How to share audio files in Android Studio (Kotlin)? - android-studio

Question

How can I share an audio file in Android Studio? I have tried the following so far, but it doesn't work.
button.setOnLongClickListener(OnLongClickListener {
val sendIntent: Intent = Intent().apply {
action = Intent.ACTION_SEND
var path = "absolute/path"
var uri = Uri.parse(path)
putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri)
type = "audio/mp3"
}
startActivity(sendIntent)
true
})

Answer 1

Your code seems fine, but I'd suggest you to try this one:
String sharePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()
+ "/Soundboard/Ringtones/custom_ringtone.ogg"; //This is the path of your audio file
Uri uri = Uri.parse(sharePath); //Identifier of the audio file (Uniform Resource Identifier)
Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); //Create a new action_send intent
share.setType("audio/*"); //What kind of file the intent gets
share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri); //Pass the audio file to the intent
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Sound File")); //Start the intent
If that doesn't work either, make sure that you granted the right permissions in the Manifest.xml file (WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE):
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE"/>

Answer 2

I suggest you look into how to use a file provider. You'll find that you won't be able to provide the uri of the file directly as you're only allowed to expose its content uri. Have a look at the Generating the Content URI for a File section

Answer 3

This is worked for me
Call this method onClick Button:
fun shareAudioFile(audioFile: File) {
val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(applicationContext,
"com.app.package.fileprovider",
File(audioFile)
val shareIntent: Intent = ShareCompat.IntentBuilder.from(this#MainActivity)
.setType("audio/mp3")
.setStream(uri)
.intent
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Share Sound File"))
}
I replaced Uri.parse with FileProvider.getUriForFile.
Replace com.app.package with your package.
Add on Android Manifest:
<application ...>
...
<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.fileprovider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="#xml/file_paths"/>
</provider>
<application/>
applicationId is your package
Create file_paths.xml file into xml folder
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<external-path
name="external_files"
path="." />
</paths>

Answer 4

Share Any File as below ( Kotlin ) :
first create a folder named xml in the res folder and create a new XML Resource File named provider_paths.xml and put the below code inside it :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
<files-path
name="files"
path="."/>
<external-path
name="external_files"
path="."/>
</paths>
now go to the manifests folder and open the AndroidManifest.xml and then put the below code inside the <application> tag :
<provider
android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
android:authorities="${applicationId}.provider"
android:exported="false"
android:grantUriPermissions="true">
<meta-data
android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
android:resource="#xml/provider_paths" /> // provider_paths.xml file path in this example
</provider>
now you put the below code in the setOnLongClickListener :
button.setOnLongClickListener {
try {
val file = File("pathOfFile")
if(file.exists()) {
val uri = FileProvider.getUriForFile(this, BuildConfig.APPLICATION_ID + ".provider", file)
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND)
intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION)
intent.setType("*/*")
intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri)
intent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
startActivity(intent)
}
} catch (e: java.lang.Exception) {
e.printStackTrace()
toast("Error")
}
}