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Learn how to trigger the `share intent` of your Android app using JavaScript within a WebView. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for implementing this feature effectively.
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How to Call Android Share Intent from JavaScript in a WebView

In today's digital landscape, seamlessly sharing content from a web application to social platforms can greatly enhance user experience. If you are developing an Android application with a WebView and would like to launch the share intent from JavaScript, this post will guide you through the setup and solve common issues encountered during implementation.

The Challenge

If you're working with a WebView that loads HTML content, you may want to enable sharing functionality directly from that content. The question arises: How can you trigger an Android share intent from JavaScript running within a WebView?

A user faced a common obstacle when trying to call the startActivity method from inside a JavaScript interface, receiving an "Unresolved reference: startActivity" error. This issue stems from the context of the JavaScript interface, which does not have direct access to the activity context.

Step-by-Step Solution

Let’s break down how to resolve this issue effectively and implement the share functionality.

Step 1: Setting Up the JavaScript Interface

The first step is establishing a JavaScript interface that allows interaction between JavaScript and your Kotlin code. Here's the typical setup:

Create an inner class with the @ JavascriptInterface annotation:

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Step 2: Implementing the Share Functionality

Next, you need to modify the shareUrl method to allow for sharing of content directly from JavaScript:

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Step 3: Accessing the Context Properly

The main adjustment to resolve the startActivity unresolved reference error is to use the outer activity's context. When you wrap the JavascriptInterface inside your MainActivity, you can reference startActivity using this@ MainActivity, ensuring the context is correctly established for activity functions.

Step 4: Linking JavaScript with Kotlin

In order to enable the function to be called from JavaScript, ensure you have the JavaScript enabled and properly set the interface in your WebView setup:

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In your web page, you can now trigger the share action by calling:

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Conclusion

In this guide, we explored a straightforward method for calling the Android share intent from JavaScript in a WebView. Armed with a properly structured JavaScript interface and appropriate context handling through Kotlin, sharing content becomes seamless for your users.

Feel free to reach out if you need further assistance or examples on implementing similar functionality! Happy coding!