Defold Sharing

Defold native extension to share application data using native sharing dialogs.

System requirements

The extension currently supports OSX, iOS, Android and HTML5. Browser compatibility

Installation

You can use the Sharing extension in your own project by adding this project as a Defold library dependency. Open your game.project file and in the dependencies field under project add:

https://github.com/britzl/defold-sharing/archive/master.zip

Or point to the ZIP file of a specific release.

Starting Defold 1.2.165 the Android dependencies are resolved using the build.gradle file.

Usage

The share.* namespace will be nil if the share extension isn't supported (see System requirements above).

share.text(text)

Share text using a native sharing dialog.

PARAMETERS

• text (string) - The text to share

share.image(bytes, [text], [file_name])

Share an image (with optional text) using a native sharing dialog. Supported formats depend on the platform:

• Android - The image format must be supported by BitmapFactory.decodeByteArray(). On Android the image will first be stored locally as a file and then shared using a FileProvider.
• iOS and macOS - The image format must be supported by UIImage.initWithData.
• HTML5 - Either DataURI or any image format supported by the underlying platform.

PARAMETERS

• bytes (string) - The image bytes to share
• text (string) - Optional text to share
• file_name (string) - Optional Only for HTML5 image name. Default "file.png"

share.file(path, [text], [options])

Share a file (with optional text) using a native sharing dialog. On Android the file will first be copied to a predefined location and then shared using a FileProvider. Files are shared with their original filename and extension. This will allow iOS to offer different kinds of applications depending on the shared content.

PARAMETERS

• path (string) - Full path to the file to share. For HTML5: specify the name of the file. Default file.txt.

• text (string) - Optional text to share. For HTML5: specify the data that should be in the file.

• options (table) - Optional Only for HTML5.

  • type (string) - data type. Default "text/plain"
  • text (string) - text to be shared
  • title (string) - title to be shared. May be ignored by the target
  • url (string) - URL to be shared