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.
