Native Share for Android & iOS [Open Source]

You must delete the provider tag from AndroidManifest.

 

I have deleted provider tag and your plugin. After that, I have imported it again, but it still have error

 

Please make sure that there are no providers with name "com.yasirkula.unity.UnitySSContentProvider" in any of your AndroidManifest files. NativeShare doesn't use that class anymore so it isn't added by NativeShare. As a last resort, you can also delete your Library folder and see if it helps.

 

Thank you so much!!!!
It worked

 

hello @yasirkula ,
thanks for your work and thanks for sharing these great plugins with us,
i am saving an image using NativeGallery and i used the GetTemporarySavePath to get the path and use it for sharing but i get the following error on logcat,
E/Unity: File does not exist at path or permission denied: /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.Linkdev.IHFARApp/files/NGallery/IMG03-06-2020-16-20-21.jpg
NativeShare:AddFile(String, String)
i am only sharing and image right now without a text,
any hints?

 

NativeGallery doesn't support retrieving the saved image's path, so you shouldn't rely on GetTemporarySavePath. You can save a copy of the image to Application.temporaryCachePath and use that path instead.

 

@yasirkula ,
i went through this forum's posts and saw a post about sharing a video saved by nativegallery and GetTemporarySavePath was suggested, so i thought it already does that,
now that you highlighted the difference i saved it in the cache and its working perfectly thanks for the swift reply ,
and keep up the good work (y) .

 

Hello,

I'm getting a serious issue while trying to share on Messenger on some iOS devices.

Messenger changed the share interaction to give the user some waiting time so they can cancel the share action before it is done. While on Android the wait is okay, on some iOS devices it simply doesn't wait and closes the native prompt for sharing, cancelling the action. Resulting in never being able to share over Messenger. We only share links, using the SetText.



Is this fixable? Overall this plugin works just fine and suits all of our current and future needs, I really wouldn't like to change.

 

I tried googling this canceling feature in a number of ways like "messenger cancel share" or "messenger adds cancel share feature" but couldn't see any posts about the feature. I was then planning to search technical topics on stackoverflow but now I don't know what keywords to use to find relevant results.

 

It's not exactly a feature but a minor UX change. If you try to share using facebook you will notice how it seems. 2-3 secs of showing "Undo" before graying out and showing "Sent"

 

iOS sharing code is actually very simple: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare/blob/master/Plugins/NativeShare/iOS/NativeShare.mm. It creates a UIActivityViewController object, fills its parameters and displays it. The rest is handled by UIActivityViewController itself. Currently, I am not sure what is causing this issue or how it can be resolved but as time passes, probably stackoverflow entries will start popping up.

 

Thanks for the help.

The exact cause, why it behaves like this with that URL still a mystery but at least we can work around.

After a lot of testing we found out what was the issue, our QA misled us to think it was something with the plugin and this behaviour of the Messenger app.We found out it was the URL we were sharing. It had some issues on sharing through messenger on iOS, for some reason being shortened by a service from Amazon made it unshareable in that environment. We tried setting subject, other kinds of text, etc until we found out that we use another third-party shortener it would work.

Again, thanks for the help.

 

Is there any way to get share dialog close callback? (cancelled or shared successfully)? The problem is that game not pause and app is still in foreground, and there is no event to listen to resume the gameplay.

 

NativeShare doesn't support callbacks, sorry.

 

Hello,
Thanks for this great package.
I imported the package via assetstore and it is now in assets->plugins folder but in Visual Studio, in solution of the project that I imported the package, I cannot access the NativeShare class?

Am I missing something?

 

Replied to your other comment.

 

Hello,
My app, working for android and for IOs, is using the plugin to simply share a screenshot.
On android everything is working fine, but on IOs there is an issue with sharing via third party applications.
Although they are visible in the selection of the apps they are not able to share the screenshot.

