diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/big_icon.png b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/big_icon.png
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/build.gradle b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b99b102
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+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apply plugin: 'android'
+
+dependencies {
+    compile "com.android.support:support-v4:18.0.+"
+    compile "com.android.support:appcompat-v7:18.0.+"
+}
+
+android {
+    compileSdkVersion 17
+    buildToolsVersion "17.0.0"
+
+    defaultConfig {
+        minSdkVersion 7
+        targetSdkVersion 16
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a5af4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
+
+     Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+     you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+     You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+     Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+     distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+     WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+     See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+     limitations under the License.
+-->
+<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    package="com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider"
+    android:versionCode="1"
+    android:versionName="1.0">
+
+    <!--
+        ActionBarCompat provides an Action Bar from API v7 onwards
+    -->
+    <uses-sdk
+        android:minSdkVersion="7"
+        android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
+
+    <application
+        android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
+        android:label="@string/app_name"
+        android:theme="@style/Theme.AppCompat"
+        android:allowBackup="true">
+
+        <activity
+            android:name=".MainActivity">
+            <!-- Launcher Intent filter -->
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
+
+        <!-- ContentProvider which serves files from this application's asset folder -->
+        <provider
+            android:name=".content.AssetProvider"
+            android:authorities="com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider"
+            android:grantUriPermissions="true"
+            android:exported="true" />
+
+    </application>
+
+</manifest>
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/assets/photo_1.jpg b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/assets/photo_1.jpg
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/assets/photo_2.jpg b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/assets/photo_2.jpg
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/assets/photo_3.jpg b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/assets/photo_3.jpg
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/ic_launcher.png b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-hdpi/ic_launcher.png
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/ic_launcher.png b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-mdpi/ic_launcher.png
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png
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+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-xhdpi/ic_launcher.png
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/drawable-xxhdpi/ic_launcher.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..902e8ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/activity_main.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:orientation="vertical">
+
+    <android.support.v4.view.ViewPager
+        android:id="@+id/viewpager"
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="0dp"
+        android:layout_weight="1" />
+
+    <TextView
+        android:layout_width="match_parent"
+        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
+        android:text="@string/intro_message"
+        android:padding="16dp"
+        android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceMedium"
+        android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.1"
+        android:background="#fb3"/>
+
+</LinearLayout>
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/item_image.xml b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/item_image.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7940e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/item_image.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<ImageView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:scaleType="fitCenter" />
diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/item_text.xml b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/item_text.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00c6a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/layout/item_text.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<TextView xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:layout_width="match_parent"
+    android:layout_height="match_parent"
+    android:padding="16dp"
+    android:textAppearance="?android:textAppearanceLarge"
+    android:lineSpacingMultiplier="1.1"
+    android:gravity="center"/>
diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/menu/main_menu.xml b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/menu/main_menu.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acd2134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/menu/main_menu.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+
+<!--
+  As we're using ActionBarCompat, any action item attributes come from ActionBarCompat's XML
+  namespace instead of the android namespace. Here we've added a new support namespace added to
+  the menu element allowing us to use the 'showAsAction' attribute in a backwards compatible way.
+  Any other action item attributes used should be referenced from this namespace too
+  (actionProviderClass, actionViewClass, actionLayout).
+-->
+<menu xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:support="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto">
+
+    <!--
+      To use ShareActionProvider provided by ActionBarCompat, we reference the class by set the
+      support:actionProviderClass attribute with the full class name of ShareActionProvider.
+    -->
+    <item
+        android:id="@+id/menu_share"
+        android:title="@string/menu_share"
+        support:actionProviderClass="android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider"
+        support:showAsAction="always" />
+
+</menu>
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2b7ef8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+-->
+<resources>
+
+    <string name="app_name">ABC ShareActionProvider</string>
+    <string name="intro_message">This sample demonstrates how to show a
+        <i>ShareActionProvider</i>, updated for the selected content.</string>
+    <string name="menu_share">Share</string>
+
+    <string name="quote_1">Expectation is the root of all heartache - William Shakespeare</string>
+    <string name="quote_2">The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination - Albert
+        Einstein</string>
+    <string name="quote_3">As for me, all I know is that I know nothing - Socrates</string>
+
+</resources>
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/MainActivity.java b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/MainActivity.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c651b39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/MainActivity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider;
+
+import com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider.content.ContentItem;
+
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.support.v4.view.MenuItemCompat;
+import android.support.v4.view.PagerAdapter;
+import android.support.v4.view.ViewPager;
+import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
+import android.support.v7.widget.ShareActionProvider;
+import android.view.LayoutInflater;
+import android.view.Menu;
+import android.view.MenuItem;
+import android.view.View;
+import android.view.ViewGroup;
+import android.widget.ImageView;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+
+/**
+ * This sample shows you how a provide a {@link ShareActionProvider} with ActionBarCompat,
+ * backwards compatible to API v7.
