Android "Send Story to..." sends truncated text of story, please improve to send all text

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#1

Occasionally, I want to send a news story consisting of text to friends via email. Unfortunately, the Android “Send Story to…” selection in Newsblur only sends a truncated version of roughly the first paragraph of text. What would be much better is to send ALL the text of the story rather than a truncated version, as I find I have to do a cut and paste operation off the Newsblur screen and embed the story in a new email.

Why truncate the story at all? It is easier to delete text if the user only wants to send a portion of a story, than forcing a manual cut and paste operation using fingers…

OR… make it a selectable choice in preferences…you could have a checkbox to change the “Send Story to” option to send ALL the text of a story, vs merely the first paragraph. This would allow user control.

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#2

Are you running a fairly recent version of the app?  If so, there should be two options: “Send link to…” and “Send story to…”, the latter of which will send the full story, provided the feed itself doesn’t truncate the story.  If you’re up-to-date and seeing truncation, it may be a limitation of your device or email client; we send the full text you see while reading to the Share Intent.

#3

That’s right, the full text should be part of the shared story data package if its there. Can you show a screenshot of the content you expect to be included and the data package in another app? I wonder if you’re in a view that’s not the main story view or whatever might be different from our assumptions.