Can't receive the shared files after ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles( ) is called on unmount.

[shreejala-gurzu]

useEffect(() => { ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles( (data: any) => { console.log("received data", data); }, (err: any) => { console.log("err", err); }, ShareMedia, ); return () => { ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles(); }; }, []);

Initially, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() returns the shared file. But after the clearReceivedFiles() function is called on unmount, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() does not return any file on sharing. However, if we restart the app, it works just fine.

[hemantzarkar]

The same behavior happens in my app. Please let me know the solution.

[alexkendall]

Same issue here.

[fukemy]

i removed clearReceivedFiles, dont know why, so bad lib

[Srinivas2445]

just comment AppState addEventListener

then place

this.getFileNames(handler,errorHandler, "");

without any conditions dont use clearReceivedFiles()

Now its working...

[nb-immosnapp]

useEffect(() => { ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles( (data: any) => { console.log("received data", data); }, (err: any) => { console.log("err", err); }, ShareMedia, ); return () => { ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles(); }; }, []);

Initially, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() returns the shared file. But after the clearReceivedFiles() function is called on unmount, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() does not return any file on sharing. However, if we restart the app, it works just fine.

please put ReceiveSharingIntent.clearFileNames() in clearRecivedFiles function of ReceiveSharingIntent.tsx file and comment the isClear=true so it will work with android

[dhayaljaswantgit]

just comment AppState addEventListener

then place

this.getFileNames(handler,errorHandler, "");

without any conditions dont use clearReceivedFiles()

Now its working...

Thank you so much, this is the actual solution for the issue.

[ahmedbnr]

useEffect(() => { ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles( (data: any) => { console.log("received data", data); }, (err: any) => { console.log("err", err); }, ShareMedia, ); return () => { ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles(); }; }, []); Initially, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() returns the shared file. But after the clearReceivedFiles() function is called on unmount, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() does not return any file on sharing. However, if we restart the app, it works just fine.

please put ReceiveSharingIntent.clearFileNames() in clearRecivedFiles function of ReceiveSharingIntent.tsx file and comment the isClear=true so it will work with android

This solution worked, but the thing is that this library has its fair share of bugs and unexpected behaviors. Is it still maintained? is there someone who's still merging fixes and releasing new versions? because as far as I know, this library is the only decent library that can do sharing intents without much hassle and without resorting to creating your own native library. but the problem is that it contains critical bugs that still aren't fixed and merged in a public release yet, it requires some internal fixes, for me I've externalized the package in my project and to be honest it's not really a good idea to throw an externalized and unmaintained library.

[hsilvap]

just comment AppState addEventListener

then place

this.getFileNames(handler,errorHandler, "");

without any conditions dont use clearReceivedFiles()

Now its working...

This solution is working for me, thanks!

[tallen11]

useEffect(() => { ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles( (data: any) => { console.log("received data", data); }, (err: any) => { console.log("err", err); }, ShareMedia, ); return () => { ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles(); }; }, []); Initially, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() returns the shared file. But after the clearReceivedFiles() function is called on unmount, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() does not return any file on sharing. However, if we restart the app, it works just fine.

please put ReceiveSharingIntent.clearFileNames() in clearRecivedFiles function of ReceiveSharingIntent.tsx file and comment the isClear=true so it will work with android

This clearFileNames method is the solution. It's almost like the creator of this package implemented it and then forgot to expose it to the JS runtime and use it. I ended up cloning this repo and exposing clearFilesNames in ReceiveSharingIntent.ts and then calling it inside the getReceivedFiles callback once I've extracted the shared data.

Without doing this, every time you switch from another app to your app, the share listener will fire because the shared data never gets cleared.

[TahirPK007]

im still facing the same issue after calling the clearReceivdFiles method i dont get new data until i reload the app

[TahirPK007]

useEffect(() => { ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles( (data: any) => { console.log("received data", data); }, (err: any) => { console.log("err", err); }, ShareMedia, ); return () => { ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles(); }; }, []); Initially, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() returns the shared file. But after the clearReceivedFiles() function is called on unmount, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() does not return any file on sharing. However, if we restart the app, it works just fine.

please put ReceiveSharingIntent.clearFileNames() in clearRecivedFiles function of ReceiveSharingIntent.tsx file and comment the isClear=true so it will work with android

This clearFileNames method is the solution. It's almost like the creator of this package implemented it and then forgot to expose it to the JS runtime and use it. I ended up cloning this repo and exposing clearFilesNames in ReceiveSharingIntent.ts and then calling it inside the getReceivedFiles callback once I've extracted the shared data.

Without doing this, every time you switch from another app to your app, the share listener will fire because the shared data never gets cleared.

this didnt work for me im using the latest version of react native

[fukemy]

useEffect(() => { ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles( (data: any) => { console.log("received data", data); }, (err: any) => { console.log("err", err); }, ShareMedia, ); return () => { ReceiveSharingIntent.clearReceivedFiles(); }; }, []); Initially, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() returns the shared file. But after the clearReceivedFiles() function is called on unmount, ReceiveSharingIntent.getReceivedFiles() does not return any file on sharing. However, if we restart the app, it works just fine.

please put ReceiveSharingIntent.clearFileNames() in clearRecivedFiles function of ReceiveSharingIntent.tsx file and comment the isClear=true so it will work with android

this solution not working for IOS