Native Share for Android & iOS [Open Source]

hi @yasirkula hope you are doing well. i am facing issue regarding native share plugin.
i am using this plugin with AR foundation (Android Platform).
i am using custom gradle of 7.1.1 and also did required changes in

1. Custom Main Gradle Template
2. Custom Launcher Gradle Template.
   bu still I am having gradle issue .here is SS
   
   

 

Can you test the following cases and tell me which ones build successfully:

- Remove NativeShare and then undo Gradle Template changes
- Remove NativeShare but don't undo Gradle Template changes
- Don't remove NativeShare but undo Gradle Template changes

 

Hi @yasirkula, thanks for this asset!

There may have already been an answer to this question, but I couldn't find it. Is it possible to send images and videos in one message on iOS? I can send multiple images or multiple videos, but when I try to send a video and an image at the same time, I get only the text which I added.

I use Unity 2020.3.12 and the latest version Xcode and iOS.

 

I've googled "UIActivityViewController can't share image and video" but couldn't find any entries. I'd like to believe that this is an app-specific issue, i.e. doesn't occur while sharing to other apps. Perhaps commenting out these lines will resolve the issue on that app but it will probably cause some other apps to ignore attached images, so it may make things even worse.

 

Thanks for the quick answer! I will try to comment out these lines.

 

Hi! Have you seen this before? Seem to be happening exclusively with Redmi/Xiaomi devices:

I find it strange that it seems to require a very specific App permission (Shazam?). I'm seeing this crash on a few thousand different users, so it could be something specific to that family of devices. Most commonly I see Instagram and Snapchat as target activities over there.

 

This is the first time I hear about this, google didn't help either. I've traced stacktrace as far as this line but I honestly don't know what is going on inside this function: https://android.googlesource.com/pl...erver/wm/ActivityTaskManagerService.java#1040

I've also realized that the stacktrace mentions NativeShareCustomShareDialog which is hand written. There is a slight chance that something wrong is going on in there but I can't spot any issues so far. Custom share dialog is used in different circumstances:

• When native alwaysUseCustomShareDialog boolean is manually set to true
• When SetCallback function is called on Huawei devices
• When SetCallback function is called on Android 21 or earlier
• On Xiaomi devices in landscape mode

 

Hi @yasirkula,
Been using your asset for a few years now and its been working great.
However we recently migrated from using Image+Text share into dynamic links.

Does the plugin support LPLinkMetadata to be able to get a preview of the link already in the share sheet?

 

It sounds interesting but isn't used by NativeShare for the time being, unfortunately.

 

Cool, I actually semi-solved it by adding an iOS function called

Code (CSharp):

1. _NativeShare_ShareLink(const char* link)

which shares a NSUrl instead of strings. Its not instant in the sharesheet but at least it pulls the link metadata

 

Did the built-in SetUrl function not work for you?

 

I was on an old version, updated and tested with SetUrl which worked well

 

Hi there, thanks for making this plugin...

Im trying to install it in a fresh project to try (Unity 2019.4.26f1) but i am unable to compile,

i get the following error in console :

Code (CSharp):

1. Execution failed for task ':unityLibrary:javaPreCompileRelease'.
2. > Could not resolve all files for configuration ':unityLibrary:releaseCompileClasspath'.
3.    > Failed to transform ARPresto-.aar (:ARPresto:) to match attributes {artifactType=android-classes, org.gradle.status=integration, org.gradle.usage=java-api}.
4.       > Execution failed for AarToClassTransform: C:\Unity\ar-media-wall\Temp\gradleOut\unityLibrary\libs\ARPresto.aar.
5.          > entry
6.    > Failed to transform UnityARCore-.aar (:UnityARCore:) to match attributes {artifactType=android-classes, org.gradle.status=integration, org.gradle.usage=java-api}.
7.       > Execution failed for AarToClassTransform: C:\Unity\ar-media-wall\Temp\gradleOut\unityLibrary\libs\UnityARCore.aar.
8.          > entry

ive done the steps in Gradle Troubleshooting as per your FAQ, but i cant seem to find any other resource to help me out here.

thanks for your assistance!

 

Does deleting NativeShare resolve this issue? Because if not, it seems to be caused by Unity ARCore, not NativeShare.

 

yes deleting nativeshare solves the problem

 

Can I see the full error message(s)?

