diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c b/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c
index c9dfef45..402152ab 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/app/android_app_Activity.c
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
 static GList *activity_backlog = NULL;
 static jobject activity_current = NULL;
 
-static void activity_close(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity) {
+static void activity_close(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity)
+{
 	// in case some exception was left unhandled in native code, print it here so we don't confuse it with an exception thrown by onDestroy
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env)) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "app_exit: seems there was a pending exception... :");
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ static void activity_close(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity) {
 		(*env)->ExceptionDescribe(env);
 }
 
-static void activity_update_current(JNIEnv *env) {
+static void activity_update_current(JNIEnv *env)
+{
 	jobject activity_new = activity_backlog ? g_list_first(activity_backlog)->data : NULL;
 
 	if (activity_current != activity_new) {
@@ -59,7 +61,8 @@ static void activity_update_current(JNIEnv *env) {
 	}
 }
 
-void activity_window_ready(void) {
+void activity_window_ready(void)
+{
 	JNIEnv *env = get_jni_env();
 
 	for (GList *l = activity_backlog; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
@@ -69,7 +72,8 @@ void activity_window_ready(void) {
 	}
 }
 
-void activity_close_all(void) {
+void activity_close_all(void)
+{
 	GList *activities, *l;
 	JNIEnv *env = get_jni_env();
 	// local backup of the backlog
@@ -85,7 +89,8 @@ void activity_close_all(void) {
 	g_list_free(activities);
 }
 
-void activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object) {
+void activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object)
+{
 	/* -- run the activity's onCreate -- */
 	(*env)->CallVoidMethod(env, activity_object, handle_cache.activity.onCreate, NULL);
 	if((*env)->ExceptionCheck(env))
@@ -95,7 +100,8 @@ void activity_start(JNIEnv *env, jobject activity_object) {
 	activity_update_current(env);
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeFinish(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jlong window) {
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeFinish(JNIEnv *env, jobject this, jlong window)
+{
 	GList *l;
 	jobject removed_activity = NULL;
 	for (l = activity_backlog; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
@@ -113,17 +119,29 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeFinish(JNIEnv *env, jobje
 		gtk_window_close(GTK_WINDOW(_PTR(window)));
 }
 
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeStartActivity(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jobject activity) {
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeStartActivity(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jobject activity)
+{
 	activity_start(env, activity);
 }
 
-static XdpPortal *portal = NULL;
-
-JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeOpenURI(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jstring uriString) {
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeOpenURI(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jstring uriString)
+{
+	static XdpPortal *portal = NULL;
 	if (!portal) {
 		portal = xdp_portal_new();
 	}
-	const char* uri = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, uriString, NULL);
+
+	const char *uri = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, uriString, NULL);
 	xdp_portal_open_uri(portal, NULL, uri, XDP_OPEN_URI_FLAG_NONE, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 	(*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, uriString, uri);
 }
+
+extern GtkWindow *window; // TODO: get this in a better way
+
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeShare(JNIEnv *env, jclass class, jstring text_jstring)
+{
+	const char *text = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, text_jstring, NULL);
+	GdkClipboard *clipboard = gdk_display_get_clipboard(gtk_root_get_display(GTK_ROOT(window)));
+	gdk_clipboard_set_text(clipboard, text);
+	(*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env, text_jstring, text);
+}
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h
index 2dc0b5e5..abe54c99 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/generated_headers/android_app_Activity.h
@@ -33,6 +33,14 @@ JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeStartActivity
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeOpenURI
   (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring);
 
+/*
+ * Class:     android_app_Activity
+ * Method:    nativeShare
+ * Signature: (Ljava/lang/String;)V
+ */
+JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_app_Activity_nativeShare
+  (JNIEnv *, jclass, jstring);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/src/api-impl-jni/location/android_location_LocationManager.c b/src/api-impl-jni/location/android_location_LocationManager.c
index 57fe34bb..27e2f18b 100644
--- a/src/api-impl-jni/location/android_location_LocationManager.c
+++ b/src/api-impl-jni/location/android_location_LocationManager.c
@@ -22,19 +22,20 @@ static void location_updated (
 	(*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, class, _STATIC_METHOD(class, "locationUpdated", "(DDD)V"), latitude, longitude, heading);
 }
 
