--- title: "Document Sharing" canonical_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/samples/document-sharing-java/" md_url: "https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/samples/document-sharing-java.md" last_updated: "2026-05-15T19:10:04.916Z" description: "Add custom document-sharing actions for PDF documents." --- # Document Sharing Add custom document-sharing actions for PDF documents. [Get Started](https://www.nutrient.io/sdk/android/getting-started.md) [All Samples](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/samples.md) [Download](https://www.nutrient.io/guides/android/downloads.md) [Launch Demo](https://www.nutrient.io/demo/) --- ```java /* * Copyright © 2014-2026 PSPDFKit GmbH. All rights reserved. * * The PSPDFKit Sample applications are licensed with a modified BSD license. * Please see License for details. This notice may not be removed from this file. */ package com.pspdfkit.catalog.examples.java; import android.content.Context; import android.content.Intent; import android.net.Uri; import android.view.Menu; import android.view.MenuItem; import androidx.annotation.NonNull; import androidx.core.app.ShareCompat; import com.pspdfkit.catalog.R; import com.pspdfkit.catalog.SdkExample; import com.pspdfkit.catalog.tasks.ExtractAssetTask; import com.pspdfkit.configuration.activity.PdfActivityConfiguration; import com.pspdfkit.configuration.sharing.ShareFeatures; import com.pspdfkit.datastructures.Range; import com.pspdfkit.document.processor.PdfProcessorTask; import com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.DefaultDocumentSharingController; import com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.DocumentSharingIntentHelper; import com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.DocumentSharingManager; import com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.ShareAction; import com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.SharingOptions; import com.pspdfkit.ui.PdfActivity; import com.pspdfkit.ui.PdfActivityIntentBuilder; import com.pspdfkit.ui.dialog.DocumentSharingDialog; import com.pspdfkit.ui.dialog.DocumentSharingDialogConfiguration; import java.util.EnumSet; import java.util.List; public class DocumentSharingExample extends SdkExample { public DocumentSharingExample(Context context) { super(context, R.string.documentSharingExampleTitle, R.string.documentSharingExampleDescription); } @Override public void launchExample( @NonNull final Context context, @NonNull final PdfActivityConfiguration.Builder configuration) { // For sake of simplicity, deactivate actions. configuration.annotationListEnabled(false).searchEnabled(false).outlineEnabled(false).setEnabledShareFeatures(EnumSet.noneOf(ShareFeatures.class)).printingEnabled(false).thumbnailGridEnabled(false); // First extract the document from the assets. ExtractAssetTask.extract(ANNOTATIONS_EXAMPLE, getTitle(), context, documentFile -> { // To start the DocumentSharingExampleActivity create a launch intent using the // builder. final Intent intent = PdfActivityIntentBuilder.fromUri(context, Uri.fromFile(documentFile)).configuration(configuration.build()).activityClass(DocumentSharingExampleActivity.class).build(); // Start the DocumentSharingExampleActivity for the extracted document. context.startActivity(intent); }); } /** * This activity showcases how to implement custom sharing actions. For sharing to work you need to * declare {@link com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.DocumentSharingProvider} in your {@code AndroidManifest.xml}. */ public static class DocumentSharingExampleActivity extends PdfActivity { /** This example shows how to use {@link DocumentSharingDialog}. */ private void customSharingDialog() { // Build dialog configuration. int pageIndex = Math.max(0, getPageIndex()); final DocumentSharingDialogConfiguration configuration = new DocumentSharingDialogConfiguration.Builder( this, getDocument(), pageIndex).dialogTitle("Custom sharing dialog title").positiveButtonText("View").build(); // Show sharing dialog. DocumentSharingDialog.show( // Provide fragment manager instance to create dialog. getSupportFragmentManager(), // Provide sharing dialog configuration. configuration, // Provide dialog result listener. getCustomSharingDialogListener()); } @NonNull private DocumentSharingDialog.SharingDialogListener