@tinnolab/ios-share-extension-plugin

An updated fork from expo-config-plugin-ios-share-extension

An Expo config plugin to auto-configure iOS Share Extension

Installation

Install it in your project:

npx expo install @tinnolab/ios-share-extension-plugin

In your app’s Expo config (app.json, or app.config.js), make sure that @tinnolab/ios-share-extension-plugin has been added to the list of plugins.

  "plugins": [
            [
                "@tinnolab/ios-share-extension-plugin",
                {
                    "activationRules": {
                        "NSExtensionActivationSupportsText": false,
                        "NSExtensionActivationSupportsWebURLWithMaxCount": 1,
                        "NSExtensionActivationSupportsMovieWithMaxCount": 1
                    }
                }
            ],
  ]

Next, rebuild your app.

eas build --profile development --platform ios

Known limitations

• Currently, only URL receiving is supported
• Only support directly redirect to Containing app.
  • Here's an article that explains why this approach was chosen.

How it works.

TODO

• Support receiving more content types
• Support Android

Acknowledgements

This plugin was inspired by:

• react-native-app-clip
• cordova-plugin-openwith
• react-native-share-menu
• react-native-receive-sharing-intent
• expo/config-plugins
• cordova-node-xcode