Remove unused Capacitor plugin implementation and simplify shared image
handling to use only the temp file approach, which is already working
reliably for both iOS and Android.
Changes:
- Delete ios/App/App/ShareImagePlugin.swift (unused, never registered)
- Delete ios/App/App/ShareImageBridge.swift (only used by plugin)
- Remove ~80 lines of plugin fallback code from src/main.capacitor.ts
- Simplify error handling to single code path
- Add documentation comment explaining temp file approach and future
plugin implementation possibility
Benefits:
- ~154 lines of code removed
- Single, consistent code path for both platforms
- Easier to maintain and debug
- No functional changes - temp file approach already working
The temp file approach uses Capacitor's Filesystem plugin to read shared
image data written by native code (AppDelegate on iOS, MainActivity on
Android). This is simpler and more reliable than the plugin approach,
which required registration and bridge setup.
Future improvement: Consider implementing Capacitor plugins for direct
native-to-JS communication if lower latency becomes a priority, though
the current approach performs well in production.
Implement iOS Share Extension to enable native image sharing from Photos
and other apps directly into TimeSafari. Users can now share images from
the iOS share sheet, which will open in SharedPhotoView for use as gifts
or profile pictures.
iOS Native Implementation:
- Add TimeSafariShareExtension target with ShareViewController
- Configure App Groups for data sharing between extension and main app
- Implement ShareViewController to process shared images and convert to base64
- Store shared image data in App Group UserDefaults
- Add ShareImageBridge utility to read shared data from App Group
- Update AppDelegate to handle shared-photo deep link and bridge data to JS
JavaScript Integration:
- Add checkAndStoreNativeSharedImage() in main.capacitor.ts to read shared
images from native layer via temporary file bridge
- Convert base64 data to data URL format for compatibility with base64ToBlob
- Integrate with existing SharedPhotoView component
- Add "shared-photo" to deep link validation schema
Build System:
- Integrate Xcode 26 / CocoaPods compatibility workaround into build-ios.sh
- Add run_pod_install_with_workaround() for explicit pod install
- Add run_cap_sync_with_workaround() for Capacitor sync (which runs pod
install internally)
- Automatically detect project format version 70 and apply workaround
- Remove standalone pod-install-workaround.sh script
Code Cleanup:
- Remove verbose debug logs from ShareViewController, AppDelegate, and
main.capacitor.ts
- Retain essential logger calls for production debugging
Documentation:
- Add ios-share-extension-setup.md with manual Xcode setup instructions
- Add ios-share-extension-git-commit-guide.md for version control best practices
- Add ios-share-implementation-status.md tracking implementation progress
- Add native-share-target-implementation.md with overall architecture
- Add xcode-26-cocoapods-workaround.md documenting the compatibility issue
The implementation uses a temporary file bridge (AppDelegate writes to Documents
directory, JS reads via Capacitor Filesystem plugin) as a workaround for
Capacitor plugin auto-discovery issues. This can be improved in the future by
properly registering ShareImagePlugin in Capacitor's plugin registry.
- Separate scanner views for web and mobile platforms: different libraries, similar layouts
- Mobile: QR code overlaid on top of full-screen camera view
- Mobile: added framing box + instruction text
- Mobile: increased debounce time to compensate for behavior of MLkit scanner
- Web: removed Capacitor-related code and platform-specific conditions
- Web: adjusted max-size of QR code and camera view to better fit newer iOS device screens
- Web + mobile: camera view remains active when a QR scan is triggered