+ * <p>
+ * The sample contains a {@link ViewPager} which displays content of differing types: image and
+ * text. When a new item is selected in the ViewPager, the ShareActionProvider is updated with
+ * a share intent specific to that content.
+ * <p>
+ * This Activity extends from {@link ActionBarActivity}, which provides all of the function
+ * necessary to display a compatible Action Bar on devices running Android v2.1+.
+ */
+public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
+
+    // The items to be displayed in the ViewPager
+    private final ArrayList<ContentItem> mItems = getSampleContent();
+
+    // Keep reference to the ShareActionProvider from the menu
+    private ShareActionProvider mShareActionProvider;
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+
+        // Set content view (which contains a CheeseListFragment)
+        setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
+
+        // Retrieve the ViewPager from the content view
+        ViewPager vp = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.viewpager);
+
+        // Set an OnPageChangeListener so we are notified when a new item is selected
+        vp.setOnPageChangeListener(mOnPageChangeListener);
+
+        // Finally set the adapter so the ViewPager can display items
+        vp.setAdapter(mPagerAdapter);
+    }
+
+    // BEGIN_INCLUDE(get_sap)
+    @Override
+    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
+        // Inflate the menu resource
+        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main_menu, menu);
+
+        // Retrieve the share menu item
+        MenuItem shareItem = menu.findItem(R.id.menu_share);
+
+        // Now get the ShareActionProvider from the item
+        mShareActionProvider = (ShareActionProvider) MenuItemCompat.getActionProvider(shareItem);
+
+        return super.onCreateOptionsMenu(menu);
+    }
+    // END_INCLUDE(get_sap)
+
+    /**
+     * A PagerAdapter which instantiates views based on the ContentItem's content type.
+     */
+    private final PagerAdapter mPagerAdapter = new PagerAdapter() {
+        LayoutInflater mInflater;
+
+        @Override
+        public int getCount() {
+            return mItems.size();
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isViewFromObject(View view, Object o) {
+            return view == o;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void destroyItem(ViewGroup container, int position, Object object) {
+            // Just remove the view from the ViewPager
+            container.removeView((View) object);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Object instantiateItem(ViewGroup container, int position) {
+            // Ensure that the LayoutInflater is instantiated
+            if (mInflater == null) {
+                mInflater = LayoutInflater.from(MainActivity.this);
+            }
+
+            // Get the item for the requested position
+            final ContentItem item = mItems.get(position);
+
+            // The view we need to inflate changes based on the type of content
+            switch (item.contentType) {
+                case ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT: {
+                    // Inflate item layout for text
+                    TextView tv = (TextView) mInflater
+                            .inflate(R.layout.item_text, container, false);
+
+                    // Set text content using it's resource id
+                    tv.setText(item.contentResourceId);
+
+                    // Add the view to the ViewPager
+                    container.addView(tv);
+                    return tv;
+                }
+                case ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE: {
+                    // Inflate item layout for images
+                    ImageView iv = (ImageView) mInflater
+                            .inflate(R.layout.item_image, container, false);
+
+                    // Load the image from it's content URI
+                    iv.setImageURI(item.getContentUri());
+
+                    // Add the view to the ViewPager
+                    container.addView(iv);
+                    return iv;
+                }
+            }
+
+            return null;
+        }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * A OnPageChangeListener used to update the ShareActionProvider's share intent when a new item
+     * is selected in the ViewPager.
+     */
+    private final ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener mOnPageChangeListener
+            = new ViewPager.OnPageChangeListener() {
+
+        @Override
+        public void onPageScrolled(int position, float positionOffset, int positionOffsetPixels) {
+            // NO-OP
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onPageSelected(int position) {
+            // BEGIN_INCLUDE(update_sap)
+            if (mShareActionProvider != null) {
+                // Get the currently selected item, and retrieve it's share intent
+                ContentItem item = mItems.get(position);
+                Intent shareIntent = item.getShareIntent(MainActivity.this);
+
+                // Now update the ShareActionProvider with the new share intent
+                mShareActionProvider.setShareIntent(shareIntent);
+            }
+            // END_INCLUDE(update_sap)
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void onPageScrollStateChanged(int state) {
+            // NO-OP
+        }
+    };
+
+    /**
+     * @return An ArrayList of ContentItem's to be displayed in this sample
+     */
+    static ArrayList<ContentItem> getSampleContent() {
+        ArrayList<ContentItem> items = new ArrayList<ContentItem>();
+
+        items.add(new ContentItem(ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE, "photo_1.jpg"));
+        items.add(new ContentItem(ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT, R.string.quote_1));
+        items.add(new ContentItem(ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT, R.string.quote_2));
+        items.add(new ContentItem(ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE, "photo_2.jpg"));
+        items.add(new ContentItem(ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT, R.string.quote_3));
+        items.add(new ContentItem(ContentItem.CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE, "photo_3.jpg"));
+
+        return items;
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/content/AssetProvider.java b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/content/AssetProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b60f7d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/content/AssetProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider.content;
+
+import android.content.ContentProvider;
+import android.content.ContentValues;
+import android.content.res.AssetFileDescriptor;
+import android.content.res.AssetManager;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * A simple ContentProvider which can serve files from this application's assets. The majority of
+ * functionality is in {@link #openAssetFile(android.net.Uri, String)}.
