Share Plugin for NativePHP Mobile

Native share sheet for sharing URLs and files in NativePHP Mobile applications.

Overview

The Share API provides cross-platform native share sheet functionality for sharing URLs, text, and files.

Installation

composer require nativephp/mobile-share

Usage

Share a URL

PHP (Livewire/Blade)

use Native\Mobile\Facades\Share;

// Share a URL with title and text
Share::url('Check this out!', 'Found this great article', 'https://example.com');

JavaScript (Vue/React/Inertia)

import { Share } from '#nativephp';

// Share a URL
await Share.url('Check this out!', 'Found this great article', 'https://example.com');

Share a File

PHP

use Native\Mobile\Facades\Share;

// Share a file
Share::file('My Recording', 'Listen to this!', '/path/to/audio.m4a');

// Share just text (no file)
Share::file('Hello', 'This is my message', '');

JavaScript

import { Share } from '#nativephp';

// Share a file
await Share.file('My Recording', 'Listen to this!', '/path/to/audio.m4a');

// Share just text
await Share.file('Hello', 'This is my message');

Methods

url(string $title, string $text, string $url)

Opens the native share sheet with a URL.

Parameter	Type	Description
title	string	Share dialog title / subject
text	string	Text message to include with the URL
url	string	The URL to share

file(string $title, string $text, string $filePath)

Opens the native share sheet with a file or text.

Parameter	Type	Description
title	string	Share dialog title / subject
text	string	Text message to share
filePath	string	Absolute path to file (optional)

Supported File Types

The share sheet automatically detects MIME types for common file formats:

Audio: m4a, aac, mp3, wav, ogg, flac Video: mp4, m4v, mov, avi, mkv, webm Images: jpg, jpeg, png, gif, webp Documents: pdf, txt

Platform Behavior

Android

• Uses Intent.ACTION_SEND with Intent.createChooser
• Files are shared via FileProvider for security
• Temporary copies are made for files in app storage
• Old share temp files are automatically cleaned up

iOS

• Uses UIActivityViewController
• Supports iPad popover presentation
• Files are shared directly via file URLs

Testing

The plugin extends the NativePHP testing suite with share-specific helpers, so your app tests can assert share sheet activity without knowing any bridge internals:

use Native\Mobile\Testing\Native;

it('shares the invite link', function () {
    Native::test(ShareSheet::class)
        ->tap('Share link')
        ->assertSharedUrl('https://example.com/invite/abc');
});

it('shares the exported report', function () {
    Native::test(ReportScreen::class)
        ->tap('Share report')
        ->assertSharedFile('/storage/app/report.pdf');
});

it('does not share anything before the button is tapped', function () {
    Native::test(ReportScreen::class)
        ->assertNothingShared();
});

Helpers

• assertShared() — assert something was shared, a URL or a file.
• assertSharedUrl(?string $url = null) — assert a URL was shared, or exactly $url when given.
• assertSharedFile(?string $filePath = null) — assert a file was shared, or exactly $filePath when given.
• assertNothingShared() — assert neither Share::url() nor Share::file() was called.

The helpers are available on Native::fakeBridge() and chain directly off Native::test(...). They register automatically while running tests (requires a core with a macroable FakeBridge; on older cores they simply don't register).