-mails, or share your content on Facebook:
A simplification of this sharing process is shown in the following table, which shows the interaction between the user, the app, and Android when a user clicks on a button in your app to share a picture:
|
User |
App |
Android |
|---|---|---|
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Presses the share picture button. | ||
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I need to share this picture. | ||
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No problem, here are the apps on this device that you can use to share this. I'll show this pop up and let the user choose the most appropriate app. | ||
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Chooses how the picture is shared. | ||
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Opens the chosen app and sends a URI of the picture to the app. ... |
