Humble Share is an android application which hooks into the android share functionality and allows to share text with an arbitrary webservice. The application posts the shared data as a json string to a configured webservice url (with optional http authentication).
Initially I implemented this for personal use, but I generalized the idea, because I thought a “generic” share app would be useful for everybody who doesn’t want to build an android app, but is familiar with any server side language such a python, php, perl, java or whatever.
When started (via share functionality or launcher), the application switches to the configuration view as long as no webservice url is configured. Configure and save your webservice there. HTTP basic authentication is optional and will not be sent if empty.
The application sends 3 fields, the shared content, a timestamp and a user chosen type.
POST /share HTTP/1.0
Host: localhost:5000
Connection: close
Accept: application/json
Content-type: application/json
Content-Length: 63
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/UNAVAILABLE (java 1.4)
Authorization: Basic <credentials>
{"content":"test","timestamp":"2014-07-23 10:14","type":"Link"}
There is no generally available backend provided yet, but you can easily roll you own. That’s the idea. My personal backend uses a python flask app which commits the share into my calendar/note/todo/bookmark git repostory using org-mode files.
The application icons have been created with the “Android Asset Studio”, and are CC licensed, see: https://romannurik.github.io/AndroidAssetStudio/icons-launcher.html https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
The application uses the gson-2.2.4.jar library, for its license see libs/LICENSE.
I don’t have time currently to deal with app store availability.
If you want to use a self signed ssl certificate you have to create a trust store on your own.
A manual how to do this can be found here: http://blog.crazybob.org/2010/02/android-trusting-ssl-certificates.html
Move the file into “/res/raw/mystore.bks” and rebuild the application. The resource will be picked up by the TrustingHttpClient, if packaged with the app.