How to confirm Android Share Intent is successful or complete
android, android-intent, android-sharing, facebook, share
Solution
Personally, I was about to say "use `startActivityForResult()`" and check what gets returned. However, as you can read more here, it's not as simple as that. If the intent is cancelled by the user, the same number is returned as if the intent was completed (for most appications).
Ultimately, at the moment for a simpler Share intent in general, you cannot check if it's successful or not.
Problem
Is there a way to confirm if a Share intent in Android was successful or unsuccessful? (For example, if I share a Facebook post, I'd like to know if it was successfully posted or know if it was cancelled.) Below is the Android intent code that I use to Share. Currently, it launches a dialog to allow the user to choose which app to share to: ``` Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND); shareIntent.setType("text/plain"); shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, subject); shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, body); activity.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, title)); ```