// Usage: // blacklist String[] blacklist = new String[]{"com.any.package", "net.other.package"}; // your share intent Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND); intent.setType("text/plain"); intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, "some text"); intent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_SUBJECT, "a subject"); // ... anything else you want to add // invoke custom chooser startActivity(generateCustomChooserIntent(intent, blacklist)); // Method: private Intent generateCustomChooserIntent(Intent prototype, String[] forbiddenChoices) { List<Intent> targetedShareIntents = new ArrayList<Intent>(); List<HashMap<String, String>> intentMetaInfo = new ArrayList<HashMap<String, String>>(); Intent chooserIntent; Intent dummy = new Intent(prototype.getAction()); dummy.setType(prototype.getType()); List<ResolveInfo> resInfo = getPackageManager().queryIntentActivities(dummy, 0); if (!resInfo.isEmpty()) { for (ResolveInfo resolveInfo : resInfo) { if (resolveInfo.activityInfo == null || Arrays.asList(forbiddenChoices).contains(resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName)) continue; HashMap<String, String> info = new HashMap<String, String>(); info.put("packageName", resolveInfo.activityInfo.packageName); info.put("className", resolveInfo.activityInfo.name); info.put("simpleName", String.valueOf(resolveInfo.activityInfo.loadLabel(getPackageManager()))); intentMetaInfo.add(info); } if (!intentMetaInfo.isEmpty()) { // sorting for nice readability Collections.sort(intentMetaInfo, new Comparator<HashMap<String, String>>() { @Override public int compare(HashMap<String, String> map, HashMap<String, String> map2) { return map.get("simpleName").compareTo(map2.get("simpleName")); } }); // create the custom intent list for (HashMap<String, String> metaInfo : intentMetaInfo) { Intent targetedShareIntent = (Intent) prototype.clone(); targetedShareIntent.setPackage(metaInfo.get("packageName")); targetedShareIntent.setClassName(metaInfo.get("packageName"), metaInfo.get("className")); targetedShareIntents.add(targetedShareIntent); } chooserIntent = Intent.createChooser(targetedShareIntents.remove(targetedShareIntents.size() - 1), getString(R.string.share)); chooserIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_INITIAL_INTENTS, targetedShareIntents.toArray(new Parcelable[]{})); return chooserIntent; } } return Intent.createChooser(prototype, getString(R.string.share)); }