From the Log:
[26427:6246222] [lifecycle ] [u F644722D-2BEF-47BA-860C-FD94A247EDD1:m (null)] [com.hammerandchisel.discord.Share(28.0)] Connection to plugin interrupted while in use. and
[com.hammerandchisel.discord.Share(28.0)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use.
[26427:6245354] [core] SLRemoteComposeViewController: (this may be harmless) viewServiceDidTerminateWithError: Error Domain=_UIViewServiceInterfaceErrorDomain Code=3 "(null)" UserInfo={Message=Service Connection Interrupted}
[26427:6245354] viewServiceDidTerminateWithError:: Error Domain=_UIViewServiceInterfaceErrorDomain Code=3 "(null)" UserInfo={Message=Service Connection Interrupted}
[26427:6245354] Warning: Attempt to dismiss from view controller <UIActivityViewController: 0x13623d400> while a presentation or dismiss is in progress!
[26427:6245549] [lifecycle ] [u A14D42C2-952F-4D79-B7D5-2828E657F09D:m (null)] [com.apple.share.Facebook.post(274.0)] Connection to plugin interrupted while in use.
[com.apple.share.Facebook.post(274.0)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use.
[26427:6245354] [core] SLRemoteComposeViewController: (this may be harmless) viewServiceDidTerminateWithError: Error Domain=_UIViewServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(null)" UserInfo={Terminated=disconnect method}
[26427:6246787] [lifecycle ] [u 84E14A41-9A75-43C3-8729-19D5F535D708:m (null)] [net.whatsapp.WhatsApp.ShareExtension(2.20.61)] Connection to plugin interrupted while in use.
[26427:6245354] [core] SLRemoteComposeViewController: (this may be harmless) viewServiceDidTerminateWithError: Error Domain=_UIViewServiceErrorDomain Code=1 "(null)" UserInfo={Terminated=disconnect method}
[26427:6246787] [assertion] Error acquiring assertion: <NSError: 0x28313ea00; domain: RBSAssertionErrorDomain; code: 2; reason: "Specified target process does not exist">
[26427:6246709] [lifecycle ] [u F644722D-2BEF-47BA-860C-FD94A247EDD1:m (null)] [com.hammerandchisel.discord.Share(28.0)] Connection to plugin interrupted while in use.
[com.hammerandchisel.discord.Share(28.0)] Connection to plugin invalidated while in use.

 

Are you trying to share a screenshot with text? What happens when you don't call SetText and SetSubject functions?

 

No i am not using a text. Here the function which make use of the plugin.
I looked to keep it as simple as possible.

private void ShareTexture(Texture2D TextureToSave)
{
var bytes = TextureToSave.EncodeToPNG();
var path = Config.PersistantCacheUrl + "/tmp.png";
File.WriteAllBytes(path, bytes);
NativeShare sharehandle = new NativeShare();
sharehandle.AddFile(path);
sharehandle.Share();
}

 

I can see the error messages "Connection to plugin invalidated while in use" and "Connection to plugin interrupted while in use" for Discord, Facebook and WhatsApp. Since you didn't tell that "only Discord has this problem", I'm assuming that sharing doesn't work for any of these apps.

Googling these issues didn't yield any useful results, so I can't tell why this is happening at the moment. I'd recommend you to create a new Unity project, import Native Share and test the example code on an actual iOS device (not Simulator). If it works, then the issue is related to either the path in your code or something else in your own project.

 

The issue happens only with third party applications.

I will try that out. Thanks for the quick answer.

 

Yes, got it.
Thank you so much.
Everything is fine about the package.

 

very very nice.best wishes!

 

Added share callback support with the latest release! It was undoubtedly the most requested feature. Already available on GitHub. Asset Store version is pending review.

 

Hello sir,
I'm using the project https://github.com/thanh-nguyen-kim/Unity_Android_Screen_Recorder
there i got the line (+NativeShare for native send or share a video, image or text via social network). in that project it can record & save video to gallery. but i want one more button for sharing video. I'm very new on unity.,i know its easy for experienced developer to crate share option for recorded video, but for me only specific details or example scene works. please help me to do so with your plugin.

 

I don't think that the author meant to mention my plugin when he said NativeShare, they meant their own native sharing function(s). I don't know how you can use their functions. If you want to use my NativeShare plugin, you can check out the documentation and example code at: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare#example-code

 

Yasirkula, thank you for native share plugin.
Now I am using latest version of this plugin and as I can see in GitHub I don't have to make any manual changes in AndroidManifest.xml. Now when I build my project as not gradle project it works perfectly (screenshot attached), but when I build gradle project share function does not work (share panel does not show up)

 

Can you check logcat logs and see if a NativeShare-related error message is logged there when you attempt to share?

 

I am using BlueStacks to test apk-s and can't find way to check the logs. But I have same problem with 2 other Anrdoid devices(problem is not with emulator).

 

Can you check logcat on those other devices? Knowing the error messages really help debugging the issue.

