Native Share for Android & iOS [Open Source]

oooh ok now i get it this thread is for Native share srry dude

 

It's OK. My plugin is available at: https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/112731

 

Will Definitely try it thx man!!

 

OMG ITS WORKING THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS PLUGIN!!!

 

Btw the text and subject wont come when sharing on facebook

 

Yeah, Facebook doesn't support text sharing. It's a limitation of the Facebook app itself, though.

 

Love it and I think your example may actually fix a problem I have yet to even begin work on lol (namely creating an image with text on it for sharing to twitter when the shared text is too long, the example has given me a place to look atleast )

Is there way to tell it not to offer certain options? so for example if the string is too long then not to offer twitter?

 

This is a feasible feature but it is not implemented in NativeShare. You have to write some native code to implement it.

 

Any idea for this? i can´t share on instagram. I can share in other social platforms

my code:
NativeShare nsh = new NativeShare();
nsh.AddFile(path, "image/jpeg");
nsh.Share();

the error in xcode log

2018-10-04 15:53:13.627 skivalira[251:20208] plugin com.burbn.instagram.shareextension interrupted

2018-10-04 15:53:13.631 skivalira[251:20208] Hub connection error Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=4097 "connection to service named com.burbn.instagram.shareextension" UserInfo={NSDebugDescription=connection to service named com.burbn.instagram.shareextension}

 

Your code seems correct. Try updating your Instagram, if it is not up-to-date. Otherwise, it is likely an issue with Instagram not supporting UIActivityViewController share action.

 

Hi, the code works fine in a normal unity app. But for arcore, it's not working. I don't see any errors nor the sharing panel!

 

How do you specify an email address? say I want the user to click a button and have it open gmail with the subject "feedback" and the target email as mycoolemail_at_herenotthere_dot_com (not a real email address )
how would I do that?

Code (CSharp):

1. new NativeShare().SetTarget("*gmail*").SetSubject("Feedback").?????(mycoolemail_at_herenotthere_dot_com);

what would ????? be? (also I know *gmail* is not right, but that one I can look up....though if there is a way to simply say email so it uses the phones default email client that may help in case some one has an android phone but wierdly no gmail

Is what I am wanting simply not possible ? (no problem if thats the case)

EDIT: not one to sit about waiting, I found a work around since I hate it when someone says "solved it" and not say how (specially when your looking for a solution) here is the solution:

Code (CSharp):

1. public void sendEmail()
2.     {
3.         string toEmail = "mycoolemail_at_herenotthere_dot_com";
4.         string emailSubject = "Feedback";
5.         string emailBody = "Feedback:";
6.         emailSubject = System.Uri.EscapeUriString(emailSubject);
7.         emailBody = System.Uri.EscapeUriString(emailSubject);
8.         Application.OpenURL("mailto:" + toEmail + "?subject=" + emailSubject + "&body=" + emailBody);
9.     }

then attached that to a button when the button is clicked the phones default email editor opens up and allows the user to type in the feedback, fantastic

 

error CS0103: The name `File' does not exist in the current context
error CS0103: The name `Path' does not exist in the current context

 

Hi, great little plugin ! Thank you !
I only have one issue, in the popup share menu on Android I have access to "Es File Explorer" but if I use it to save screenshot in device memory I have a error message ( not supported ). Any idea ?

 

Hello I’m still new to unity & I Downloaded the native share on the asset store & I have a share button but don’t know how to exactly work the NativeShare I tried to drag the script but it’s not letting me

 

@Lakshi2101 I haven't gotten the opportunity to test the plugin on ARCore, so I'm not sure why it is not working. Can you check logcat logs without any filters to see if you can find any possible error messages related to this behaviour?

@mrgreaper Thanks for posting your solution here! NativeShare doesn't have a method to set the target e-mail(s), so your solution is the way to go in this case.

@VRLabDeVelopment Add

using System.IO;

to the top of your script.

@Laubak75 I honestly don't. I simply pass the shared data to an Intent object on Android, it is up to the shared application (Es File Explorer) to fetch that data from the Intent. I don't have any application-specific logic in the code.

@Stanley950 You can write a function that uses NativeShare in one of your scripts and pass that function to the button's On Click event. An example code is available at: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare#example-code

 

I've created an issue on GitHub for this, I'll update it when I find something new about this issue.

 

Hi @yasirkula ,

I am using your Plugin for Native Share (https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeGallery) for iOS.
It works well by Capturing proper screenshot through Mail Share. But in whatsapp, image is not shared, it only shares text.
My next question is instead of captured screenshot, can I share predefined texture which is assigned to one Texture2D....?

 

Could you please add callback for Native Share with result for iOS/Android?

 

@Qurious_Media Unfortunately, some apps don't support sharing an image with a text. Try sharing the image without a text. To share a texture, you can call its EncodeToPNG function and write the resulting byte[] to a temporary file inside Application.temporaryCachePath via File.WriteAllBytes function and share that temporary file.

