File Sharing
When using navigator.share() API, the user can customize the share behaviour based on the parameters.
If you want to share a normal text on any platform.
navigator.share({
type: "url"
url: "Hello World! You can open this link.
https://i.imgur.com/HSLFU3i.jpeg", // text or url to be shared
});
To share a file as a doc, image, etc.
navigator.share({
type: "file"
url: "https://i.imgur.com/HSLFU3i.jpeg",
extension: "jpg", //extension of the file
text: "Hello World!"// text to be shared with the file
});
Add the following parameters to share the file:
type: “file” or “url”
file: Indicate the sharing of the file
url: Indicate the sharing of the link
extension(Only for Android): When you are sharing a file, keep in mind that you add a proper extension. Don’t include a full stop while writing the extension of the file. For example, doc, docx, and pdf.
url: Link of the respective file or url to be shared.
text (Optional): A message or description of the file being shared.
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