# Share Component - SendTextMessage
**URL:** https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975
**Category:** Questions about Thunkable X
**Created:** [December 31, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975 "2020-12-31T04:46:08Z")
**Posts on this page:** 17
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### Author:  [@cxscalhoun](https://community.thunkable.com/u/cxscalhoun)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2020, 4:46am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/1 "2020-12-31T04:46:08Z")
Hello:
I’m attempting to send a text message that contains an ampersand (&). The text string truncates at the occurrence of the character.
Please advise,
Courtney S. Calhoun
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2020, 4:47am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/2 "2020-12-31T04:47:43Z")
show blocks
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### Author:  [@tatiang](https://community.thunkable.com/u/tatiang)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2020, 7:11am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/3 "2020-12-31T07:11:07Z")
It works for me in Thunkable Live on an iPhone 11 using these blocks:
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2020, 7:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/4 "2020-12-31T07:33:47Z")
maybe a invalid no. he entered
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### Author:  [@cxscalhoun](https://community.thunkable.com/u/cxscalhoun)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2020, 7:44am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/5 "2020-12-31T07:44:50Z")
tatiang,
Where is this “when - Texting with &” Control found?
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [December 31, 2020, 12:04pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/6 "2020-12-31T12:04:56Z")
wdym?post relvant things pls
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/7 "2021-01-04T05:49:06Z")
wait i can make a samplllle
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 7:02am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/8 "2021-01-04T07:02:16Z")
@cxscalhoun the name you see is not a component. It’s a screen name @tatiang used to demonstrate that the share works.
Hope that makes it clear
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### Author:  [@cxscalhoun](https://community.thunkable.com/u/cxscalhoun)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 7:25am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/9 "2021-01-04T07:25:05Z")
Thank you, @muneer and @tatiang!
I am attempting to assign a variable value containing “&” to the message property.
When the text message appears (Android), it’s text is truncated at the “&.”
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 8:01am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/10 "2021-01-04T08:01:18Z")
I just tried it on Android test and it comes ok
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 9:35am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/11 "2021-01-04T09:35:00Z")
try this
> **[Thunkable](https://x.thunkable.com/copy/96350ed95b45b6c2f3d7cf632bb4b39e)**
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### Author:  [@cxscalhoun](https://community.thunkable.com/u/cxscalhoun)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/12 "2021-01-04T18:21:20Z")
@ [muneer](http://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
Did you assign “test & test” to an app variable and plug the variable into the Share component?
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### Author:  [@muneer](https://community.thunkable.com/u/muneer)
#### Post date: [January 4, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/13 "2021-01-04T19:39:35Z")
I made a simple screen with one text input field and a button
I ran the project from the mobile live test and in the text field I wrote “This & that”
I then pressed the button and got
That’s all
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### Author:  [@ozel1978](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ozel1978)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 2:54pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/14 "2021-01-05T14:54:35Z")
how to share to facebook or other social platform?. we not upload yet to google play store or app store.
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### Author:  [@eko.devs.apploroceo](https://community.thunkable.com/u/eko.devs.apploroceo)
#### Post date: [January 5, 2021, 4:11pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/15 "2021-01-05T16:11:23Z")
use share component
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### Author:  [@cxscalhoun](https://community.thunkable.com/u/cxscalhoun)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/16 "2021-01-12T18:13:12Z")
@ [ekansh\_devs](http://community.thunkable.com/u/ekansh_devs)
I tried your app and the ampersand doesn’t work.
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### Author:  [@ioannis](https://community.thunkable.com/u/ioannis)
#### Post date: [November 8, 2024, 12:19pm UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/share-component-sendtextmessage/1041975/17 "2024-11-08T12:19:18Z")