 

Hello There,

I'm trying to build the project after importing NativeShare, but i get this error.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':launcherrocessReleaseResources'.
> Android resource linking failed
Temp\gradleOut\launcher\build\intermediates\merged_manifests\release\AndroidManifest.xml:43: AAPT: error: unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>.

Can you help me solve it.

Best Regards
Alaa Eltayeb

 

Please see the relevant FAQ entry.

 

Hi there, thanks for responding! it seems like the plugin isnt playing nice with ARCore...

Here it is:

Code (CSharp):

1. CommandInvokationFailure: Gradle build failed.
2. C:/Program Files/Unity/Hub/Editor/2019.4.26f1/Editor/Data/PlaybackEngines/AndroidPlayer\OpenJDK\bin\java.exe -classpath "C:\Users\ryan\Downloads\gradle-6.9.1-bin\gradle-6.9.1\lib\gradle-launcher-6.9.1.jar" org.gradle.launcher.GradleMain "-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096m" "assembleRelease"
3.  
4. stderr[
5.  
6. FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
7.  
8. * What went wrong:
9. Execution failed for task ':unityLibrary:javaPreCompileRelease'.
10. > Could not resolve all files for configuration ':unityLibrary:releaseCompileClasspath'.
11.    > Failed to transform ARPresto-.aar (:ARPresto:) to match attributes {artifactType=android-classes, org.gradle.status=integration, org.gradle.usage=java-api}.
12.       > Execution failed for AarToClassTransform: C:\Unity\arvr_discoveryapp\Temp\gradleOut\unityLibrary\libs\ARPresto.aar.
13.          > entry
14.    > Failed to transform UnityARCore-.aar (:UnityARCore:) to match attributes {artifactType=android-classes, org.gradle.status=integration, org.gradle.usage=java-api}.
15.       > Execution failed for AarToClassTransform: C:\Unity\arvr_discoveryapp\Temp\gradleOut\unityLibrary\libs\UnityARCore.aar.
16.          > entry
17.  
18. * Try:
19. Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.
20.  
21. * Get more help at https://help.gradle.org
22.  
23. BUILD FAILED in 2s
24. Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
25. ]
26. stdout[
27.  
28. > Configure project :launcher
29. WARNING: DSL element 'useProguard' is obsolete and will be removed soon. Use 'android.enableR8' in gradle.properties to switch between R8 and Proguard..
30. WARNING: DSL element 'useProguard' is obsolete and will be removed soon. Use 'android.enableR8' in gradle.properties to switch between R8 and Proguard..
31. Exception while marshalling C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2019.4.26f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\build-tools\28.0.3\package.xml. Probably the SDK is read-only
32. Exception while marshalling C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2019.4.26f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\platform-tools\package.xml. Probably the SDK is read-only
33. Exception while marshalling C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2019.4.26f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\platforms\android-29\package.xml. Probably the SDK is read-only
34. Exception while marshalling C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor\2019.4.26f1\Editor\Data\PlaybackEngines\AndroidPlayer\SDK\tools\package.xml. Probably the SDK is read-only
35.  
36. > Task :launcher:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
37. > Task :unityLibrary:preBuild UP-TO-DATE
38. > Task :launcher:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
39. > Task :unityLibrary:preReleaseBuild UP-TO-DATE
40. > Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseAidl NO-SOURCE
41. > Task :unityLibrary:packageReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
42. > Task :unityLibrary:compileReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
43. > Task :launcher:generateReleaseBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
44. > Task :launcher:compileReleaseAidl NO-SOURCE
45. > Task :launcher:compileReleaseRenderscript NO-SOURCE
46. > Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseBuildConfig UP-TO-DATE
47. > Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
48. > Task :launcher:mainApkListPersistenceRelease UP-TO-DATE
49. > Task :unityLibrary:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
50. > Task :launcher:generateReleaseResValues UP-TO-DATE
51. > Task :launcher:generateReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
52. > Task :launcher:createReleaseCompatibleScreenManifests UP-TO-DATE
53. > Task :launcher:extractDeepLinksRelease UP-TO-DATE
54. > Task :unityLibrary:packageReleaseResources UP-TO-DATE
55. > Task :launcher:prepareLintJar UP-TO-DATE
56. > Task :unityLibrary:parseReleaseLocalResources UP-TO-DATE
57. > Task :unityLibrary:javaPreCompileRelease FAILED
58. > Task :unityLibrary:processReleaseManifest
59. > Task :launcher:mergeReleaseResources
60.  
61. Deprecated Gradle features were used in this build, making it incompatible with Gradle 7.0.
62. Use '--warning-mode all' to show the individual deprecation warnings.
63. See https://docs.gradle.org/6.9.1/userguide/command_line_interface.html#sec:command_line_warnings
64. 13 actionable tasks: 3 executed, 10 up-to-date
65. ]
66. exit code: 1
67. UnityEditor.Android.Command.WaitForProgramToRun (UnityEditor.Utils.Program p, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
68. UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo psi, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
69. UnityEditor.Android.Command.Run (System.String command, System.String args, System.String workingdir, UnityEditor.Android.Command+WaitingForProcessToExit waitingForProcessToExit, System.String errorMsg) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
70. UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools.RunJava (System.String args, System.String workingdir, System.Action`1[T] progress, System.String error) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
71. UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.Action`1[T] progress) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
72. Rethrow as GradleInvokationException: Gradle build failed
73. UnityEditor.Android.GradleWrapper.Run (UnityEditor.Android.AndroidJavaTools javaTools, System.String workingdir, System.String task, System.Action`1[T] progress) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
74. UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.Tasks.BuildGradleProject.Execute (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
75. UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
76. Rethrow as BuildFailedException: Exception of type 'UnityEditor.Build.BuildFailedException' was thrown.
77. UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.CancelPostProcess.AbortBuild (System.String title, System.String message, System.Exception ex) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
78. UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessRunner.RunAllTasks (UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessor.PostProcessorContext context) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
79. UnityEditor.Android.PostProcessAndroidPlayer.PostProcess (UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String stagingAreaData, System.String stagingArea, System.String playerPackage, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
80. UnityEditor.Android.AndroidBuildPostprocessor.PostProcess (UnityEditor.Modules.BuildPostProcessArgs args, UnityEditor.BuildProperties& outProperties) (at <d76da2c9a45b4b02b93f56ae560b1d44>:0)
81. UnityEditor.PostprocessBuildPlayer.Postprocess (UnityEditor.BuildTargetGroup targetGroup, UnityEditor.BuildTarget target, System.String installPath, System.String companyName, System.String productName, System.Int32 width, System.Int32 height, UnityEditor.BuildOptions options, UnityEditor.RuntimeClassRegistry usedClassRegistry, UnityEditor.Build.Reporting.BuildReport report) (at <e6522990dfdf40458abbd5eeeb595b91>:0)
82. UnityEditor.BuildPipeline:BuildPlayer(BuildPlayerOptions)
83. BuildScript:AndroidBuild() (at C:/Unity/commonUnity/Editor/BuildScript.cs:97)

