# Android share and send functionality

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898>\
**Category:** Features\
**Created:** [18 March 2019 19:10 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898 "2019-03-18T19:10:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 11\
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**Author:** ![Condalmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/condalmo/32/729_2.png) [@Condalmo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Condalmo)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 19:10 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/1 "2019-03-18T19:10:33Z")

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I know that this was brought up a year ago… but is there any progress, or planning, around expanding the ability on Android to send files to Joplin? I’d like to send images, Camscanner documents, and other files directly from those apps into Joplin.

Thanks -

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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [18 March 2019 21:01 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/2 "2019-03-18T21:01:50Z")

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It looks like this kind of functionality isn't very far off. Joplin currently uses [a library](https://github.com/alinz/react-native-share-extension) to handle sharing on android (because this is difficult task). That library had some issues which meant sharing image, pdf, etc. wasn't working correctly. But it looks like the project has new maintainers now that are dedicated to getting this working, so we might not have to wait much longer to get this functionality 🙂

[For reference](https://github.com/alinz/react-native-share-extension/issues/123)

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**Author:** ![Condalmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/condalmo/32/729_2.png) [@Condalmo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Condalmo)\
**Post date:** [28 March 2019 20:18 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/3 "2019-03-28T20:18:49Z")

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Is there a particular person I could follow up with?

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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [29 March 2019 01:06 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/4 "2019-03-29T01:06:13Z")

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Maybe one of the maintainers of [react-native-share-extension](https://github.com/alinz/react-native-share-extension)? I’m the person who did the minimal integration but I don’t know enough to actually fix the bugs with this project.

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**Author:** ![Condalmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/condalmo/32/729_2.png) [@Condalmo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Condalmo)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2019 14:45 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/5 "2019-06-17T14:45:26Z")

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Circling back to see if there’s any news. It’s incredibly limiting for Android users.

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**Author:** ![CalebJohn](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/calebjohn/32/356_2.png) [@CalebJohn](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/CalebJohn)\
**Post date:** [17 June 2019 16:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/6 "2019-06-17T16:59:17Z")

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I just checked the [link](https://github.com/alinz/react-native-share-extension) from my previous reply and it looks like there’s been no action. Sorry

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**Author:** ![Condalmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/condalmo/32/729_2.png) [@Condalmo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Condalmo)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2020 17:09 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/7 "2020-02-18T17:09:41Z")

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No updates?

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2020 19:32 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/8 "2020-02-18T19:32:32Z")

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No, we even had to remove the share-extension completely, due to the react-native update.

Please direct your complaints and feedback to the author of the share extension. If you find another solution we are all ears. It’s also a project for GSoC, so let’s hope somebody picks it up.

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**Author:** ![Condalmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/condalmo/32/729_2.png) [@Condalmo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Condalmo)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2020 19:58 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/9 "2020-02-18T19:58:01Z")

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I don’t know what those words mean, exactly, but it sounds untenable.

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**Author:** ![Condalmo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/condalmo/32/729_2.png) [@Condalmo](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/Condalmo)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2020 21:25 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/10 "2020-02-18T21:25:10Z")

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Who is the author of the share extension?

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**Author:** ![tessus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/tessus/32/13_2.png) [@tessus](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/tessus)\
**Post date:** [18 February 2020 22:20 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/android-share-and-send-functionality/1898/11 "2020-02-18T22:20:30Z")

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Caleb already posted the link to it twice in this thread, but here it is again:

> **[alinz/react-native-share-extension](https://github.com/alinz/react-native-share-extension)**
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> react-native as an engine to drive share extension - alinz/react-native-share-extension