@byteowls/capacitor-filesharer

Capacitor File Sharing plugin

Installation

For Capacitor v5

npm i @byteowls/capacitor-filesharer
npx cap sync

For Capacitor v4

npm i @byteowls/capacitor-filesharer@4
npx cap sync

For Capacitor v3

npm i @byteowls/capacitor-filesharer@3
npx cap sync

For further details on what has changed see the CHANGELOG.

Versions

Plugin	For Capacitor	Docs	Notes
5.x	5.x.x	README	Breaking changes see Changelog.
4.x	4.x.x	README	Breaking changes see Changelog.
3.x	3.x.x	README	Breaking changes see Changelog. XCode 12.0 needs this version
2.x	2.x.x	README	Breaking changes see Changelog. XCode 11.4 needs this version
1.x	1.x.x	README

Maintainers

Maintainer	GitHub	Social
Michael Oberwasserlechner	moberwasserlechner

Actively maintained: YES

Configuration

Starting with version 3.0.0, the plugin is registered automatically on all platforms.

Use it

import {
  FileSharer
} from '@byteowls/capacitor-filesharer';

@Component({
  template: '<button (click)="downloadButtonClick()">Download file</button>'
})
export class SignupComponent {
    downloadButtonClick() {
        FileSharer.share({
            filename: "test.pdf",
            contentType: "application/pdf",
            // If you want to save base64:
            base64Data: "...",
            // If you want to save a file from a path:
            path: "../../file.pdf",
        }).then(() => {
            // do sth
        }).catch(error => {
            console.error("File sharing failed", error.message);
        });
    }
}

Error Codes

• ERR_PARAM_NO_FILENAME ... Filename missing or invalid.
• ERR_PARAM_NO_DATA ... Base64 data missing.
• ERR_PARAM_NO_CONTENT_TYPE ... Content type missing
• ERR_PARAM_DATA_INVALID ... Base64 data is invalid. See this comment for a possible error.
• ERR_FILE_CACHING_FAILED ... Caching the file in temp directory on the device failed.

Platform: Web/PWA

Register plugin

On Web/PWA the plugin is registered automatically by Capacitor.

Platform: Android

Prerequisite: Capacitor Android Docs

Configure

Add outState.clear() to your MainActivity. This fixes android.os.TransactionTooLargeException when sharing larger files.

package com.company.project;

import android.os.Bundle;
import com.getcapacitor.BridgeActivity;

public class MainActivity extends BridgeActivity {

  @Override
  public void onSaveInstanceState(Bundle outState) {
    super.onSaveInstanceState(outState);
    outState.clear();
  }
}

Register plugin

On Android the plugin is registered automatically by Capacitor.

Platform: iOS

Prerequisite: Capacitor iOS Docs

Register plugin

On iOS the plugin is registered automatically by Capacitor.

Platform: Electron

• No timeline.

Contribute

See Contribution Guidelines.

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.

License

MIT. Please see LICENSE.

Disclaimer

We have no business relation to Ionic.