News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser?. Parent comment

Re:I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser? by netsharc on Friday May 22, 2020 @07:51PM (#23278448)
I think the share menu uses concurrency to query available share targets (querying their names and icons), so whichever target responds first, gets put in the list first. Which is indeed very dumb, because the user gets a randomized list everytime s/he wants to share something.

I'm using Fliktu https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oakstar.fl... to override the share menu, it works in most apps (some apps use an internal share menu), and you can also trigger it by shaking the phone after copying something into the clipboard. AFAIK it sorts the share targets by "last used".

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I think my BBQ just offered to be my default browser? by efreak on Saturday May 23, 2020 @01:17PM (#23284662)
Another option is Sharedr https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rejh.share...

Personally, until something open source is available, I'll stick with NeoLinker on my unrooted (no firewall) phone. It uses the built-in share share menu, but has the advantage of being able to share to itself to rotate between share, open with, search for, etc. If you're interested, it's available on Fdroid (and probably the play store as well?)

[ Parent | on HN ]