I'm starting a sharing activity from ADB shell.
Specifically I am trying to achieve the same as this (working) java-snippet:
File dir = Environment.getExternalStorageDirectory();
File yourFile = new File(dir, "/_tmp/1.jpg");
Uri yourFileUri = Uri.fromFile(yourFile);
Intent sendIntent = new Intent();
sendIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
sendIntent.setFlags(Intent.FLAG_GRANT_READ_URI_PERMISSION);
sendIntent.setType("image/*");
sendIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, yourFileUri);
sendIntent.setPackage("com.snapchat.android");
startActivity(sendIntent);
Here is the commands I am using:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SEND -t image/jpeg --es android.intent.extra.STREAM file:///storage/emulated/0/_tmp/1.jpg com.snapchat.android --grant-read-uri-permission
The issue I am currently facing is that the snapchat app will open and load, flash black for a second but fails to load the image.
I have checked that the path to the image is working by issuing the following commands, and opening the image in the android gallery:
adb shell am start -t image/jpeg -d file:///storage/emulated/0/_tmp/1.jpg
What am I doing wrong?
Edit:
Using the command:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SEND -t image/jpeg --es android.intent.extra.STREAM file:///storage/emulated/0/_tmp/1.jpg com.snapchat.android/com.snapchat.android.LandingPageActivity --grant-read-uri-permission
Gives the same result, however I compared it to the actual call in DDMS, see the difference here:
Log by sharing manually through the phone:
10-19 18:01:54.020: D/HtcShareActivity(21561): onItemClick: position=0 activity=com.snapchat.android/com.snapchat.android.LandingPageActivity
10-19 18:01:54.061: I/ActivityManager(724): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.SEND typ=image/jpeg flg=0x1 cmp=com.snapchat.android/.LandingPageActivity (has clip) (has extras)} from uid 10078 on display 0
Log by using the ADB command:
10-19 18:04:29.096: I/ActivityManager(724): START u0 {act=android.intent.action.SEND typ=image/jpeg flg=0x10000000 cmp=com.snapchat.android/.LandingPageActivity (has extras)} from uid 2000 on display 0
As you can see the (has clip) is not present in the ADB call.
Could it be that --grant-read-uri-permission isn't "working" or at least not giving sufficient permission?
How do I test and ultimately solve this?
It turned out I wasn't sending any real image data, I was simply sending a string by using --es, however the a URI was needed, and therefore I should have used --eu.
Updating the following command:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SEND -t image/jpeg --es android.intent.extra.STREAM file:///storage/emulated/0/_tmp/1.jpg com.snapchat.android/com.snapchat.android.LandingPageActivity --grant-read-uri-permission
To:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SEND -t image/jpeg --eu android.intent.extra.STREAM file:///storage/emulated/0/_tmp/1.jpg com.snapchat.android/com.snapchat.android.LandingPageActivity --grant-read-uri-permission
Solved my issue.
It was not due to leaving out declaration of the main activity that @Dus suggested. (Good thought though.)
The command can be simplified all the way down to:
adb shell am start -a android.intent.action.SEND -t image/jpeg --eu android.intent.extra.STREAM file:///storage/emulated/0/_tmp/1.jpg com.snapchat.android