5 Apps to Enhance Android’s Share Menu
Every time I take a screenshot and hit the share button, looking for the familiar Dropbox button to upload it, I find it in a different position. The Android share system is a mess. The shortcuts keep changing their positions and there are several unnecessary options available that only make it cluttered and less usable.
Customise Android's Share Menu
The problem is that most apps don't let us decide whether or not they will show in the share menu option. We need more control over this. In this article, I will share four apps and one additional tip to help you better manage the default Android's share menu order. It's time to bring order.
1. Pin Items to the Top
Did you know that you can pin your favorite app in the share menu options at the top of the screen? The feature was first introduced with Android 6 (Marshmallow). When you hit the share button inside an app, you see a list of shortcuts. The first two rows have a gray background while the rest below them have a white background. The gray background menu is called the Direct Share menu, which allows you to send something directly to a WhatsApp contact instead of asking you to open the app and then select the contact. Saves a step. The share buttons in the white background are called the Regular Menu.
To reorder the Direct Share menu options, simply long press the icon. A new popup will appear with two options: Pin and Share. Click Pin to pin the button at the top of the menu. You can repeat the same process for the regular menu shortcuts with the white background below. Keep in mind that the pinned apps will be displayed in alphabetical order. You can only pin up to 8 items in the direct share menu. To unpin, long press the share icon again and click Unpin.
2. CustomShare (Root Only)
While the above trick will help you organize your share menu shortcuts and bring some level of order, you still cannot decide which app shortcuts will appear in the share menu. It is still cluttered. To counter this issue, you can install CustomShare, an application that will allow you to select all the shortcuts that you don't want to appear on your share menu. With CustomShare, you can remove all the app shortcuts from the Android Share menu.
Please note that you need to install Xposed framework from XDA-developer forums to make it work. Once you have installed Xposed, simply relaunch the app and select all the shortcuts and menu options that you don't want to appear in the Android share menu area. The options you have selected will be highlighted in red. CustomShare is an ad-free app that runs on donations but has a dated UI. Also, your device has to be rooted to use this app.
3. Fliktu
Fliktu will replace the default share menu in Android with a sleeker sharing menu. They named it Fliktu because you can launch the share menu simply by giving your device a small flick. Works really cool and saves a click. You can use Fliktu to also share links and clipboard items via the share menu. Under the Menu tab, you can choose up to 3 shortcuts to be displayed at the top of your new share menu. You can also hide all the unnecessary shortcuts and options in the Android share menu that you never use. The app works well, but the developer has abandoned the project.
4. AppChooser
AppChooser takes a different approach when it comes to the UI and arrangement of share menu shortcuts. When you install the app, you won't see any shortcut to launch it. The only way to access it is to try and share something. When you do that, you will be asked to choose to complete the action using either AppChooser or the default Android menu. Choose the former. The apps that you use the most will begin to show at the top after some time. You can change the order of the shortcuts in alphabetical order from A to Z or Z to A. If you want to hide certain share menu shortcuts, simply long press on the icon to reveal the popup. There is a pro version of the app available on PlayStore for $0.99 which improves upon the UI by showing 3 columns instead of one. The app works fine but seems like the developer has abandoned the project.
5. Andmade Share
Andmade Share makes it easy to share something with more than one application at the same time. Apart from that, you can reorder share menu list items by dragging and dropping them and hide shortcuts that you don't want. The app also allows you to set a default email ID, so you can directly hit the share button and send an email to the default ID with the click of a button. Andmade Share has a pro version that offers additional features like the ability to group multiple apps to share items at once, fast share option for Twitter, Facebook, and email, and clipboard option. The app was last updated in 2013 but continues to work just fine.
Wrapping Up: Customise Android's Share Menu
If you're looking to customize your Android's share menu, there are several apps that can help you bring order to the chaos. Andmade Share is the most feature-rich app on the list with advanced options like fast share, share to multiple apps, reorder, and hide apps. The default email ID feature is also a cool addition. Give these apps a try and find the one that suits your needs the best.

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