I am trying to create a class in java which manages different social sharing apps. The class is based on android intents.
but when I try to execute Telegram intent, it doesn't find the app.
Here I put the code I have written:
public void shareTelegram(String message)
{
Intent waIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
waIntent.setType("text/plain");
waIntent.setPackage("com.telegram");
if (waIntent != null) {
waIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message);//
_androidActivity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(waIntent, "Share with"));
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(_androidActivity.getApplicationContext(), "Telegram is not installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
Where could I find the package name?
Thanks in advance.
All Android app have an unique ID, market ID. If you look into Google Play or google search market://details?id=org.telegram, It send you to
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.telegram.messenger
If you send the intent with:
waIntent.setPackage("org.telegram.messenger");
It will work.
If you prefer a little bit complex system I recommend you to use:
/**
* Intent to send a telegram message
* @param msg
*/
void intentMessageTelegram(String msg)
{
final String appName = "org.telegram.messenger";
final boolean isAppInstalled = isAppAvailable(mUIActivity.getApplicationContext(), appName);
if (isAppInstalled)
{
Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
myIntent.setType("text/plain");
myIntent.setPackage(appName);
myIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, msg);//
mUIActivity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(myIntent, "Share with"));
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(mUIActivity, "Telegram not Installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
And check if is installed with:
/**
* Indicates whether the specified app ins installed and can used as an intent. This
* method checks the package manager for installed packages that can
* respond to an intent with the specified app. If no suitable package is
* found, this method returns false.
*
* @param context The application's environment.
* @param appName The name of the package you want to check
*
* @return True if app is installed
*/
public static boolean isAppAvailable(Context context, String appName)
{
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
try
{
pm.getPackageInfo(appName, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
return true;
}
catch (NameNotFoundException e)
{
return false;
}
}
For opening telegram channel :
Intent i = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
i.setData(Uri.parse("http://telegram.me/shes_ir"));
final String appName = "org.telegram.messenger";
try {
if (isAppAvailable(mainActivity.getApplicationContext(), appName))
i.setPackage(appName);
} catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {}
mainActivity.startActivity(i);
> **//open telegram directly without intent to specify id.**
Intent telegram = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
telegram.setData(Uri.parse("http://telegram.me/myId"));
telegram.setPackage("org.telegram.messenger");
Test.this.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(telegram, "Share with"));
void intentMessageTelegram(String msg)
{
final String appName = "org.telegram.messenger";
final boolean isAppInstalled = isAppAvailable(this.getApplicationContext(), appName);
if (isAppInstalled)
{
Intent myIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
myIntent.setType("text/plain");
myIntent.setPackage(appName);
myIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, msg);//
this.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(myIntent, "Share with"));
}
else
{
Toast.makeText(this, "Telegram not Installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
}
public static boolean isAppAvailable(Context context, String appName)
{
PackageManager pm = context.getPackageManager();
try
{
pm.getPackageInfo(appName, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
return true;
}
catch (Exception e)
{
return false;
}
}
btnSend.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
intentMessageTelegram("Hi");
}
});