# "Share using Discourse" option in iOS/Android?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [March 5, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249 "2018-03-05T19:32:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@willemb2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/willemb2)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2018, 7:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249/1 "2018-03-05T19:32:10Z")
Newby here. We’re evaluating Discourse as possible successor to our SMF forum. Performance of the iOS/Android app is crucial, because members of our club are currently fleeing into ad hoc Facebook and WhatsApp groups.
I installed the Discourse app on an iPhone wit iOS 11 and an Android 7 phone. I’ve seen how you can upload an existing image or take a photo to include in a post. That works great. But I know many people work the other way around: They are in there camera- or Photo’s app, decide that they want to post a picture and tap on  (iOS) or  (Android). This opens a list of apps available to share the picture. Not only the OS-native apps like Mail and iCloud, but also other installed apps like Signal and Outlook. But I’m not seeing Discourse app ☹
Did I miss a setting? Or should I turn this question into a feature request?
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### Author:  [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249/2 "2018-03-05T20:13:22Z")
You did not miss a setting - the app does not currently support this on either platform. I would suggest turning this into a feature request.
My first question is how you would propose this work. With Signal I assume after sharing the photo from the camera you are asked which message to send it to. In Outlook it attaches the image to a new message - how would this work with Discourse? Let’s say I have 5 forums in the app, after clicking share from camera what happens?
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### Author:  [@willemb2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/willemb2)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249/3 "2018-03-05T20:52:50Z")
> [@jomaxro](#):
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> Let’s say I have 5 forums in the app
Ha! That’s your sales departments dream 🙂 But you got me there. I must confess I did not think of our members ever subscribing to another Discourse based forum. But that could happen if Discourse gets popular here in the Netherlands. I can imagine that with multiple forums in the app, it would require extra code to create a “please select a forum” step. With just one forum, I would expect it to open with an empty “create new topic” and the picture already in the message body.
I will move to Feature request.
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2018, 9:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249/4 "2018-03-05T21:18:15Z")
Also, I have this ready to ship for Android, using a soon to land new browser feature:
> [@Chrome/Firefox extension "Share to discourse"](https://meta.discourse.org/t/chrome-firefox-extension-share-to-discourse/21104/24):
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> This is live in Chrome Canary/Dev. However [Firefox and Chrome devs are discussing the string format of the URL](https://github.com/WICG/web-share-target/issues/31) and this will not land in stable browsers until it gets settled. Here is how it will work when this lands: [[Discourse Share Target API] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qILo9a0kH4s)
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249/5 "2026-06-23T22:54:11Z")
> [@On Android my Discourse is not always an option for 'sharing'](https://meta.discourse.org/t/on-android-my-discourse-is-not-always-an-option-for-sharing/112176/8):
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> Thanks for reminding me of this @southpaw! How this looks? [[Testing Discourse Web Share Target v2] ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOTUBnd9uwA) PR at
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### Author:  [@Falco](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Falco)
#### Post date: [June 23, 2026, 10:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/share-using-discourse-option-in-ios-android/82249/6 "2026-06-23T22:54:17Z")