Sharing Apk via Share option on NavigationDrawer

Question

I'm trying to share my app apk via share option in navigation drawer. This code works for text but how to do it for Apk?

else if(id==share){
Intent sharingIntent = new Intent("android.intent.action.send");
sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");
sharingIntent.putExtra("android.intent.extr.TEXT", "Theshared text");
startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share Using"));
}

do you want to share the APK itself or do you want to share the playstore url? — Arun Shankar, Jun 14 '17 at 01:56
Try to first search your question, people had already doubts that you are having now. [See your solution here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/37986490/6047274) — jack jay, Jun 14 '17 at 02:15

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 14 '17 at 02:18

You can use the following code to share your APK,

public static void shareAPK(Activity activity) {
    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(activity, Manifest.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        try {
            // First we should copy apk file from source dir to ur external dir
            ApplicationInfo app = activity.getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo(activity.getPackageName(), 0);

            File apkFile = new File(app.sourceDir);
            File backupFile = new File(Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory(), "[ANY NAME FOR APK].apk");

            copy(apkFile, backupFile);

            Intent shareIntent = getShareIntent(backupFile);
            activity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, "Send [AppName] application APK using"));
        } catch (NameNotFoundException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

public static Intent getShareIntent(File file) {
    Intent intent = new Intent();
    intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
    intent.setType("application/vnd.android.package-archive");
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);

    return intent;
}


public static void copy(File src, File dst) throws IOException {
    FileInputStream inStream = new FileInputStream(src);
    FileOutputStream outStream = new FileOutputStream(dst);
    FileChannel inChannel = inStream.getChannel();
    FileChannel outChannel = outStream.getChannel();
    inChannel.transferTo(0, inChannel.size(), outChannel);
    inStream.close();
    outStream.close();
}

Sharing Apk via Share option on NavigationDrawer

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