getCustomSharingDialogListener() { return new DocumentSharingDialog.SharingDialogListener() { @Override public void onAccept(@NonNull SharingOptions shareOptions) { DocumentSharingManager.shareDocument( DocumentSharingExampleActivity.this, getDocument(), ShareAction.VIEW, // Use share options configured in share dialog. shareOptions); } @Override public void onDismiss() {} }; } @Override public void onResume() { super.onResume(); // As sharing dialog listener can't be retained, restore it in dialog after rotation. DocumentSharingDialog.restore(getSupportFragmentManager(), getCustomSharingDialogListener()); } /** Creates menu items that will trigger document processing. */ @Override public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(@NonNull Menu menu) { super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu); // Inflate menu with custom actions showcasing custom sharing. getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.sharing_example, menu); return true; } /** Triggered by selecting an action from the overflow menu in the action bar. */ @Override public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(@NonNull MenuItem item) { boolean handled = false; final int itemId = item.getItemId(); if (itemId == R.id.item_sharing_dialog) { customSharingDialog(); handled = true; } else if (itemId == R.id.item_send_mail) { shareViaMail(); handled = true; } else if (itemId == R.id.item_flatten_annotations) { shareWithFlattenedAnnotations(); handled = true; } else if (itemId == R.id.item_extract_pages) { shareFromRange(); handled = true; } return handled || super.onOptionsItemSelected(item); } /** This example shows how to implement custom {@link com.pspdfkit.document.sharing.DocumentSharingController}. */ private void shareViaMail() { DocumentSharingManager.shareDocument( new MailToDocumentSharingController(this), getDocument(), new SharingOptions(PdfProcessorTask.AnnotationProcessingMode.FLATTEN)); } /** This example shows how to share only certain range of document pages. */ private void shareFromRange() { // Create list of page ranges to extract. final List extractedPages = SharingOptions.parsePageRange("3-5,11", getDocument().getPageCount()); DocumentSharingManager.shareDocument( this, getDocument(), // Use view action to target PDF viewers. ShareAction.VIEW, // Keep annotations intact and share only specified page ranges. new SharingOptions(PdfProcessorTask.AnnotationProcessingMode.KEEP, extractedPages)); } /** This example shows how to share whole document with flattened annotations. */ private void shareWithFlattenedAnnotations() { DocumentSharingManager.shareDocument( this, getDocument(), // Use view action to target PDF viewers. ShareAction.VIEW, // Flatten annotations. new SharingOptions(PdfProcessorTask.AnnotationProcessingMode.FLATTEN)); } /** * Example implementation of a custom share controller that shares document to mail apps only. * Note that standard {@link ShareAction#SEND} shares to all apps that accept PDF files - mail * apps, file managers, social network apps etc. */ private class MailToDocumentSharingController extends DefaultDocumentSharingController { public MailToDocumentSharingController(@NonNull Context context) { super(context); } @Override public void onDocumentPrepared(@NonNull Uri shareUri) { Context context = getContext(); if (context == null) return; // Build share intent. final Intent mailToIntent = ShareCompat.IntentBuilder.from(DocumentSharingExampleActivity.this) // Use "application/pdf" as mime type..setType(DocumentSharingIntentHelper.MIME_TYPE_PDF) // Add shared document uri as data stream..addStream(shareUri) // Optionally specify initial email data - to, cc, subject, body text // etc..addEmailTo("mail@to.com").setSubject("Subject").setText("I'm email body.") // Build share intent..getIntent(); // Target email apps by limiting the intent to apps that can handle mailto:// URIs. mailToIntent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_SENDTO); mailToIntent.setData(Uri.parse("mailto:")); // Start the chooser intent. // Optionally supply title that will be displayed in the chooser. context.startActivity(Intent.createChooser(mailToIntent, "Send email with")); } } } } ``` This code sample is an example that illustrates how to use our SDK. 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