@Lesha-VH Please see https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare/issues/5

 

@yasirkula

I think it possible on iOS without big efforts. I found following:

completionWithItemsHandler must be used with UIActivityViewController to get result with callback.

Android 5.1 seems also simple - createComposer have result callback...

I am sorry, I am not iOS/Android developer)))

 

hi, if i want to target all sharing apps available on user mobile what i have to do is to setTarget() for each app separately...??? something like I mentioned below...???

new NativeShare().SetTarget("com.whatsapp");
new NativeShare().SetTarget("com.Facebook");
new NativeShare().SetTarget("com.Google);

 

@Lesha-VH I couldn't find anything about createComposer, can you share where you found this info?

@MuhammadTahirUlNasir Simply, don't use SetTarget at all.

 

Hey yasirkula, great asset, was planning to do it myself natively, and then saw this. Great job and thanks!
One problem, on iOS works fine, but on Android (of course) I get an error.

E/Unity ( 5666): AndroidJavaException: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.yasirkula.unity.NativeShare
E/Unity ( 5666): java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.yasirkula.unity.NativeShare
E/Unity ( 5666): at java.lang.Class.classForName(Native Method)
E/Unity ( 5666): at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:204)
E/Unity ( 5666): at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:169)
E/Unity ( 5666): at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.nativeRender(Native Method)
E/Unity ( 5666): at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer.c(Unknown Source)
E/Unity ( 5666): at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer$e$2.queueIdle(Unknown Source)
E/Unity ( 5666): at android.os.MessageQueue.next(MessageQueue.java:201)
E/Unity ( 5666): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:124)
E/Unity ( 5666): at com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayer$e.run(Unknown Source)
E/Unity ( 5666): Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/yasirkula/unity/NativeShare
E/Unity ( 5666): ... 9 more
E/Unity ( 5666): Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: Didn't find class "com.yasirkula.unity.NativeShare" on path: DexPathList[[zip file "/data/app/com.makonda.spaceblaster-1.apk"],nativeLibraryDirectories=[/data/app-lib/com.makonda.spaceblaster-1, /vendor/lib, /system/lib]]
E/Unity ( 5666): at dalvik.system.BaseDexClassLoader.find

Its a class not found exception. I checked, and in Plugins/NativeShare/Android there is a NativeShare.jar that contains these classes like in the screenshot.

Do you know what could be the problem?
Best regards,

Slobodan

 

If your project uses ProGuard, try adding the following line to ProGuard filters:

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

 

Aaaaaaaah, can't believe I forgot about proguard. Thanks bro

 

Works brilliant for sharing .pdf file. 5 Stars so far (need to check iOS, but Android like a breeze). Callbacks would be nice, but hey, it's free and neat.

 

Hi, am new to Unity and just tried to use your plugin but not sure how to go about it.

I have installed the package, created an empty object and tried to attach the NativeShare script to it but not accepted since its got no MonoBehaviour.

So can you guide me on how I can add this script to a button so when clicked, it displays sharing options.

Also where and where do i change the texts?

Thanks

 

The example code should give you an idea: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare#example-code

But don't forget to set up your project properly beforehand!

 

Yes I tried using the sample code but kept getting:

UIScreenMain.cs(158,22): error CS0103: The name `Path' does not exist in the current context

This is the error line "
string filePath = Path.Combine( Application.temporaryCachePath, "shared img.png" );"

 

Add

using System.IO;

to the top.

 

I did that already but still can't attach share() to my button.

The question is, am I not suppose to attach "NativeShare.cs" to an object?

 

Yes, you should use NativeShare in your own scripts and attach those script(s) to object(s), if you want. You can add the function in your script that uses NativeShare to the On Click event of the button to trigger the share on a button click.

 

my challenge is when I attach the NativeShare script to an object, it gives an error - can't add script behavior. It needs to derive from Monobehavior.

So am I suppose to add the monobehavior

 

No, you are not supposed to add NativeShare.cs to your objects. You are supposed to use it in your own scripts/monobehaviours.

 

Ah mamia, now I get you. So I just need to fix the new error now "
Can't find ContentProvider, share not possible!"

might be the android xml not in the correct folder

 

Did you follow these steps: https://github.com/yasirkula/UnityNativeShare#android-setup

 

@yasirkula... I have used Sharing Plugin . It shares the Image In Fb.. and So on. I need one help. When i click the sharing button. The entire Screen is captured and Shared. But I dont want to Share the entire Screen . For eg
I need to share only the desired position of the screen............

if the Screen is like this

1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 2 1 2
8 8 8 8 8 8
9 9 9 9 9 9
0 0 0 0 0 0

I should share a screen From 7 8 9 2 1 2 to 9 9 9 9 9 9 rest of them i dont need. Instead of Full Screen. I need to share the selected Screen Shot...

How Should i do that...

