react-native-share-menu-remake

react-native-share-menu

Add your app as a target for sharing from other apps and write iOS Share Extensions in React Native.

Installation

npm i --save react-native-share-menu-remake

Automatic Linking (React Native 0.60+)

At the command line, in the ios directory:

pod install

Manual Linking (React Native 0.36+)

At the command line, in the project directory:

react-native link

Android Instructions

iOS Instructions

Custom iOS Share View (optional)

API Docs

Example Project

Example Usage

import React, { useState, useEffect, useCallback } from "react"
import { AppRegistry, Text, View, Image, Button } from "react-native"
import ShareMenu, { ShareMenuReactView } from "react-native-share-menu-remake"

type SharedItem = {
	mimeType: string,
	data: string,
	extraData: any,
}

const Test = () => {
	const [sharedData, setSharedData] = useState(null)
	const [sharedMimeType, setSharedMimeType] = useState(null)

	const handleShare = useCallback((item: ?SharedItem) => {
		if (!item) {
			return
		}

		const { mimeType, data, extraData } = item

		setSharedData(data)
		setSharedMimeType(mimeType)
		// You can receive extra data from your custom Share View
		console.log(extraData)
	}, [])

	useEffect(() => {
		ShareMenu.getInitialShare(handleShare)
	}, [])

	useEffect(() => {
		const listener = ShareMenu.addNewShareListener(handleShare)

		return () => {
			listener.remove()
		}
	}, [])

	if (!sharedMimeType && !sharedData) {
		// The user hasn't shared anything yet
		return null
	}

	if (sharedMimeType === "text/plain") {
		// The user shared text
		return <Text>Shared text: {sharedData}</Text>
	}

	if (sharedMimeType.startsWith("image/")) {
		// The user shared an image
		return (
			<View>
				<Text>Shared image:</Text>
				<Image source={{ uri: sharedData }} />
			</View>
		)
	}

	// The user shared a file in general
	return (
		<View>
			<Text>Shared mime type: {sharedMimeType}</Text>
			<Text>Shared file location: {sharedData}</Text>
		</View>
	)
}

const Share = () => {
	const [sharedData, setSharedData] = useState("")
	const [sharedMimeType, setSharedMimeType] = useState("")

	useEffect(() => {
		ShareMenuReactView.data().then(({ mimeType, data }) => {
			setSharedData(data)
			setSharedMimeType(mimeType)
		})
	}, [])

	return (
		<View>
			<Button
				title="Dismiss"
				onPress={() => {
					ShareMenuReactView.dismissExtension()
				}}
			/>
			<Button
				title="Send"
				onPress={() => {
					// Share something before dismissing
					ShareMenuReactView.dismissExtension()
				}}
			/>
			<Button
				title="Dismiss with Error"
				onPress={() => {
					ShareMenuReactView.dismissExtension("Something went wrong!")
				}}
			/>
			<Button
				title="Continue In App"
				onPress={() => {
					ShareMenuReactView.continueInApp()
				}}
			/>
			<Button
				title="Continue In App With Extra Data"
				onPress={() => {
					ShareMenuReactView.continueInApp({ hello: "from the other side" })
				}}
			/>
			{sharedMimeType === "text/plain" && <Text>{sharedData}</Text>}
			{sharedMimeType.startsWith("image/") && <Image source={{ uri: sharedData }} />}
		</View>
	)
}

AppRegistry.registerComponent("Test", () => Test)
AppRegistry.registerComponent("ShareMenuModuleComponent", () => Share)

Or check the "example" directory for an example application.

How it looks

Android

iOS

Releasing a new version

$ npm version <minor|major|patch> && npm publish

Credits

Sponsored and developed by Meedan.

iOS version maintained by Gustavo Parreira.