thanks for your assistance

 

I'm trying to understand; the last time the error was about <queries> element. This new error says "Probably the SDK is read-only". Is this another one of the many errors you're getting or did something change?

 

Thanks for responding! i managed to fix it by updating a few packages, i guess older versions of some packages dont play well with the new settings / gradle etc.

 

Seems like this plugin no longer works when targeting api level 30

 

What do you mean? I haven't heard this before. Perhaps you need to check logcat logs to see if there is an error message there.

 

I've always used it and love your plugin but I noticed that it wasn't working on API level 30 - at least not the NativeShare.TargetExists call. I checked log cat but I wasn't getting any messages just that the package doesn't exist. When I try targeting API level 29, it works perfectly. But the play store has a minimum now of 30.

 

Thank you for the details, that helps narrow down the issue. Did the "Android resource linking failed: unexpected element <queries> found in <manifest>" error occur and if so, how did you fix it? By following the steps here or by deleting

<queries>

from AndroidManifest?

 

Thanks for the quick reply - I didn't run into that error and I'm using the built-in Gradle with Unity. I'm on version 2019.4.23f1 and it seems to have Gradle version 5.1.1 but I'm not positive.

 

I updated to Gradle version 5.6.4 but still no dice.

 

I have a possible solution in mind that'll require me to modify the native source code. Will let you know afterwards (via PM).

 

That would be excellent. Let me know if I can help with anything.

 

Hi!

I'm wanting to share multiple files..... but I'm not sure how many files there will be ahead of time.

I want one button to export all files, but once again, I don't know how many ahead of time. Any help would be appreciated!..