+ */
+public class AssetProvider extends ContentProvider {
+
+    public static String CONTENT_URI = "com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider";
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean onCreate() {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int delete(Uri uri, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
+        // Do not support delete requests.
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getType(Uri uri) {
+        // Do not support returning the data type
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Uri insert(Uri uri, ContentValues values) {
+        // Do not support insert requests.
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Cursor query(Uri uri, String[] projection, String selection, String[] selectionArgs,
+            String sortOrder) {
+        // Do not support query requests.
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int update(Uri uri, ContentValues values, String selection, String[] selectionArgs) {
+        // Do not support update requests.
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AssetFileDescriptor openAssetFile(Uri uri, String mode) throws FileNotFoundException {
+        // The asset file name should be the last path segment
+        final String assetName = uri.getLastPathSegment();
+
+        // If the given asset name is empty, throw an exception
+        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(assetName)) {
+            throw new FileNotFoundException();
+        }
+
+        try {
+            // Try and return a file descriptor for the given asset name
+            AssetManager am = getContext().getAssets();
+            return am.openFd(assetName);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return super.openAssetFile(uri, mode);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/content/ContentItem.java b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/content/ContentItem.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09f8003
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/actionbarcompat/ShareActionProvider/src/main/src/com/example/android/actionbarcompat/shareactionprovider/content/ContentItem.java
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2013 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.example.android.actionbarcompat.shareactionprovider.content;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.content.Intent;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.text.TextUtils;
+
+/**
+ * This class encapsulates a content item. Referencing the content's type, and the differing way
+ * to reference the content (asset URI or resource id).
+ */
+public class ContentItem {
+    // Used to signify an image content type
+    public static final int CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE = 0;
+    // Used to signify a text/string content type
+    public static final int CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT = 1;
+
+    public final int contentType;
+    public final int contentResourceId;
+    public final String contentAssetFilePath;
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a ContentItem with the specified type, referencing a resource id.
+     *
+     * @param type - One of {@link #CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE} or {@link #CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT}
+     * @param resourceId - Resource ID to use for this item's content
+     */
+    public ContentItem(int type, int resourceId) {
+        contentType = type;
+        contentResourceId = resourceId;
+        contentAssetFilePath = null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a ContentItem with the specified type, referencing an asset file path.
+     *
+     * @param type - One of {@link #CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE} or {@link #CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT}
+     * @param assetFilePath - File path from the application's asset for this item's content
+     */
+    public ContentItem(int type, String assetFilePath) {
+        contentType = type;
+        contentAssetFilePath = assetFilePath;
+        contentResourceId = 0;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return Uri to the content
+     */
+    public Uri getContentUri() {
+        if (!TextUtils.isEmpty(contentAssetFilePath)) {
+            // If this content has an asset, then return a AssetProvider Uri
+            return Uri.parse("content://" + AssetProvider.CONTENT_URI + "/" + contentAssetFilePath);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an {@link Intent} which can be used to share this item's content with other
+     * applications.
+     *
+     * @param context - Context to be used for fetching resources if needed
+     * @return Intent to be given to a ShareActionProvider.
+     */
+    public Intent getShareIntent(Context context) {
+        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_SEND);
+
+        switch (contentType) {
+            case CONTENT_TYPE_IMAGE:
+                intent.setType("image/jpg");
+                // Bundle the asset content uri as the EXTRA_STREAM uri
+                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, getContentUri());
+                break;
+
+            case CONTENT_TYPE_TEXT:
+                intent.setType("text/plain");
+                // Get the string resource and bundle it as an intent extra
+                intent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, context.getString(contentResourceId));
+                break;
+        }
+
+        return intent;
+    }
+
+}