diff --git a/ANDROID_INSTRUCTIONS.md b/ANDROID_INSTRUCTIONS.md
index 2339dc3..ee24187 100644
--- a/ANDROID_INSTRUCTIONS.md
+++ b/ANDROID_INSTRUCTIONS.md
@@ -58,5 +58,10 @@ public class MainApplication extends Application implements ReactApplication {
     <data android:mimeType="image/*" />
     <!-- Any other mime types you want to support -->
   </intent-filter>
+  <intent-filter>
+      <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+      <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
+      <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
+  </intent-filter>
 </activity>
 ```
diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/meedan/ShareMenuModule.java b/android/src/main/java/com/meedan/ShareMenuModule.java
index 09abd7b..fe49889 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/meedan/ShareMenuModule.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/meedan/ShareMenuModule.java
@@ -58,7 +58,20 @@ private ReadableMap extractShared(Intent intent)  {
     WritableMap data = Arguments.createMap();
     data.putString(MIME_TYPE_KEY, type);
 
-    if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action)) {
+    if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(action)) {
+
+      if ("text/plain".equals(type)) {
+        data.putString(DATA_KEY, intent.getStringExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT));
+        return data;
+      }
+
+      Uri fileUri = intent.getData();
+
+      if (fileUri != null) {
+        data.putString(DATA_KEY, fileUri.toString());
+        return data;
+      }
+    } else if (Intent.ACTION_SEND.equals(action)) {
       if ("text/plain".equals(type)) {
         data.putString(DATA_KEY, intent.getStringExtra(Intent.EXTRA_TEXT));
         return data;