sharing failed, please try again (only in whatsapp)

Question

when i am sharing content to whatsapp,it returns back to share page with toast notification "Sharing failed, Please try again"

my code

if (url.startsWith("share://")) {
            Uri requestUrl = Uri.parse(url);
            String pContent = requestUrl.toString().split("share://")[1];
            Toast toast=Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),pContent, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
            toast.setMargin(50,50);
            toast.show();
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            String [] parts = pContent.split("<br />");
            for (int i = 0; i < parts.length; i++) {
                String part = parts[i];
                sb.append(part);
                sb.append('\n');
            }
            Intent share = new Intent();
            share.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
            share.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
            share.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, (Serializable) sb);
            share.setType("*/*");
            try {
            startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share On"));
            } catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException ex) {
                toast = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "whatsapp not installed", Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
                toast.setMargin(50,50);
                toast.show();
            }
            return true;

and my logcat

08-01 14:37:42.081 1472-1514/com.example.myactivity I/MaliEGL: [Mali]window_type=1, is_framebuffer=0, errnum = 0
08-01 14:37:42.081 1472-1514/com.example.myactivity I/MaliEGL: [Mali]surface->num_buffers=4, surface->num_frames=3, win_min_undequeued=1
08-01 14:37:42.081 1472-1514/com.example.myactivity I/MaliEGL: [Mali]max_allowed_dequeued_buffers=3

Answer 1

Had the same problem - solution was in defining the MIME type: when trying to share an intent with text and an attached image setting sharingIntent.setType("*/*") would work fine, but would fail when sharing only text as described above.

Solution: if sharing ONLY text set sharingIntent.setType("text/plain")

public void sendShareToWhatsAppIntent() {

    //setup intent:
    Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);

    //setup image extra, if exists:
    Bitmap picBitmap = getMyBitmap();
    if (picBitmap != null) {
        String url = MediaStore.Images.Media.insertImage(context.getContentResolver(), picBitmap, "", "");
        sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse(url));
        sharingIntent.setType("*/*");
    } else {
    //if no picture, just text set - this MIME
        sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
    }

    //setup sharing message
    String message = "My Message - hey whatsapp!"

    sharingIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, message.toString());

   //target WhatsApp:
   sharingIntent.setPackage("com.whatsapp");


    if (sharingIntent.resolveActivity(context.getPackageManager()) != null) {
        startActivity(sharingIntent);
    } else {
        Log.w(TAG, "sendShareIntent: cant resolve intent");
        Toast.makeText(context, "whatsapp not installed", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    }

}

Answer 2

share.setType("text/plain"); and try again