How to Make Share Button in Android App - Android Studio 2.2 Tutorial

A Button to share a text written in EditText. Mainly used for creating text messaging application.

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How to make a Android App with Custom Text to share or copy to clipboard ? Here it is:

activity_main.xml

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>  
 <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"  
   xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"  
   android:id="@+id/activity_main"  
   android:layout_width="match_parent"  
   android:layout_height="match_parent"  
   android:paddingBottom="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"  
   android:paddingLeft="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"  
   android:paddingRight="@dimen/activity_horizontal_margin"  
   android:paddingTop="@dimen/activity_vertical_margin"  
   android:background="@android:color/white"  
   tools:context="com.sabithpkcmnr.sharemytext.MainActivity">  
   
   <EditText  
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
     android:inputType="textPersonName"  
     android:textColor="@color/colorAccent"  
     android:hint="Say something to share"  
     android:ems="10"  
     android:layout_marginTop="113dp"  
     android:id="@+id/mytext"  
     android:layout_alignParentLeft="true"  
     android:layout_alignParentStart="true"  
     android:layout_alignParentRight="true"  
     android:layout_alignParentEnd="true" />  
   
   <Button  
     android:text="Sent my words !"  
     android:layout_width="wrap_content"  
     android:layout_height="wrap_content"  
     android:layout_below="@+id/mytext"  
     android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"  
     android:layout_marginTop="71dp"  
     android:id="@+id/sent" />  
   
 </RelativeLayout>  

MainActivity.java

 package com.sabithpkcmnr.sharemytext;  
   
 import android.content.Intent;  
 import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;  
 import android.os.Bundle;  
 import android.view.View;  
 import android.widget.Button;  
 import android.widget.EditText;  
   
 public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {  
   Button bt;  
   EditText share;  
   @Override  
   protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {  
     super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);  
     setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);  
     bt=(Button)findViewById(R.id.sent);  
     bt.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {  
       @Override  
       public void onClick(View v) {  
         Intent sharingIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);  
         sharingIntent.setType("text/plain");  
         String shareBody = share.getText().toString();  
         sharingIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, shareBody);  
         startActivity(Intent.createChooser(sharingIntent, "Share my Words!"));  
       }  
     });  
   }  
 }  

Finally here what happen !

Thanks for your time.