Code (CSharp):

1. // I know that this works
2. string fileName1 = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "filename1.xml");
3. string fileName2 = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "filename2.xml");
4.  
5. new NativeShare().AddFile(fileName1).AddFile(fileName2)
6.         .SetSubject("Share all files")
7.         .SetCallback((result, shareTarget) => Debug.Log("Share result: " + result + ", selected app: " + shareTarget))
8.         .Share();
9.  
10. //But there could be 5 files, or 65. Is there a way to pass a string array? Or any other solution?
11. new NativeShare().AddFile(fileName[])
12.         .SetSubject("Share all files")
13.         .SetCallback((result, shareTarget) => Debug.Log("Share result: " + result + ", selected app: " + shareTarget))
14.         .Share();

 

You can do it like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. NativeShare nativeShare = new NativeShare();
2. foreach( string filepath in filepaths )
3.     nativeShare.AddFile( filepath );
4. nativeShare.SetSubject(blabla).SetCallback(blabla).Share();

 

Thanks for the fast response! Works great.

 

Dont know if this is a new issue with latest iOS but all of a sudden, sharing an image does not show the image nor the text in the sharesheet.

Tried with all the text properties of share:

Code (CSharp):

1. var share = new NativeShare();
2. share.AddFile(Application.persistentDataPath + "/Share your image.png","image/png");
3. share.SetSubject("Share your image").SetText("Share your image").SetTitle("Share your image");
4. share.Share();

 

Yes it doesn't look correct. Can you identify if removing subject, text and title (for testing purposes) resolves this issue?

 

Nope, its coming up the same. That is how I have had it for 2 years now and got a bugreport on the sharesheet not working a week ago. Added all the text parts to try to fix it.

 

I don't use an iPhone. Can you remind me how it's supposed to look?

 

edit: found an old screenshot

 

OK I though you were talking about the recent contacts section which was a huge emptiness in the previous screenshot (did I mention that I don't use iPhone) I remember someone else mentioning the same issue but I unfortunately couldn't find the link. Changing that preview probably requires modifying the native source code. I might take a look at it after completing my current tasks (which will take some time).

 

I can look into the native code now to see whats wrong. Reporting back with my findings.

 

You can google "uiActivityViewController image preview" to know what to look for.

 

Ok seems like adding the file as UIImage does more harm then good so works if you change the file adding:

Code (CSharp):

1. for( int i = 0; i < filesCount; i++ )
2.     {
3.         NSString *filePath = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:files[i]];
4.         UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithContentsOfFile:filePath];
5.         if( image != nil )
6.             [items addObject:image];
7.         else
8.             [items addObject:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]];
9.     }
10.  

Into this simple version:

Code (CSharp):

1. for( int i = 0; i < filesCount; i++ )
2.     {
3.         NSString *filePath = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:files[i]];
4.         [items addObject:[NSURL fileURLWithPath:filePath]];
5.     }
6.  

Created a pull request for the fix

 

The reason UIImage is preferred is: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare/issues/22

 

Sure, but then you know why sharing of images doesn't work on iOS atleast.
Maybe put in a check for "*.gif" in that case?

 

I couldn't fully understand what this check will do for gif files. I have to share images as UIImage regardless of their types otherwise they may not be attached to some apps at all.

 

Hi! Thanks a lot for plugin!
I have a question. Could you please explain why on Android share dialog looks like on image 1 and in some other apps it looks like on image 2 ?

 

The first one is using the custom share dialog. It's used in certain scenarios.

 

Thanks!

 

Thanks for your open source, @yasirkula
I am excited to use your sharing plugin, it seems to look great!
As some questions listed above, I want to share some dynamic texts inputted by user to Facebook, email and g+.
Currently, I am running the project on unity editor, it says "Shared!" on unity editor.

So my questions are:
1. should I create a new GameObject that reflects dynamic text to be shared when I want to share particular text?
2. When I succeed to share text, where is destination (target email or anywhere)?
3. In order to share the text with FB and G+, the other sharing plugin need to be used for?

Thanks.

 

Hi,

1. You can fetch the text from an Input Field, for example. InputField has a text property for it
2. You can get this info by registering to the share result callback (SetCallback)
3. No other plugin is needed

 

Thanks for your reply, @yasirkula
1. make sense.
2. I found out callback named "SetCallback" from NativeShare.cs.
The question of what I want to ask for is that I need to sequentially call SetCallback function after invoking SetText("text").Share() ?
3. Without other 3rd party APIs including FB, G+, your plugin has power enough to implement them, right?
If so, I'd like you to put some codes here so that I can figure out the way of how to do.

Thanks.