Added support for sharing files using share() method.

If the first parameter is a path to an existing file, and the mimetype parameter is provided, then it will share as file instead of text.
codenameone · Feb 4, 2023 · 1228f5c · 1228f5c
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diff --git a/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Display.java b/CodenameOne/src/com/codename1/ui/Display.java
@@ -4405,16 +4405,19 @@ public void share(String text, String image, String mimeType){
      * 
      * <p>Since 6.0, there is native sharing support in the Javascript port using the <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/share">navigator.share</a>
      * API.  Currently (2019) this is only supported on Chrome for Android, and will only work if the app is accessed over https:.</p>
-     * 
-     * @param text String to share.
+     *
+     * <p>Since 8.0, you can share files using using the file path in the text parameter.  The file must exist in file system storage, and
+    * you must define the appropriate mimeType in the mimeType parameter.  E.g. {@code share("file:/.../myfile.pdf", null, "application.pdf") }</p>
+    *
+     * @param textOrPath String to share, or path to file to share.
      * @param image file path to the image or null
-     * @param mimeType type of the image or null if no image to share
+     * @param mimeType type of the image or file.  null if just sharing text
      * @param sourceRect The source rectangle of the button that originated the share request.  This is used on
      * some platforms to provide a hint as to where the share dialog overlay should pop up.  Particularly,
      * on the iPad with iOS 8 and higher.
      */
-    public void share(String text, String image, String mimeType, Rectangle sourceRect){
-        impl.share(text, image, mimeType, sourceRect);
+    public void share(String textOrPath, String image, String mimeType, Rectangle sourceRect){
+        impl.share(textOrPath, image, mimeType, sourceRect);
     }
 
 

diff --git a/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/AndroidImplementation.java b/Ports/Android/src/com/codename1/impl/android/AndroidImplementation.java
@@ -7233,8 +7233,13 @@ public void share(String text, String image, String mimeType, Rectangle sourceRe
         }*/
         Intent shareIntent = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_SEND);
         if(image == null){
-            shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
-            shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
+            if (text.startsWith("file:") && mimeType != null && new com.codename1.io.File(text).exists()) {
+                shareIntent.setType(mimeType);
+                shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse(fixAttachmentPath(text)));
+            } else {
+                shareIntent.setType("text/plain");
+                shareIntent.putExtra(android.content.Intent.EXTRA_TEXT, text);
+            }
         }else{
             shareIntent.setType(mimeType);
             shareIntent.putExtra(Intent.EXTRA_STREAM, Uri.parse(fixAttachmentPath(image)));

diff --git a/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/IOSNative.m b/Ports/iOSPort/nativeSources/IOSNative.m
@@ -7325,7 +7325,17 @@ void com_codename1_impl_ios_IOSNative_socialShare___java_lang_String_long_com_co
                 dataToShare = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:i, nil];
             }
         } else {
-            dataToShare = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:someText, nil];
+            BOOL shareFile = NO;
+            if (someText != nil && [someText hasPrefix:@"file:"]) {
+                NSURL* fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[someText substringFromIndex:5]];
+                if ([[NSFileManager defaultManager] fileExistsAtPath:[fileURL path]]) {
+                    shareFile = YES;
+                    dataToShare = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:fileURL, nil];
+                }
+            }
+            if (!shareFile) {
+                dataToShare = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:someText, nil];
+            }
         }
 
         UIActivityViewController* activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:dataToShare