1807436 - [Meta] Web Share Target

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1476515

(Firefox for Android :: PWA, enhancement)

Description

[Chris Peterson [:cpeterson]]

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5783.

Related Meta: #328

Why/User Benefit/User Problem

PWAs may want to receive data from other apps, such as sharing a URL to Twitter or sharing an image to Squoosh. Web Share Target lets installed PWAs show up as entries in the Android share sheet.

What/Requirements

PWAs that define a ShareTarget in their web app manifest will show up as entries in the Android share sheet.

We can use Sharing Shortcuts to display entries in the share sheet dynamically. Note that this is different to Chrome's WebAPKs, since those are signed APK files that can create static share entries. We can use Direct Share (normally used to let users share to a specific person) to support Web Share Target on Android 6 and above.

• 1586158: Parse ShareTarget in web app manifest in Gecko
• mozilla-mobile/android-components#4636: Add ShareTarget to WebAppManifest
• mozilla-mobile/android-components#4637: Display Sharing Shortcuts for PWAs
• mozilla-mobile/android-components#4638: Support share targets in Trusted Web Activities
• 1586157: Support opening pages with a POST request in GeckoView

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