diff --git a/AndroidManifest.xml b/AndroidManifest.xml
index 48883cde8..d1d4c33d4 100644
--- a/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -154,8 +154,15 @@
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
                 <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
                 <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
-                <data android:mimeType="*/*"/>
+                <data android:mimeType="*/*" android:scheme="file"/>
             </intent-filter>
+
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
+                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
+            </intent-filter>
+
         </activity>
 
         <activity
diff --git a/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/Apg.java b/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/Apg.java
index e860bddc8..001fa138f 100644
--- a/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/Apg.java
+++ b/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/Apg.java
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ public class Apg {
         public static final String ENCRYPT_AND_RETURN = "org.thialfihar.android.apg.intent.ENCRYPT_AND_RETURN";
         public static final String SELECT_PUBLIC_KEYS = "org.thialfihar.android.apg.intent.SELECT_PUBLIC_KEYS";
         public static final String SELECT_SECRET_KEY = "org.thialfihar.android.apg.intent.SELECT_SECRET_KEY";
+        public static final String IMPORT = "org.thialfihar.android.apg.intent.IMPORT";
     }
 
     public static final String EXTRA_TEXT = "text";
@@ -573,7 +574,8 @@ public class Apg {
         progress.setProgress(R.string.progress_done, 100, 100);
     }
 
-    public static Bundle importKeyRings(Activity context, int type, String filename,
+    public static Bundle importKeyRings(Activity context, int type,
+                                        InputStream inStream, long dataLength,
                                         ProgressDialogUpdater progress)
             throws GeneralException, FileNotFoundException, PGPException, IOException {
         Bundle returnData = new Bundle();
@@ -588,9 +590,7 @@ public class Apg {
             throw new GeneralException(context.getString(R.string.error_externalStorageNotReady));
         }
 
-        FileInputStream fileIn = new FileInputStream(filename);
-        long fileSize = new File(filename).length();
-        PositionAwareInputStream progressIn = new PositionAwareInputStream(fileIn);
+        PositionAwareInputStream progressIn = new PositionAwareInputStream(inStream);
         // need to have access to the bufferedInput, so we can reuse it for the possible
         // PGPObject chunks after the first one, e.g. files with several consecutive ASCII
         // armour blocks
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ public class Apg {
                     } else if (retValue == Id.return_value.ok) {
                         ++newKeys;
                     }
-                    progress.setProgress((int)(100 * progressIn.position() / fileSize), 100);
+                    progress.setProgress((int)(100 * progressIn.position() / dataLength), 100);
                     obj = objectFactory.nextObject();
                 }
             }
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ public class Apg {
     }
 
     public static Bundle exportKeyRings(Activity context, Vector<Integer> keyRingIds,
-                                        String filename,
+                                        OutputStream outStream,
                                         ProgressDialogUpdater progress)
             throws GeneralException, FileNotFoundException, PGPException, IOException {
         Bundle returnData = new Bundle();
@@ -667,8 +667,7 @@ public class Apg {
         if (!Environment.getExternalStorageState().equals(Environment.MEDIA_MOUNTED)) {
             throw new GeneralException(context.getString(R.string.error_externalStorageNotReady));
         }
-        FileOutputStream fileOut = new FileOutputStream(new File(filename), false);
-        ArmoredOutputStream out = new ArmoredOutputStream(fileOut);
+        ArmoredOutputStream out = new ArmoredOutputStream(outStream);
 
         int numKeys = 0;
         for (int i = 0; i < keyRingIds.size(); ++i) {
@@ -689,7 +688,6 @@ public class Apg {
             ++numKeys;
         }
         out.close();
-        fileOut.close();
         returnData.putInt("exported", numKeys);
 
         progress.setProgress(R.string.progress_done, 100, 100);
diff --git a/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/GeneralActivity.java b/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/GeneralActivity.java
index a66a7c1b4..686d6fd39 100644
--- a/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/GeneralActivity.java
+++ b/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/GeneralActivity.java
@@ -144,10 +144,24 @@ public class GeneralActivity extends BaseActivity {
             }
 