-static XdpPortal *portal = NULL;
-
 JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_android_location_LocationManager_nativeGetLocation(JNIEnv *env, jobject) {
 	if (!getenv("ATL_UGLY_ENABLE_LOCATION")) {
 		// Location access is prohibited by default until sanboxing is implemented.
 		// Set ATL_UGLY_ENABLE_LOCATION environment variable to enable it.
 		return;
 	}
+
+	static XdpPortal *portal = NULL;
 	if (!portal) {
 		portal = xdp_portal_new();
 		JavaVM *jvm;
 		(*env)->GetJavaVM(env, &jvm);
 		g_signal_connect(portal, "location-updated", G_CALLBACK(location_updated), jvm);
 	}
+
 	xdp_portal_location_monitor_start (portal, NULL, 0, 0, XDP_LOCATION_ACCURACY_EXACT, XDP_LOCATION_MONITOR_FLAG_NONE, NULL, NULL, NULL);
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java b/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java
index e4af2fb7..6a3750d8 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/app/Activity.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import android.R;
 import android.content.BroadcastReceiver;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.ContextWrapper;
 import android.content.Intent;
 import android.content.res.Configuration;
 import android.content.res.XmlResourceParser;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public class Activity extends Context implements Window.Callback {
+public class Activity extends ContextWrapper implements Window.Callback {
 	LayoutInflater layout_inflater;
 	Window window = new Window(this);
 	int requested_orientation = -1 /*ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_UNSPECIFIED*/; // dummy
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ public class Activity extends Context implements Window.Callback {
 	}
 
 	public Activity() {
+		super(null);
 		layout_inflater = new LayoutInflater();
 		intent = new Intent();
 	}
@@ -320,10 +322,6 @@ public class Activity extends Context implements Window.Callback {
 
 	public boolean isChangingConfigurations() {return false;}
 
-	private native void nativeFinish(long native_window);
-	public static native void nativeStartActivity(Activity activity);
-	public static native void nativeOpenURI(String uri);
-
 	@Override
 	public void onContentChanged() {
 		// TODO Auto-generated method stub
@@ -393,4 +391,9 @@ public class Activity extends Context implements Window.Callback {
 	public void setIntent(Intent newIntent) {}
 
 	public void unregisterReceiver(BroadcastReceiver receiver) {}
+
+	private native void nativeFinish(long native_window);
+	public static native void nativeStartActivity(Activity activity);
+	public static native void nativeOpenURI(String uri);
+	public static native void nativeShare(String text);
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/content/Context.java b/src/api-impl/android/content/Context.java
index 97cd9572..43955b0d 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/content/Context.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/content/Context.java
@@ -393,12 +393,17 @@ public class Context extends Object {
 
 	public void startActivity(Intent intent) {
 		Slog.i(TAG, "startActivity(" + intent + ") called");
-		if ("android.intent.action.CHOOSER".equals(intent.getAction())) {
+		if (intent.getAction() != null && intent.getAction().equals("android.intent.action.CHOOSER")) {
 			intent = (Intent) intent.getExtras().get("android.intent.extra.INTENT");
 		}
 		if (intent.getComponent() == null) {
-			Slog.i(TAG, "starting extern activity with intent: " + intent);
-			Activity.nativeOpenURI(String.valueOf(intent.getData()));
+			if(intent.getAction() != null && intent.getAction().equals("android.intent.action.SEND")) {
+				Slog.i(TAG, "starting extern activity with intent: " + intent);
+				Activity.nativeShare((String) intent.getExtras().get("android.intent.extra.TEXT"));
+			} else if (intent.getData() != null) {
+				Slog.i(TAG, "starting extern activity with intent: " + intent);
+				Activity.nativeOpenURI(String.valueOf(intent.getData()));
+			}
 			return;
 		}
 		try {
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/content/ContextWrapper.java b/src/api-impl/android/content/ContextWrapper.java
index 47a38415..4c300f1c 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/content/ContextWrapper.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/content/ContextWrapper.java
@@ -10,5 +10,4 @@ public class ContextWrapper extends Context {
 	public Context getBaseContext() {
 		return baseContext;
 	}
-	
 }
diff --git a/src/api-impl/android/content/Intent.java b/src/api-impl/android/content/Intent.java
index 9d499c6f..5497b2f1 100644
--- a/src/api-impl/android/content/Intent.java
+++ b/src/api-impl/android/content/Intent.java
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ public class Intent {
 	private String action;
 	private Uri data;
 	private int flags;
+	private String type;
 
 	public Intent() {}
 	public Intent(Intent o) {
@@ -43,10 +44,20 @@ public class Intent {
 		this.flags = flags;
 		return this;
 	}
+
+	public int getFlags() {
+		return flags;
+	}
+
 	public Intent setPackage(String packageName) {
 		return this; //??
 	}
 
+	public Intent setType(String type) {
+		this.type = type;
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	public Intent putExtra(String name, Parcelable value) {
 		extras.putParcelable(name, value);
 		return this;
@@ -220,7 +231,7 @@ public class Intent {
 		this.component = component;
 		return this;
 	}
-	
+
 	public ComponentName getComponent() {
 		return component;
 	}
@@ -255,15 +266,10 @@ public class Intent {
 
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return "Intent [component=" + component + ", extras=" + extras + ", action=" + action + ", uri=" + data + "]";
+		return "Intent [component=" + component + ", extras=" + extras + ", action=" + action + ", type=" + type + ", uri=" + data + "]";
 	}
 
 	public static Intent createChooser(Intent target, CharSequence title) {
 		return target;
 	}
-
-	public int getFlags() {
-		return flags;
-	}
-
 }