Share Functionality in Your .NET MAUI Apps

A good share experience lets users pass along receipts, links, and files without friction. Leomaris Reyes walks through the IShare API in .NET MAUI and the platform specifics you need to get right.

What you’ll learn

• The IShare API — using Share.Default to open the system share sheet
• What you can share — text with ShareTextRequest, links via its Uri property, single files with ShareFileRequest, and multiple files with ShareMultipleFilesRequest
• Platform setup — the photo library permissions required on iOS and Mac Catalyst
• Secure file sharing on Android — configuring the FileProvider path file so you don’t accidentally expose private data
• iPadOS popovers — using PresentationSourceBounds to position the share popover correctly on tablets

Read the full article for the code samples and the platform considerations behind a complete, secure sharing experience.