             case Id.choice.action.import_public: {
+                intent.setClass(this, PublicKeyListActivity.class);
+                intent.setAction(Apg.Intent.IMPORT);
+                if (mDataString != null) {
+                    intent.putExtra(Apg.EXTRA_TEXT, mDataString);
+                } else if (mDataUri != null) {
+                    intent.setDataAndType(mDataUri, mIntent.getType());
+                }
                 break;
             }
 
             case Id.choice.action.import_secret: {
+                intent.setClass(this, SecretKeyListActivity.class);
+                intent.setAction(Apg.Intent.IMPORT);
+                if (mDataString != null) {
+                    intent.putExtra(Apg.EXTRA_TEXT, mDataString);
+                } else if (mDataUri != null) {
+                    intent.setDataAndType(mDataUri, mIntent.getType());
+                }
                 break;
             }
 
diff --git a/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/KeyListActivity.java b/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/KeyListActivity.java
index 4bb2c091d..1e531676b 100644
--- a/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/KeyListActivity.java
+++ b/src/org/thialfihar/android/apg/KeyListActivity.java
@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@
 
 package org.thialfihar.android.apg;
 
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.util.Vector;
 
 import org.bouncycastle2.openpgp.PGPException;
@@ -65,6 +71,8 @@ public class KeyListActivity extends BaseActivity {
     protected String mImportFilename = Constants.path.app_dir + "/";
     protected String mExportFilename = Constants.path.app_dir + "/";
 
+    protected String mImportData;
+
     protected int mKeyType = Id.type.public_key;
 
     @Override
@@ -89,6 +97,16 @@ public class KeyListActivity extends BaseActivity {
         });
 
         handleIntent(getIntent());
+
+        Intent intent = getIntent();
+        if (Apg.Intent.IMPORT.equals(intent.getAction())) {
+            if ("file".equals(intent.getScheme()) && intent.getDataString() != null) {
+                mImportFilename = intent.getDataString().replace("file://", "");
+            } else {
+                mImportData = intent.getStringExtra(Apg.EXTRA_TEXT);
+            }
+            importKeys();
+        }
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -291,16 +309,26 @@ public class KeyListActivity extends BaseActivity {
         Bundle data = new Bundle();
         Message msg = new Message();
 
-        String filename = null;
-        if (mTask == Id.task.import_keys) {
-            filename = mImportFilename;
-        } else {
-            filename = mExportFilename;
-        }
-
         try {
+            InputStream importInputStream = null;
+            OutputStream exportOutputStream = null;
+            long size = 0;
             if (mTask == Id.task.import_keys) {
-                data = Apg.importKeyRings(this, mKeyType, filename, this);
+                if (mImportData != null) {
+                    byte[] bytes = mImportData.getBytes();
+                    size = bytes.length;
+                    importInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(bytes);
+                } else {
+                    File file = new File(mImportFilename);
+                    size = file.length();
+                    importInputStream = new FileInputStream(file);
+                }
+            } else {
+                exportOutputStream = new FileOutputStream(mExportFilename);
+            }
+
+            if (mTask == Id.task.import_keys) {
+                data = Apg.importKeyRings(this, mKeyType, importInputStream, size, this);
             } else {
                 Vector<Integer> keyRingIds = new Vector<Integer>();
                 if (mSelectedItem == -1) {
@@ -312,7 +340,7 @@ public class KeyListActivity extends BaseActivity {
                     keyRingIds.add(keyRingId);
                     mSelectedItem = -1;
                 }
-                data = Apg.exportKeyRings(this, keyRingIds, filename, this);
+                data = Apg.exportKeyRings(this, keyRingIds, exportOutputStream, this);
             }
         } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
             error = getString(R.string.error_fileNotFound);
@@ -324,6 +352,8 @@ public class KeyListActivity extends BaseActivity {
             error = "" + e;
         }
 
+        mImportData = null;
+
         if (mTask == Id.task.import_keys) {
             data.putInt(Apg.EXTRA_STATUS, Id.message.import_done);
         } else {