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Mobile share targets #576

Open jaymanned opened 4 years ago

jaymanned commented 4 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. I want to build an app with Thunkable that can be used by other apps as a mobile share target, i.e, be capable of receiving links, audio, photos or any media from other apps running on the user's mobile device such as whatsapp or instagram.

Describe the solution you'd like When you select an item in a third party app (e.g. whatsapp) and select SHARE, the mobile OS will open a panel showing other installed apps that can be selected as share targets for the type of data. I want to see my app listed as a share target for different types of data/media. And when my app is selected, a specific screen should open allow the user to select a destination within my app.

Describe alternatives you've considered Perhaps this feature doesn't need to be built-in into Thunkable. Maybe it could be implemented or supported via third party tools that allow to modify the final files (apk for Android). In that case, we would need clear instructions

Which platform are you asking for? Thunkable ✕ (x.thunkable.com)

Additional context Share like a native app with the Web Share API Receiving shared data with the Web Share Target API

josmas commented 4 years ago

Thanks for your request.

Linking it with https://github.com/thunkable/thunkable-issues/issues/568 which is basically the same request but both have valuable info, so not closing as a dup for now.

Just to be clear and upfront, this is not a priority at the moment. We will eventually consider it, but not in the short term. Thanks!

jaymanned commented 4 years ago

@josmas Is there currently any way to support share targets with third party tools (e.g. editing the manifest file)?

josmas commented 4 years ago

Not that I am aware of.