Creating A Share Button Using Flutter for iOS and Android?

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I'm converting some older Swift apps with Flutter. How can I create a "share" button using flutter that at least gets Facebook and Twitter and make it cross platform for my iOS and Android versions. Here is the Swift code I use....

let activityViewController : UIActivityViewController = UIActivityViewController(
            activityItems: [firstActivityItem, secondActivityItem, image], applicationActivities: nil)

        // This lines is for the popover you need to show in iPad
        activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = (self.shareBTN)

        // This line remove the arrow of the popover to show in iPad
        activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.permittedArrowDirections = UIPopoverArrowDirection()
        activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceRect = CGRect(x: 150, y: 150, width: 0, height: 0)
        actInd.stopAnimating()
        self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '17 at 23:46

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Check out the Flutter share plugin -- it might have what you need.

answered Jul 09 '17 at 23:46

Collin Jackson

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Thanks @CollinJackson Can I assume these plugins work similar to CocoaControls.com, i.e. custom libraries except for Flutter plugins? I'll make sure to bookmark the page! – Charles Jr Jul 10 '17 at 00:03
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I'm not familiar with CocoaControls, but flutter/plugins is an open source repository of wrappers around native APIs and SDKs so you can easily use them in your flutter apps. It's maintained by the Flutter team; contributions are always welcome! – Collin Jackson Jul 10 '17 at 03:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 16 '18 at 22:53

As of Oct 2018, the best way I found was from this SO post here How do I share an image on iOS and Android using Flutter? that requires you use the File Provider package and know a little about Android Studio customization. Look for the answer from Albert Lardizabal. Looks like he may be part of the team that made the awesome "Hamilton" Flutter app.

Creating A Share Button Using Flutter for iOS and Android?

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