Web Share Target API
A web API proposal enabling websites to receive shared data from other sites and native apps.
What is Web Share Target API?
Web Share Target API is a proposed web standard that allows websites to register as targets in the native share dialog, enabling them to receive shared data like links, text, and files from other apps. It solves the problem of web apps being isolated from the system-wide sharing ecosystem, allowing them to interact seamlessly with both web and native applications. This enhances the capabilities of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) by integrating them into the user's existing sharing workflows.
Web developers building Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) or web applications that need to receive content from other apps, and standards contributors interested in web platform interoperability.
Developers choose this API because it provides a standardized way to make web apps first-class citizens in the sharing ecosystem, improving user experience and app integration without requiring platform-specific code.
Overview
Web API proposal for receiving shared data
Use Cases
Best For
- Enabling Progressive Web Apps to appear in Android's share menu
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