Sharing audio file

Question

I'm trying to make a button for sharing an audio file. This is not working. First I tried to send the file right from my raw folder without copying it to the card of the phone. That didn't solve my problem. The second thing I tried, is saving the file to the phone and then share it. The part that saves the file to the phone works now, but when I try to share the audio file to another device all the compatible apps crash (Whatsapp, Gmail, etc).

This is my code:

    String sharePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()
    + "/Soundboard/Ringtones/custom_ringtone.ogg";
    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("audio/*");
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, sharePath);
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Sound File"));

By the way, the audio file is a .ogg file. I hope that those apps work with that type of files. If not I should convert it to .mp3.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Oké, found out what I did wrong. For people who have the same problem, this is how I solved it:

I forgot to parse the String to an uri. Thats the only line of code I had to add. Uri uri = Uri.parse(sharePath);

Here is the full rest:

    String sharePath = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory().getPath()
            + "/Soundboard/Ringtones/custom_ringtone.ogg";
    Uri uri = Uri.parse(sharePath);
    Intent share = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
    share.setType("audio/*");
    share.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, uri);
    startActivity(Intent.createChooser(share, "Share Sound File"));

Also do not forget to add permission WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE otherwise you'll get an error while running your application.