code not working with shareactionprovider but same code work with menu option

Question

I am using shareactionprovider to share the text but cannot get it to work.The same code works fine with the menu option. When I share text using shareactionprovider text is not shared but when I share same text using menu share option text gets shared.

sorry for my poor english

public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
        getActionBar().setDisplayHomeAsUpEnabled(true);
        MenuInflater inflater = getMenuInflater();
        inflater.inflate(R.menu.share2, menu);
        menu.add(Menu.NONE, MENU_ITEM1, Menu.NONE, "Share");
        MenuItem mShareActionProviderItem = (MenuItem) menu.findItem(R.id.menu_share2);

        mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) mShareActionProviderItem.getActionProvider();

        Intent t = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        t.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
        t.setType("text/plain");
        CharSequence displayContents = contentsTextView.getText().toString();
        t.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,displayContents);
        mShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(t);
        return true;  
    }


    @Override
     public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
         switch (item.getItemId()) {



        case MENU_ITEM1:

                Intent shareIntent2 = new Intent();
                shareIntent2.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
                shareIntent2.setType("text/plain");
                CharSequence displayContents2 = contentsTextView.getText().toString();
                shareIntent2.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,displayContents2);
                startActivity(shareIntent2);
                break;




            }
            return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
     }

Answer 1

contentsTextView is probably empty when onCreateOptionsMenu() is called.

Instead, update the Intent as the user types:

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package com.commonsware.android.sap;

import android.content.Intent;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Editable;
import android.text.TextWatcher;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.Toast;
import com.actionbarsherlock.app.SherlockActivity;
import com.actionbarsherlock.view.Menu;
import com.actionbarsherlock.widget.ShareActionProvider;

public class MainActivity extends SherlockActivity implements
    ShareActionProvider.OnShareTargetSelectedListener, TextWatcher {
  private ShareActionProvider share=null;
  private Intent shareIntent=new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
  private EditText editor=null;

  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle icicle) {
    super.onCreate(icicle);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
    editor=(EditText)findViewById(R.id.editor);
    editor.addTextChangedListener(this);
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
    getSupportMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.actions, menu);

    share=
        (ShareActionProvider)menu.findItem(R.id.share)
                                 .getActionProvider();
    share.setOnShareTargetSelectedListener(this);

    return(super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu));
  }

  @Override
  public boolean onShareTargetSelected(ShareActionProvider source,
                                       Intent intent) {
    Toast.makeText(this, intent.getComponent().toString(),
                   Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

    return(false);
  }

  @Override
  public void afterTextChanged(Editable s) {
    shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, s.toString());
    share.setShareIntent(shareIntent);
  }

  @Override
  public void beforeTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int count,
                                int after) {
    // ignored
  }

  @Override
  public void onTextChanged(CharSequence s, int start, int before,
                            int count) {
    // ignored
  }
}

(as seen in this sample project)