How to detect android apps that can handle requested Intent action?

Question

I want to share text message trough twitter, facebook or in other ways that available on device. I wrote next code:

    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "Here's some text for Twitter.");
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share this via"));

But if no apps that can hadle this action, the "no such apps" dialog appears on screen. I want to detect these apps and disable this function if there is no handlers found. How I can do it?

BTW, be sure to call `setType()` on your `Intent` to indicate the MIME type of the text you are placing in `EXTRA_TEXT`. — CommonsWare, Oct 18 '12 at 18:30

score 22 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 18 '12 at 18:29

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    Intent intent = new Intent...
    PackageManager manager = mContext.getPackageManager();
    List<ResolveInfo> list = manager.queryIntentActivities(intent, 0);

    if (list != null && list.size() > 0) {
        //You have at least one activity to handle the intent
    } else {
        //No activity to handle the intent.
    }

answered Oct 18 '12 at 18:29

Raghav Sood

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Ok, thanks, I will try this. Next question - I was install twitter client, but my code don't activaye it. Is there are errors in my code? – kruz05 Oct 18 '12 at 18:58
As CommonsWare said, try setting the mime type of your content. – Raghav Sood Oct 18 '12 at 19:03

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 16 '15 at 02:52

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if (intent.resolveActivity(pm) == null) {
    // activity not found
}

answered Feb 16 '15 at 02:52

xuxu

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The answer is not complete, and besides there's a much older complete answer saying basically the same – Leo supports Monica Cellio Apr 24 '15 at 15:16

How to detect android apps that can handle requested Intent action?

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