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social_share

Wide variety of sharing options you'll need to share directly to certain well-known apps.

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flutter pub add social_share

Package Overview

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The social_share package provides a simple and efficient way to share content directly to popular social media apps on Android and iOS. It supports a wide range of sharing options, enabling users to quickly post content to platforms like WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and more. Built with native intent integration, it ensures seamless sharing experiences across devices. The package is lightweight and easy to implement, making it ideal for apps that require robust sharing functionality without complex setup.

Use cases

  • Sharing links to social media
  • Sending messages via WhatsApp
  • Posting content to Instagram
  • Integrating with Facebook
  • Enabling quick user-driven sharing
  • Supporting cross-platform sharing

Key features

  • Supports multiple social platforms
  • Native intent-based sharing
  • Simple API integration
  • Cross-platform compatibility (Android & iOS)
  • Lightweight and fast
  • Easy configuration

Suitable for

  • Mobile apps needing social sharing
  • Apps targeting broad user engagement
  • Developers seeking quick sharing implementation
  • Projects requiring platform-specific sharing
  • Apps with user-generated content sharing
  • Social or community-driven applications

Considerations

  • Requires proper app permissions on Android
  • May need additional setup for certain platforms
  • Limited to supported social apps
  • Depends on external app availability
  • Not suitable for custom sharing destinations
  • Platform-specific behavior may vary

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social_share

Wide variety of sharing options you'll need to share directly to certain popular apps or just share with default native share.

Introduction

Works on both platforms Android and iOS

It provides you with most of the popular sharing options With this plugin you can share on instagram stories and facebook stories and also copy to clipboard

Usage

Android Configuration
Paste the following attribute in the manifest tag in the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:
 		`xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"`
For example:
        <manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
                xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
                package="your package...">
Add this piece of code in the manifest/application in the android/app/src/main/AndroidManifest.xml:
 		<provider
            android:name="androidx.core.content.FileProvider"
            android:authorities="${applicationId}.com.shekarmudaliyar.social_share"
            android:exported="false"
            android:grantUriPermissions="true"
            tools:replace="android:authorities">
            <meta-data
                android:name="android.support.FILE_PROVIDER_PATHS"
                android:resource="@xml/filepaths" />
        </provider>
Create a xml file named filepaths.xml in the app/src/main/res/xml folder and paste this code in the file :
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<paths xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
    <cache-path name="image" path="/"/>
</paths>
iOS Configuration
Add this to your Info.plist to use share on instagram and facebook story
<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
	<array>
	<string>instagram-stories</string>
	<string>facebook-stories</string>
	<string>facebook</string>
	<string>instagram</string>
	<string>twitter</string>
	<string>whatsapp</string>
    <string>tg</string>
	</array>
Add this if you are using share on facebook. For this you have to create an app on https://developers.facebook.com/ and get the App ID
<key>FacebookAppID</key>
<string>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</string>
shareInstagramStory
SocialShare.shareInstagramStory(imageFile.path, "#ffffff",
                              "#000000", "https://deep-link-url");
shareInstagramStorywithBackground
 SocialShare.shareInstagramStorywithBackground(image.path, "https://deep-link-url",
                              backgroundImagePath: backgroundimage.path);
shareFacebookStory

For iOS

SocialShare.shareFacebookStory(image.path,"#ffffff","#000000",
                              "https://deep-link-url","facebook-app-id");

For Android appID is mandatory if using shareFacebookStory or else it wont work

SocialShare.shareFacebookStory(image.path,"#ffffff","#000000",
                              "https://deep-link-url","facebook-app-id",
							  appId: "xxxxxxxxxxxxx");
copyToClipboard
SocialShare.copyToClipboard("This is Social Share plugin");
shareTwitter
//without hashtags
SocialShare.shareTwitter("This is Social Share plugin");

//with hashtags
SocialShare.shareTwitter(
                              "This is Social Share twitter example",
                              hashtags: ["hello", "world", "foo", "bar"]);

//with hashtags and link
SocialShare.shareTwitter(
                              "This is Social Share twitter example",
                              hashtags: ["hello", "world", "foo", "bar"],url:"https://your-url-here/");
shareSms
//without url link in message
SocialShare.shareSms("This is Social Share Sms example");

//with url link in message
SocialShare.shareSms("This is Social Share Sms example",url: "https://your-url-here/");
shareWhatsapp
SocialShare.shareWhatsapp("Hello World");
shareTelegram
SocialShare.shareTelegram("Hello World");
shareOptions

This will open the default native share options

//without an image
SocialShare.shareOptions("Hello world");

//with an image
SocialShare.shareOptions("Hello world",imagePath: image.path);
checkInstalledAppsForShare
SocialShare.checkInstalledAppsForShare();

Here's few demo!

Story share on Instagram

insta story share demo

Story share on Facebook

fb story share demo

Copy to Clipboard

copy demo

Known issues

On Android 6, Share to Instagram Stories may not open Instagram app or load the specified image.

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