How To Exclude Your Own App From The Share Menu?

The app has an intent filter to allow it to appear in the share menu in other applications via ACTION_SEND intents. The app itself also has a share menu using ACTION_SEND and crea

Solution 1:

Here goes your solution. If you want to exclude your own app you can change "packageNameToExclude" with ctx.getPackageName()

public static Intent shareExludingApp(Context ctx, String packageNameToExclude, String imagePath, String text) {
    List<Intent> targetedShareIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
    Intent share = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("image/*");
    List<ResolveInfo> resInfo = ctx.getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(createShareIntent(text,new File(imagePath)), 0);
    if (!resInfo.isEmpty()) {
        for (ResolveInfo info : resInfo) {
            Intent targetedShare = createShareIntent(text,new File(imagePath));

            if (!info.activityInfo.packageName.equalsIgnoreCase(packageNameToExclude)) {
                targetedShare.setPackage(info.activityInfo.packageName);
                targetedShareIntents.add(targetedShare);
            }
        }

        Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetedShareIntents.remove(0),
                "Select app to share");
        chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS,
                targetedShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[] {}));
        return chooserIntent;
    }
    return null;
}

private static Intent createShareIntent(String text, File file) {
    Intent share = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("image/*");
    if (text != null) {
        share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
    }
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.fromFile(file));
    return share;
}

Solution 2:

Is there a way for my app not to appear in the list if it's being called from my app?

Not via createChooser(). You can create your own chooser-like dialog via PackageManager and queryIntentActivities() and filter yourself out that way, though.

Solution 3:

You should use

Intent chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(new Intent(), "Select app to share");