Sharing Feeds in Flutter with the share_plus Plugin

Implementing the Share Functionality

In this article, I’ll discuss a functionality I recently implemented in a client’s project: sharing feeds to third-party apps like WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram. For this purpose, I used the share_plus plugin. The client required a news app that allows users to share news articles, so integrating this functionality was crucial. Previously, I had used the share plugin, but it has since been replaced by share_plus, which offers more features and better performance.

Implementing Share Functionality

Here’s a step-by-step guide to implementing the sharing feature using the share_plus plugin:

Add the Plugin to Your Project: Begin by adding the share_plus plugin to your pubspec.yaml file. After adding the dependency, run flutter pub get to install it.

dependencies:
 share_plus: ^10.1.1

Capture a Screenshot:

Previously, generating a link with dynamic linking was straightforward, but since it’s now deprecated, we’ll capture a screenshot and attach it to the link instead.

To share a specific widget along with a link or text, you’ll need to capture a screenshot of that widget. For this, you can use the Screenshot widget provided by the screenshot…