Tuesday, May 22, 2012 | 12:04 PMMany developers have been using Android's share intent to help their users share content with others, directly from their apps. I'll walk through a few examples that use Google+ as the application handler, but of course, these share intent improvements can work for any service. Popular apps like Foodspotting, Pulse News, and Shazam are already using ShareCompat to help users share rich content with their Google+ circles. http://www.android.com") .setType("text/plain") .getIntent() .setPackage("com.google.android.apps.plus"); startActivity(shareIntent);setTextsetTypesetPackageThe Google+ share box with pre-populated text and link snippet. .setStream(MEDIA_URI) .setType(MEDIA_TYPE) .getIntent() .setPackage("com.google.android.apps.plus");A Google+ post with text and an image shared from the Google+ Share Intent Demo app.