SmartShareX Extension

[therealzuhaib]

SmartShareX is a compact extension for MIT App Inventor that turns your app into a native Android Share Target — receive text, links, single or multiple files shared from any other app, with a clean native bottom sheet, custom actions, and background (silent) handling.

Features

Native Share Sheet

• Your app appears in Android's system Share menu automatically

• Shows a native bottom sheet with title, subtitle (auto filename/link/text preview), and action items

• Follows system dark/light mode by default, or force override with SetDarkMode()

Custom Actions

• Replace the built-in "Open in app" / "Save for later" pair with your own items via AddItem(id, title, background)

• background = true handles the share silently — no app UI opens, call CloseBackgroundShare() when done

• background = false opens your app normally in foreground

Title & Subtitle Control

• SetSheetTitle() — custom title

• SetSheetSubtitle() — custom subtitle text

• HideSheetSubtitle() — hide it completely

• UseDefaultSheetSubtitle() — revert to automatic filename/link/text preview

Rich Content Access

• GetSharedText(), GetSharedUrl() — text/link shares

• GetSharedFileUri(), GetSharedFileName() — single file shares

• GetFileCount(), GetFileUriAt(), GetFileNameAt() — multiple file shares

• GetShareSummary() — one-block summary of what was shared

Clean Event System

ShareReceived(contentType, actionId, isBackground) — one event for every share, whether text, single file, or multiple files, and whether the user tapped a built-in or custom item.

ShareError(message) — fires if the shared content couldn't be read.

Background Timeout Control

SetBackgroundTimeout(seconds) — auto-closes a silent background share if CloseBackgroundShare() is never called (default 8s).

Main Functions

AddItem() · SetSheetTitle() · SetSheetSubtitle() · HideSheetSubtitle() · UseDefaultSheetSubtitle() · SetDarkMode() · SetBackgroundTimeout() · CloseBackgroundShare()

Designed For

MIT App Inventor • Save-for-later apps • Note/clipboard tools • File & media savers • Any app that receives shared content from other apps

Built with Java + Rush CLI.

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Download

SmartShareX Extension:

com.zebdroid.smartsharex.aix (38.1 KB)

[TIMAI2]

Some example blocks and example aia project would be helpful...

[ABG]

What is a sheet?

[therealzuhaib]