https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing

A Unity plugin to open native sharing dialogs on iOS and Android, primarily for text and files
https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing

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A Unity plugin to open native sharing dialogs on iOS and Android, primarily for text and files

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing
• Owner: NicholasSheehan
• License: mit
• Created: 2015-07-22T16:46:12.000Z (almost 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-12-07T09:39:42.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-04T00:46:12.800Z (2 months ago)
• Topics: android, ios, sharing-screenshots, unity, unity-plugin
• Language: C#
• Homepage:
• Size: 581 KB
• Stars: 439
• Watchers: 44
• Forks: 119
• Open Issues: 5
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
  • License: LICENSE.md

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README

        
🖼️📷 Unity-Native-Sharing 📷🖼️


Unity-Native-Sharing is a plugin to open native sharing dialogs on iOS and Android.

📱 Social 📱


![GitHub](https://img.shields.io/github/followers/NicholasSheehan?label=Follow%20on%20GitHub&style=social) ![Twitter](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/NSheehanDev?label=Follow%20on%20Twitter)

👊 Support 👊


All of these projects are made during my free time, with more being added over time. If you'd like to support me, you can do it either by [sponsoring me on GitHub](https://github.com/users/NicholasSheehan/sponsorship) or by donating via PayPal

[![](https://img.shields.io/badge/paypal-donate-yellow.svg)](https://www.paypal.me/NicholasSheehan)

📝 Changelog 📝


[What's New? Check the CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)

Watch this repository to be notified of new releases! ![](https://img.shields.io/github/watchers/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing?style=social)

🤝 Contribution 🤝


For contributing please read [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md)

Don't worry about getting it 100% right, I can tidy it up as I review

🖥️ System Requirements 🖥️


Unity 2018.3.14f1 or later. Older versions may work, feel free to test!

🤔 Examples 🤔


Examples can be found at [Unity-Native-Example-Project](https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Example-Project)

🛠️ Installation 🛠️


This was built and tested in Unity 2018.4 LTS, but should still work down to Unity 2018.2

Unity 2019.3 or later (Using Unity Package Manager)


![AddPackageFromGitURL](Images~/AddPackageFromGitURL.PNG)

`https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing.git#v1.0.7`

Unity 2018.3 or later (Using Unity Package Manager)


Add this to the projects `manifest.json`

```

"com.unitynative.sharing" : "https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing.git"

```

To update the package, change suffix `#{version}` to the target version.

* e.g. `"com.unitynative.sharing" : "https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing.git#v1.0.7"`

Unity 2018.3 or later (Using OpenUPM)


[![openupm](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/com.unitynative.sharing?label=openupm&registry_uri=https://package.openupm.com)](https://openupm.com/packages/com.unitynative.sharing/)

This package is available on [OpenUPM](https://openupm.com)

You can install it via [openupm-cli](https://github.com/openupm/openupm-cli)

```

openupm add com.unitynative.sharing

```

Unity 2018.2


`Unity 2018.2` supports embedded packages.

1. Download a source code zip file from the [Releases](https://github.com/NicholasSheehan/Unity-Native-Sharing/releases) page

2. Extract it

3. Import it under the `Packages` directory in your Unity project

👍 Features 👍


- Share text to an app

- Share screenshots with text to an app

🧪 Testing 🧪


--            | `Android 8.0.0` | `iOS 10.3.3` | `iOS 11.3.1`

------------- | --------------  | -------------| ------------

Facebook      | No Text         | No Text      | No Text

Messenger     | No Text         | No Text      | No Text

Instagram     | No Text         | No Text      | No Text

Twitter       | ✔              | ✔            | ✔

Discord       | ✔              | ✔            | ✔

Slack         | ✔              | ✔            | ✔

😭 Known Issues 😭


[Facebook, Messenger and Instagram cannot share text at all, unless passed into their SDK](https://answers.unity.com/questions/871846/can-i-post-to-facebook-with-my-own-text.html)

📱 Platform Notes 📱


🤖 Android 🤖


The Android plugin requires `androidx.appcompat:appcompat:1.1.0` to run.

This plugin has support for [Play Services Resolver for Unity](https://github.com/googlesamples/unity-jar-resolver) which will take care of this for you