 

This post should help you create an image file from a portion of the screen: https://forum.unity.com/threads/taking-screenshot-of-partial-area.54189/

 

Little update: I get an empty size .pdf when trying to share it on iOS (11). Share dialog opens up; I followed necessary build steps. I will be investigating this (maybe the target location is write-locked; both tried Application.temporaryCachePath and Application.persistentDataPath), but if there are some hints for overcoming this, I would welcome them

 

Does the pdf appear empty on all applications or does it occur on some applications only?

 

@yasirkula on all applications. My guess is I am unable to push the bytes to local storage properly - do I need a iOS permissions for that? I will be digging it deeper today, will update you. Thanks!

 

Does

new FileInfo( filePath ).Length

return 0? AFAIK, you don't need any permissions to write to temporaryCachePath or persistentDataPath.

 

@yasirkula I think I solved it. Apparently this code does not work for me for iOS (works fine Android) - 0 file size:

Code (CSharp):

1. private IEnumerator ShareFileUsingShareSheetCo()
2.     {
3.         mLoadPath = Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/" + mFileName;
4.         mSavePath = Application.persistentDataPath;
5.  
6.         Debug.Log("GOLocalStorageOpenSave mLoadPath " + mLoadPath);
7.         Debug.Log("GOLocalStorageOpenSave mSavePath " + mSavePath);
8.  
9.         WWW www = new WWW(mLoadPath);
10.         yield return www;
11.         error = www.error;
12.  
13.         byte[] bytes = www.bytes;
14.         result = "Done, bytes downloaded, File size : " + bytes.Length;
15.  
16.         Debug.Log("GOLocalStorageOpenSave result " + result);
17.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
18.  
19.         //#if UNITY_ANDROID
20.         string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.temporaryCachePath, mFileName);
21.         ///#endif
22.  
23.         #if UNITY_IOS
24.         filePath = Path.Combine(mSavePath, mFileName);
25.         #endif
26.         File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, bytes);
27.  
28.         new NativeShare().AddFile(filePath).SetSubject(mSubject).SetText(mBody).Share();
29.     }

But this code works (and does not work for Android, so funny):

Code (CSharp):

1. private IEnumerator ShareFileUsingShareSheetStreamingCo()
2.     {
3.         mLoadPath = Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/" + mFileName;
4.         yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
5.  
6.         new NativeShare().AddFile(mLoadPath).SetSubject("Subject goes here").SetText("Hello world!").Share();
7.     }

I will be testing it further. Thanks for support!

 

Ok works great also for images (iOS 11). Back to 5 stars

 

Files inside Application.streamingAssetsPath reside in a normal directory on iOS but they reside inside a jar file on Android. The second method doesn't work for Android because files inside a jar file can't be accessed directly on Android (but they can be accessed via WWW). In the first solution, probably adding a "file://" to the beginning of the mLoadPath would resolve the issue for iOS but then it would break it for Android. So you have to do platform dependent compilation there:

Code (CSharp):

1. private IEnumerator ShareFileUsingShareSheetCo()
2. {
3.     mLoadPath = Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/" + mFileName;
4. #if UNITY_IOS
5.     string filePath = mLoadPath;
6.     yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
7. #else
8.     mSavePath = Application.persistentDataPath;
9.  
10.     Debug.Log("GOLocalStorageOpenSave mLoadPath " + mLoadPath);
11.     Debug.Log("GOLocalStorageOpenSave mSavePath " + mSavePath);
12.  
13.     WWW www = new WWW(mLoadPath);
14.     yield return www;
15.     error = www.error;
16.  
17.     byte[] bytes = www.bytes;
18.     result = "Done, bytes downloaded, File size : " + bytes.Length;
19.  
20.     Debug.Log("GOLocalStorageOpenSave result " + result);
21.     yield return new WaitForSeconds(1f);
22.  
23.     //#if UNITY_ANDROID
24.     string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.temporaryCachePath, mFileName);
25.     ///#endif
26.  
27.     #if UNITY_IOS
28.     filePath = Path.Combine(mSavePath, mFileName);
29.     #endif
30.     File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, bytes);
31. #endif
32.  
33.     new NativeShare().AddFile(filePath).SetSubject(mSubject).SetText(mBody).Share();
34. }

 

Hi, thanks for your work!

So far I literally copied and pasted the example code you made in the GitHub page and included the snippet in the AndroidManifest file but nothing happens when the share method is called. I don't know where to find the problem, can you suggest me any possible reason why this is happening?

Thanks for your help

 

Are there any error messages in logcat? Where did you put your AndroidManifest.xml to: Assets/Plugins/Android or Assets/Plugins/NativeShare/Android?

 

Sorry I am kind of late. having the same issue here and the AAR is not working, how do you reccomend I edit the Plugins/Android/AndroidManifest.xml file? thanks for the awesome work

 

Below a copy of the androidmanifest.xml on Staging Area
Thanks!