NatShare - Free Sharing API

Hey there, this is correct. The Asset Store package simply imports NatShare from GitHub (specifically, modifying your project's `manifest.json` file).

 

Hey there, thanks for reporting this. I recommend creating an issue on GitHub to track this. I'll look into it when I can.

 

Ahh got it got it. Must have done something wrong with my Package Manager. Thanks Lanre!

 

Hi Lanre!
I added it to the issue list.
Please check it out.
https://github.com/natsuite/NatShare/issues/125

 

Sounds good.

 

hello.
how can i share mp3?

 

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using NatSuite.Sharing;
3.  
4.  
5. public class ShareMp4 : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.  
8.     public void ShareVideo()
9.     {
10.         var payload = new SharePayload();
11.         payload.AddMedia("/Resources/Clip001.mp4");
12.         payload.Commit();
13.     }
14.  
15. }

what is wrong?
Isn't everything as you wrote?

 

That path looks invalid. When sharing media files, the path has to be the absolute path of the media file on the file system. On iOS and Android, this means that the file must be inside `Application.persistentDataPath` because almost no other directory on the file system is accessible by apps, due to sandboxing. You can't use files in the `Resources` folder because after building from Unity, these are not plain files on the file system.

 

Could you please share the script for an example?

 

There isn't anything different about the code. It depends on how you get the path to your file.

 

because I couldn't get it to work no matter what I did

 

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using NatSuite.Sharing;
3. using System.Collections;
4. using System.IO;
5.  
6.  
7. public class ShareMedia : MonoBehaviour {
8.  
9.  
10.     public void ClichkShare()
11.     {
12.         StartCoroutine(ShareFile());
13.     }
14.  
15.     private IEnumerator ShareFile()
16.     {
17.         var payload = new SharePayload();
18.         WWW www = new WWW(Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/Clip001.mp4");
19.         yield return www;
20.         string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.temporaryCachePath, "Clip001.mp4");
21.         File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, www.bytes);
22.         payload.AddMedia(filePath);
23.         payload.Commit();
24.  
25.         Debug.Log( filePath + " " + new FileInfo( filePath ).Length );
26.     }
27. }

Android.
but still not working

 

Hm your code looks like it should work, but I would use `persistentDataPath` instead of `temporaryCachePath` for the output file path. What platform are you running on? Can you share the runtime logs?

 

Android

 

Wonderful . that's the "temporaryCachePath" problem. worked. thank you.
how to send via whatsapp?
so that the first queue opens whatsapp?

 

NatShare does not support sharing to a specific app. The user has to pick which app they want to share to.

 

I understand it's not a "NatShare" issue. but how can I make it "UnityWebRequest". I couldn't find anyone to help.

Code (CSharp):

1.         var payload = new SharePayload();
2.         WWW www = new WWW(Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/Clip001.mp4");
3.         yield return www;
4.         string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "Clip001.mp4");
5.         File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, www.bytes);
6.         payload.AddMedia(filePath);
7.         payload.Commit();

 

I'm not sure what you're asking. What do you mean?

 

UnityWebRequest instead of www

 

Code (CSharp):

1.         var payload = new SharePayload();
2.         UnityWebRequest www = new UnityWebRequest(Application.streamingAssetsPath + "/Clip001.mp4");
3.         yield return www;
4.         string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, "Clip001.mp4");
5.         File.WriteAllBytes(filePath, www.downloadHandler.data); // there is a problem here. but i don't know how to fix it
6.  
7.         payload.AddMedia(filePath);
8.         payload.Commit();

 

See this answer on Unity Answers.

 

Thanks

 

Thank you for your wonderful assets.

In android and ios environment
I want to save a png image instead of a jpg image.

NativePayload.cs
public virtual void AddImage (Texture2D image)
With the code in
ImageConversion.EncodeToJPG () is used.
I changed it like this and tried it on an Android device, but the jpg was saved and it wasn't a png.
Is there a way?

NativePayload.cs

Code (CSharp):

1. public virtual void AddImage (Texture2D image) {
2.             // Check
3.             if (payload == IntPtr.Zero)
4.                 return;
5.             if (!image.isReadable) {
6.                 Debug.LogError("NatShare Error: Cannot add non-readable texture to payload");
7.                 return;
8.             }
9.             // Add
10.             //var jpegData = ImageConversion.EncodeToJPG(image); // Faster than PNG #85
11.             var png = ImageConversion.EncodeToPNG(image); //←I added this code
12.  
13.             //payload.AddImage(jpegData, jpegData.Length);
14.             payload.AddImage(png, png.Length);//←I added this code    
15.         }

Sorry to ask this of you when you are busy but, I want some advice.
Best Regards.

