Send Text Tag to Instagram using my Android app

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My app takes pictures and sends it to Instagram, Facebook, and twitter but I need to share the text "#myappname" with the picture on Instagram.

Here's the code I use to send the photos

Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("image/*");
caminhoImagens = getRealPathFromURI(Uri.parse(url));
Log.i("Caminho imagem: ", caminhoImagens);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse("file://" + caminhoImagens));
shareIntent.setPackage("com.instagram.android");
startActivity(shareIntent);

I tried to use the codes below to send a text together but didn't work.

shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"#TEXT");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TITLE,"#TEXT");
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT,"#TEXT");

Does someone know if there is a way to do that?

Thanks and regards.

I just answered a very similar question [here](http://stackoverflow.com/a/19292103/771072). It's my belief that this is not possible for now — linakis, Oct 10 '13 at 09:35
Thanks @bororo. I searched a lot for a solution but I think you are right. Today we don't have a way to do that and I believe we will not have a way to do that soon. — groff07, Oct 10 '13 at 12:33
Now it's possible...take a look at the accepted answer!!! @bororo — groff07, Sep 17 '14 at 18:34

groff07 · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-27T21:55:17.057

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Finally, Instagram API supports text coming from Android apps using Intent.

Here is the intent code to share images and text on Instagram.

Intent shareIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
shareIntent.setType("image/*");
shareIntent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM,uri);
shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT,"YOUR TEXT TO SHARE IN INSTAGRAM");
shareIntent.setPackage("com.instagram.android");
return shareIntent;

Here is the documentation

edited May 27 '20 at 21:55

answered Sep 17 '14 at 17:58

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I don't think it doesn't work anymore.. Instagram is not taking EXTRA_TEXT, EXTRA_TITLE, EXTRA_SUBJECT data – The Finest Artist Oct 07 '15 at 09:23
@groff07 it's not working, have you tested your side? – Niranj Patel Jun 20 '16 at 10:33
It is not working at all. It is redirecting to instagram but then it get crashed. Any idea how to solve that. – Jay Rathod Aug 17 '16 at 05:35
out of date. This feature has been removed – Daniele Sep 02 '19 at 11:01

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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It's not possible, since for now instagramm accepts only Intent.EXTRA_STREAM unfortunately. You can check same question here Open Instagram app from another android app and send an Image with a Caption

edited May 23 '17 at 10:30

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answered Nov 29 '13 at 09:42

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but it is working for spotyfy hoe they done it? – sai android Jan 29 '21 at 08:33

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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If you're looking to interact with they're API's directly there is a lot of stuff you need to do that I'm not familiar with. However, if you want to share to any app on the device that accepts an image and text you can just run startActivity(); while passing in a proper Intent.

If you have time, I suggest you read the following Android Developer Blog post: Share With Intents

Or, have a look at the following quesiton on SO: flickr, tumblr , instagram share intent in android

Hopefully that is what you're trying to achieve.

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answered Oct 08 '13 at 21:35

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Thanks for the links and the answer @jdawes. Today my app send photos to Instagram but I need to send a text together and I didn't found a way to do that. I will update my question. Take a look. – groff07 Oct 09 '13 at 13:26

Send Text Tag to Instagram using my Android app

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