 

I replaced datelog with "-------------------- ".
So you were right, here is an "E" (Error)


-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : AndroidJavaException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.yasirkula.unity.NativeShare
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.yasirkula.unity.NativeShare
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:400)
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.nativeRender(Native Method)
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.access$300()
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer$e$1.handleMessage()
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:98)
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:154)
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer$e.run()
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.yasirkula.unity.NativeShare" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.takear.takear-1/base.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app/com.takear.takear-1/lib/arm, /data/app/com.takear.takear-1/base.apk!/lib/armeabi-v7a, /system/lib, /vendor/lib, /data/downloads, /data/priv-downloads]]


-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.findClass(BaseDexClassLoader.java:56)
-------------------- 3754 3810 E Unity : at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass

 

Seems like NativeShare classes are stripped from your build but I'm not sure why. I can see that you have Minification disabled, which is good. Are you building the game from Android Studio or did any other plugins you are using mention in their documentation that they activate e.g. ProGuard while building the game?

 

Auuuu, Thank you very much.
Worked super!
I am using Unity Editor while building and have selected custom ProGuard option checkbox, so I had build error when unchecked that option, as mainTemplate.gradle used it. So I added

-keep class com.yasirkula.unity.* { *; }

to my "proguard-user.txt" and it worked perfectly!

Thank you!

 

Hi, great plugin!

I was wondering if you could help me with an issue I'm having with iOS.
I have one button that takes a screenshot and saves it to the PersistentDataPath, then another button that shares the screenshot (this is your plugin).
I've tried with and without the text but I get the same error in Xcode:

Code (CSharp):

1. Share Error: file does not exist at path or permission denied:

When I save the take the screenshot, my log tells me that it's saved to:

Code (CSharp):

1. /var/mobile/Containers/Data?Application/644A65F2-8BF9-4311-AFB3-1195A446EEDD/Documents/MyScreenshot_02-33-27_12-08-20.jpg

But when I try to get the image from the PersistentDataPath to share, the log comes up with no pathway

Any ideas?

 

Unity's screen capture functions may not save the screenshot to the target path immediately. The "Share Error" only occurs when File.Exists returns false, so the image doesn't exist at that path when you call NativeShare.AddFile. The example code also has a screenshot function, you can try using that instead: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare#example-code

 

@yasirkula , thanks for the plugin mate, its light and works great. but I've an issue with keyboard while sharing an image on iOS instagram, its not opening keyboard if I want to add text before sharing my image. key works for other sharable apps for ex: FB and whatsapp. Do you why this issue?

 

I'd like to believe that this issue isn't caused by NativeShare because it has no app-specific logic in it.

 

@yasirkula its opening panel of apps to which you can share, but when try to open whatsapp , it shows toast message "Cant send empty message" and app get stuck... please provide solution.

 

May I see your sharing code?

 

@yasirkula hi I just wanted to ask if it is possible to show only some apps in the share pannel? I want to have a button for Instagram and then button for facebook and no other apps...

 

Please check out the relevant FAQ entry here.

 

@yasirkula Hi, Is there a way to exclude specific apps from showing up on native share UI, say I don;t want FB app or instagram app to show up and show all the other apps that are installed?

 

Possible on only iOS by modifying the source code slightly: https://forum.unity.com/threads/native-share-for-android-ios-open-source.519865/page-4#post-4011874

 

@yasirkula Hi. Thanks for you package. I got some troubles with saving photos in IOS Photo Gallery. Error in console Share error: Error Domain=ALAssetsLibraryErrorDomain Code=-3310 "Data unavailable" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x2805c0cf0 {Error Domain=ALAssetsLibraryErrorDomain Code=-3310 "Data unavailable" UserInfo={NSUnderlyingError=0x28043e970 {Error Domain=com.apple.photos.error Code=-3001 "(null)"}, NSLocalizedDescription=Data unavailable, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Launch the Photos application}}, NSLocalizedDescription=Data unavailable, NSLocalizedRecoverySuggestion=Launch the Photos application
Please, help me

 

You are using NativeShare, NOT NativeGallery; am I right? If so, on which iOS version are you having this issue? Does uninstalling and then reinstalling the app help?

 

Yes, you are right. I'm using iPad 2020 pro with iOS 13.6.1. Reinstalling app doesn't help for me. I write all permission as guideline Photo Library Usage and Photo Additional Usage.

 

This on is tough. I honestly don't know why this is happening. If other share targets also fail, this might be related to the image file itself. Otherwise, I'd recommend you to remove the "Save image" option from share sheet by excluding UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll as follows: https://forum.unity.com/threads/native-share-for-android-ios-open-source.519865/page-4#post-4011874

 

@yasirkula Hi, I just wanted to use Native Share< downloaded, imported it in my project, wrote a script and then tried to build my app , got some error, could u help me please

 

Are you sure that this is caused by NativeShare? I'd recommend you to close your Unity project, delete the Library folder, delete first.apk file, reopen the Unity project and build again.

 

Now it WORKS!!! Thank you so much!