[Interest] Proposed Share Dialog for mobile platforms

[Brian Dentino]

I’ve done some work on this idea for some of my own apps:
https://github.com/bdentino/Qtino.SharingKit <https://github.com/bdentino/Qtino.SharingKit>

It’s basically a reusable qml plugin that activates a native sharing dialog, supporting Android and iOS.

Support is fairly limited right now in terms content types, as I’m only implementing things as I need them, but in it’s current state you can
use it to share text, urls, and images. It also allows you to tailor content based on the service it’s being shared with. It’s also got support for deeper integration with Facebook for sharing custom Open Graph stories.

It uses the built in UIActivityViewController on iOS, and the Intents system on Android, so it supports 3rd-party apps pretty well, as well as system actions like print, copy to clipboard, save to photos, etc. (iOS hasn’t really been tested with many 3rd-party apps except for Facebook and Twitter as of yet, as I haven’t had a chance to really explore the full potential of Extensions with iOS8).

If this is interesting to you, let me know and I’d be happy to help you set up the demo included in the repo and get familiar with the API…documentation is probably somewhat lacking for that right now. It requires Qt 5.4+ (for capturing/sharing screenshots) and a slightly modified QtActivity.java for Android support (working on eliminating that dependency…). Probably won’t perfectly fit your needs (there’s a lot of work I still want to do with it in terms of features), but could at least provide a headstart, and it would be great to have another contributor. If nothing else, I’ve got a bunch of experience now with the relevant native features on both iOS and Android so if you decide to roll your own solution and run into any problems, let me know and I might have some answers :)

FWIW, I’m using this plugin in apps that are available in both the iOS AppStore and Google Play. Here’s one of them:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=labs.lapwing.bluu&hl=en <https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=labs.lapwing.bluu&hl=en>
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bluu/id916926135?mt=8 <https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bluu/id916926135?mt=8>

Cheers

Brian Dentino
lapwinglabs.com <http://lapwinglabs.com/>


> On Nov 12, 2014, at 7:06 AM, lloyd konneker <bootch at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> Does there exist a 'Share Dialog' for Qt?  The dialog on the mobile 
> platforms that you see when you push the 'Share' button.  Basically it 
> lists all the applications that can act on the mimedata your app provides.
> 
> It seems like this is a relatively new (and changing, with iOS8) GUI 
> notion for mobile platforms.  A dialog natively provided by the platform 
> (at least Android and iOS).  Whereas on a desktop, there is a menubar 
> and a 'File' menu where the user can make the same choices (Save, 
> Export, Mail, Print...).
> 
> I need this, and it seems like many apps would want this also, so I am 
> motivated to contribute.  I have begun research on how to implement it 
> in the Qt project.  Using FileDialog as a starting point.  I think the 
> implementation would be in QML, only support two mobile platforms, and 
> only use native dialogs.  IOW, there would be no default QML 
> implementation, and wouldn't work on the desktops. Would that be 
> acceptable or does the Qt org require that all platforms be supported?
> 
> I also posted to the dev list, but got no response.  I am new to the 
> lists and unsure where to post.
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