Published on July 4, 2017
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Sharing is kind of a big deal, but ShareCompat ( makes it straightforward to share text, HTML text, files, and images. FileProvider (developer.android.com/reference/android/support/v4/content/FileProvider.html) makes it possible to share files and images without the storage permissions using URI based permissions.
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