Android: How to accept data from other apps

Question

I am developing an android application and I want my app to be able to receive data from other apps. How can I do that?

Answer 1

To accept the data through intent you have to first set intent-filter,

<activity android:name=".ui.MyActivity" >
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <data android:mimeType="text/plain" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

And in java you can handle the intent with below code - apply the below code in onCreate

if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action) && type != null) {
    if ("text/plain".equals(type)) {
        // Handle text being sent
    }
}

Hope this helps!