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Is it possible to trigger share menu on smartphones (via HTML/JS)?

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Is there an existing possibility to trigger the share functionality in local browsers on smartphones via HTML or JavaScript?

Of course there are many services which provide a share button. But when I e.g. want to share a website on facebook, I need to be logged in to facebook in the browser I am currently using.

Almost all browsers got an own share functionality build in, which triggers a system menu to choose which app you want to use to share:

System

This question is about: How to trigger this menu?

I know it is possible to trigger a phone call with a specified prefix in href attribute of links, like tel: or callto:. Maybe such a shortcut for this share menu is also existing? Or some javascript code? Or a totally different way how to do it?

Thanks in advance.

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answered 11 Years ago mireyag · Accepted Answer

I added this as all answers seems outdated by 2018-07-16.

It is possible, but only in a few browsers (MDN Reference), achieved througth the one method API in navigator:

navigator

    .share({

        title: document.title,

        text: 'Hello World',

        url: window.location.href

    })

    .then(() => console.log('Successful share! 🎉'))

    .catch(err => console.error(err));

Google's reference: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/10/navigator-share

Also, there was a thing called Web Intends which is a dead project, you should go with navigator.share instead.