 

Hey there, you can save a PNG by writing the PNG data to a file (use System.IO.File API's), then use `payload.AddMedia`.

 

Thank you for taking the time to reply.
I have successfully output the png file.

Very nice asset.
Thank you very much.

 

Great to hear it!

 

Hi I'm looking to use natshare and would like to know if it works in WebGL I need to take a screenshot and share it on social media

 

Hey there, NatShare doesn't support WebGL. It only supports iOS and Android.

 

Hi!

I run into this error when using NatShare with an app that has unity library integrated.

2022-08-19 19:37:01.404 26509-27835/.UnityThread E/AndroidRuntime: FATAL EXCEPTION: SharePayload
Process: .UnityThread, PID: 26509
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Couldn't find meta-data for provider with authority xxx.xxxxxx.xxx.natshare
at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.parsePathStrategy(FileProvider.java:606)
at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.getPathStrategy(FileProvider.java:579)
at androidx.core.content.FileProvider.getUriForFile(FileProvider.java:417)
at api.natsuite.natshare.SharePayload.addMedia(SharePayload.java:76)
at api.natsuite.natshare.SharePayload.lambda$addImage$0$SharePayload(SharePayload.java:67)
at api.natsuite.natshare.-$$Lambda$SharePayload$ww2jlkwG0eLTgCqdfVlg_g1WcnY.run(Unknown Source:4)
at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:883)
at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:100)
at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:237)
at android.os.HandlerThread.run(HandlerThread.java:67)

I'm using
NatShare: 1.2.6
Unity: 2020.3.20f1

Notice: I deleted the core-1.0.0-rc02 because it conflicts with the core-1.2.0 in my project.

 

Hm are you building your Unity project directly to an APK? Or are you exporting to a Gradle project? This error means that a required tag in your app's AndroidManifest.xml is missing.

 

I was exporting to a gradle project. Like integrate Unity export as a library. What is the required tag?
I saw a provider is declared in the AndroidManifest inside NatShare.aar. Should I add something in the Library AndroidManifest?

Here is my Library AndroidManifest:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- GENERATED BY UNITY. REMOVE THIS COMMENT TO PREVENT OVERWRITING WHEN EXPORTING AGAIN-->
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" package="com.unity3d.player" xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
<application>
<activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerActivity"
androidrocess=".UnityThread"
android:theme="@StyLe/UnityThemeSelector"
android:screenOrientation="fullSensor"
android:configChanges="mcc|mnc|locale|touchscreen|keyboard|keyboardHidden|navigation|orientation|screenLayout|uiMode|screenSize|smallestScreenSize|fontScale|layoutDirection|density"
android:resizeableActivity="false"
android:hardwareAccelerated="false"
android:launchMode="singleTask"
android:documentLaunchMode="always">
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
<meta-data android:name="android.notch_support" android:value="true" />
</activity>
<activity android:name="myapppackagename.PermissionGateActivity" androidrocess=".UnityThread" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.splash-mode" android:value="0" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.splash-enable" android:value="True" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.allow-resizable-window" android:value="False" />
<meta-data android:name="notch.config" android:value="portrait|landscape" />
<meta-data android:name="unity.build-id" android:value="9526bdba-86b2-424a-9329-27cf1b5a5acb" />
<meta-data android:name="unityplayer.SkipPermissionsDialog" android:value="true" />
<meta-data android:name="com.google.ar.core" android:value="optional" />
</application>
<uses-feature android:glEsVersion="0x00030000" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.CAMERA" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.autofocus" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.camera.front" android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.RECORD_AUDIO" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.BLUETOOTH" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.microphone" android:required="false" />
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch" android:required="false" />
<uses-feature android:name="android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" android:required="false" />
</manifest>

 

Yup, that's the necessary line. You need to define a <provider> tag in the manifest. This is what NatShare defines:

Code (CSharp):

1. <provider
2.     android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
3.     android:authorities="${applicationId}.natshare"
4.     android:grantUriPermissions="true"
5.     android:exported="false"
6. >

Where `${applicationId}` will be substituted with your app bundle ID by Gradle.

 

Hi, I'm trying to save videos to the camera roll. Following the documentation, I wrote this solution


However, my app crashes each time I try to save. Is there anything wrong in my code?

 

Hey there, sorry for the late response on this. Can you share the crash logs in a `.txt` attachment? Also, you're using an outdated version of NatShare, so upgrade to NatShare 1.3 on GitHub.

 

Hi everyone, we're using natshare to share video from an iOS AR app to Instagram, but get the error message "Something went wrong" when sharing to anything else but reels (same as in below github issue).

It does seem like other people have managed to get it to work though, so wanted to check in here to see if you know some workarounds?

https://github.com/natmlx/natshare/issues/109

 

Hey! Just responded to you on Discord.