Remove JPEG conversion and preserve original image formats and filenames
to test support for all image file types. Refactor image processing logic
for clarity and maintainability.
Changes:
- Remove forced JPEG conversion (was using 0.9 compression quality)
- Preserve original filename extensions instead of forcing .jpg
- Refactor from 3 branches to 2 (removed unlikely UIImage branch)
- Replace if statement with guard for non-image attachment filtering
- Simplify error check from optional binding to nil check
- Extract filename extension helper method to reduce duplication
- Update default filename from "shared-image.jpg" to "shared-image"
The only conversion that may occur is to PNG (lossless) when raw data
cannot be read from a file URL, preserving image quality while ensuring
compatibility.
- Add SafeArea and SharedImage plugins to capacitor.plugins.json
- Create restore-local-plugins.js to persist plugins after cap sync
- Integrate plugin restoration into build scripts
- Improve Android share intent timing with retry logic
- Clean up debug logging while keeping essential error handling
- Add documentation for local plugin management
Fixes issue where SharedImage plugin wasn't recognized, causing
"UNIMPLEMENTED" errors. Image sharing now works correctly on Android.
- Fix large images not loading from share sheet (exceeded UserDefaults 4MB limit)
- Store all shared images as files in App Group container instead of base64 in UserDefaults
- Fix image refresh when sharing new image while already on SharedPhotoView
- Add route query watcher to detect _refresh parameter changes
- Remove debug logging and redundant UIImage check
The previous implementation tried to store base64-encoded images in UserDefaults,
which failed for large images (HEIF images were often 6MB+ when base64 encoded). Now all images
are stored as files in the App Group container, with only the file path stored
in UserDefaults. This supports images of any size and provides consistent
behavior regardless of format.
Also fixes an issue where sharing a new image while already viewing
SharedPhotoView wouldn't refresh the displayed image.
Replace the buggy temp file polling mechanism with direct native-to-JS
communication via custom Capacitor plugins for iOS and Android. This
eliminates race conditions, file management complexity, and polling overhead.
BREAKING CHANGE: Removes backward compatibility with temp file approach.
Android minSdkVersion upgraded from 22 to 23.
Changes:
- iOS: Created SharedImagePlugin (CAPBridgedPlugin) and SharedImageUtility
- Uses App Group UserDefaults for data sharing between extension and app
- Implements getSharedImage() and hasSharedImage() methods
- Removes temp file writing/reading logic from AppDelegate
- Android: Created SharedImagePlugin with @CapacitorPlugin annotation
- Uses SharedPreferences for data storage instead of temp files
- Implements same interface as iOS plugin
- Removes temp file handling from MainActivity
- TypeScript: Added plugin definitions and registration
- Created SharedImagePlugin interface and web fallback
- Updated main.capacitor.ts to use plugin instead of Filesystem API
- Removed pollForFileExistence() and related file I/O code
- Android: Upgraded minSdkVersion from 22 to 23
- Required for SharedPreferences improvements and better API support
Benefits:
- Eliminates race conditions from file polling
- Removes file cleanup complexity
- Direct native-to-JS communication (no file I/O)
- Better performance (no polling overhead)
- More reliable data transfer between share extension and app
- Cleaner architecture with proper plugin abstraction
