shareHelpers

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Set of share functions, made possible by react-native-share. Check the docs to learn more.

showShareDialog

Shows share dialog with provided options and optional callbacks.

Params

Name	Type	Required	Default value	Description
options	ShareOptions	True	-	Share options
completedCallback	(result: ShareOpenResult) => void	False	Undefined	Callback when user completed share action with result parameters
errorCallback	(error: Error or unknown) => void	False	Undefined	Error callback when something went wrong or user didn't share anything

Usage example

  const onShowShareDialogPress = useCallback(async () => {
    await showShareDialog(
        {
            showAppsToView: true,
            message: "Test message to share",
        },
        (result) => {
            console.warn("Share result: ", result);
        },
        (error) => {
            console.error("Share error: ", error);
        },
    );
}, []);

showShareSocialDialog

Shows share to social network dialog with provided options and optional callbacks. If the app is not installed then tries to open the web page of social network.

Params

Name	Type	Required	Default value	Description
options	ShareSingleOptions	True	-	Share options
completedCallback	(result: ShareSingleResult) => void	False	Undefined	Callback when user completed share action with result parameters
errorCallback	(error: Error or unknown) => void	False	Undefined	Error callback when something went wrong or user didn't share anything

Usage example

  const onShowShareSocialDialogPress = useCallback(async () => {
    await showShareSocialDialog(
        {
            social: Share.Social.TWITTER,
            title: "Share via",
            message: "Twitter test message from template",
            url: "",
        },
        (result) => {
            console.warn("Share result: ", result);
        },
        (error) => {
            console.error("Share error: ", error);
        },
    );
}, []);

isPackageInstalled

Checks whether the package installed, on Android uses the share check, on iOS checks using Linking.canOpenURL.

Params

Name	Type	Required	Default value	Description
androidPackageName	string	False	Undefined	Android package name
iosUrl	string	False	Undefined	iOS package URI

Usage example

await isPackageInstalled("com.instagram.android", "instagram://");