diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/ShareActivity.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/ShareActivity.java
index 28d26314f..c461420cd 100644
--- a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/ShareActivity.java
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/ShareActivity.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.wikimedia.commons;
 
+import android.app.Activity;
 import android.content.ComponentName;
 import android.content.ServiceConnection;
 import android.database.Cursor;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import android.text.TextWatcher;
 import android.util.Log;
 import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
 import com.nostra13.universalimageloader.core.ImageLoader;
+import org.wikimedia.commons.*;
 import org.wikimedia.commons.auth.AuthenticatedActivity;
 import org.wikimedia.commons.auth.WikiAccountAuthenticator;
 
@@ -64,60 +66,20 @@ public class ShareActivity extends AuthenticatedActivity {
     };
 
 
-    private class StartUploadTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Contribution> {
+    private class SingleStartUploadTask extends StartUploadTask {
 
-        @Override
-        protected void onPreExecute() {
-            Toast startingToast = Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), R.string.uploading_started, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
-            startingToast.show();
-        }
-
-        @Override
-        protected Contribution doInBackground(Void... voids) {
-            String title = titleEdit.getText().toString();
-            String description = descEdit.getText().toString();
-
-            Date dateCreated = null;
-
-            Long length = null;
-            try {
-                length = getContentResolver().openAssetFileDescriptor(mediaUri, "r").getLength();
-                if(length == -1) {
-                    // Let us find out the long way!
-                    length = Utils.countBytes(getContentResolver().openInputStream(mediaUri));
-                }
-            } catch(IOException e) {
-                throw new RuntimeException(e);
-            }
-
-            String extension = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getExtensionFromMimeType(mimeType);
-
-            if(extension != null && !title.toLowerCase().endsWith(extension.toLowerCase())) {
-                title += "." + extension;
-            }
-
-            Log.d("Commons", "Title is " + title + " mimetype is " + mimeType);
-
-            if(mimeType.startsWith("image/")) {
-                Cursor cursor = getContentResolver().query(mediaUri,
-                        new String[]{MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN}, null, null, null);
-                if(cursor != null && cursor.getCount() != 0) {
-                    cursor.moveToFirst();
-                    dateCreated = new Date(cursor.getLong(0));
-                } // FIXME: Alternate way of setting dateCreated if this data is not found
-            }
-            Contribution contribution = new Contribution(mediaUri, null, title, description, length, dateCreated, null, app.getCurrentAccount().name, CommonsApplication.DEFAULT_EDIT_SUMMARY);
-            contribution.setSource(source);
-            return contribution;
+        private SingleStartUploadTask(Activity context, UploadService uploadService, String rawTitle, Uri mediaUri, String description, String mimeType, String source) {
+            super(context, uploadService, rawTitle, mediaUri, description, mimeType, source);
         }
 
         @Override
         protected void onPostExecute(Contribution contribution) {
-            uploadService.queue(UploadService.ACTION_UPLOAD_FILE, contribution);
+            super.onPostExecute(contribution);
             finish();
         }
     }
 
+
     @Override
     public void onBackPressed() {
         super.onBackPressed();
@@ -157,7 +119,7 @@ public class ShareActivity extends AuthenticatedActivity {
             uploadButton.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
                 @Override
                 public void onClick(View v) {
-                    StartUploadTask task = new StartUploadTask();
+                    StartUploadTask task = new SingleStartUploadTask(ShareActivity.this, uploadService, titleEdit.getText().toString(), mediaUri, descEdit.getText().toString(), mimeType,  source);
                     task.execute();
                 }
             });
diff --git a/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/StartUploadTask.java b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/StartUploadTask.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e88f8678
--- /dev/null
+++ b/commons/src/main/java/org/wikimedia/commons/StartUploadTask.java
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+package org.wikimedia.commons;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.database.Cursor;
+import android.net.Uri;
+import android.os.AsyncTask;
+import android.provider.MediaStore;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
+import android.widget.Toast;
+import org.wikimedia.commons.CommonsApplication;
+import org.wikimedia.commons.R;
+import org.wikimedia.commons.UploadService;
+import org.wikimedia.commons.Utils;
+import org.wikimedia.commons.contributions.Contribution;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class StartUploadTask extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Contribution> {
+
+    private Activity context;
+    private String rawTitle;
+    private Uri mediaUri;
+    private String description;
+    private String mimeType;
+    private String source;
+    private UploadService uploadService;
+    private CommonsApplication app;
+
+    public StartUploadTask(Activity context, UploadService uploadService, String rawTitle, Uri mediaUri, String description, String mimeType, String source) {
+        this.context = context;
+        this.rawTitle = rawTitle;
+        this.mediaUri = mediaUri;
+        this.description = description;
+        this.mimeType = mimeType;
+        this.source = source;
+        this.uploadService = uploadService;
+
+        app = (CommonsApplication)context.getApplicationContext();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPreExecute() {
+        Toast startingToast = Toast.makeText(context.getApplicationContext(), R.string.uploading_started, Toast.LENGTH_LONG);
+        startingToast.show();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Contribution doInBackground(Void... voids) {
+        String title = rawTitle;
+
+        Date dateCreated = null;
+
+        Long length = null;
+        try {
+            length = context.getContentResolver().openAssetFileDescriptor(mediaUri, "r").getLength();
+            if(length == -1) {
+                // Let us find out the long way!
+                length = Utils.countBytes(context.getContentResolver().openInputStream(mediaUri));
+            }
+        } catch(IOException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
+        String extension = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getExtensionFromMimeType(mimeType);
+
+        if(extension != null && !title.toLowerCase().endsWith(extension.toLowerCase())) {
+            title += "." + extension;
+        }
+
+        Log.d("Commons", "Title is " + title + " mimetype is " + mimeType);
+
+        if(mimeType.startsWith("image/")) {
+            Cursor cursor = context.getContentResolver().query(mediaUri,
+                    new String[]{MediaStore.Images.ImageColumns.DATE_TAKEN}, null, null, null);
+            if(cursor != null && cursor.getCount() != 0) {
+                cursor.moveToFirst();
+                dateCreated = new Date(cursor.getLong(0));
+            } // FIXME: Alternate way of setting dateCreated if this data is not found
+        }
+        Contribution contribution = new Contribution(mediaUri, null, title, description, length, dateCreated, null, app.getCurrentAccount().name, CommonsApplication.DEFAULT_EDIT_SUMMARY);
+        contribution.setSource(source);
+        return contribution;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onPostExecute(Contribution contribution) {
+        uploadService.queue(UploadService.ACTION_UPLOAD_FILE, contribution);
+    }
+}
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