sharing image from drawable

Question

I want create activity for share image from drawable source,

and this is my code:

public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    Button button = (Button) findViewById(R.id.button);

    button.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {

        public void onClick(View v) {

            Uri imageUri = Uri.parse("android.resource://com.androidbegin.shareimagetutorial/drawable"+R.drawable.ic_launcher);
              Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
              intent.setType("image/*");

              intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, imageUri);
              startActivity(Intent.createChooser(intent , "Share"));
        }
    });

and this is my manifest app:

<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.androidbegin.shareimagetutorial"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >

<uses-sdk
    android:minSdkVersion="11"
    android:targetSdkVersion="19" />


<application
    android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
    android:label="@string/app_name"
    android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
    <activity
        android:name=".MainActivity"
        android:uiOptions="splitActionBarWhenNarrow" >
        <intent-filter>
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

            <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>
</application>

but , when i launch app in nexts 7 ,and i select bluetooth ,

i get the unkown file not found toast message!!

can any body help what is this problem?!

Answer 1

You want to share an image from drawable resource. But other apps have no access to your resources. There are two ways to solve this. 1. Use a content provider. 2. Copy the file to external/public memory first.