fix(mobile): fix shared file upload hanging by copying to cache

Files shared via iOS Share Sheet / "Open In…" may reference paths
outside the app's sandbox or use security-scoped URLs that React
Native's fetch cannot read. This caused uploads to hang indefinitely
with a spinning indicator.

Fixes:
- Set LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace to false so iOS copies shared
  files to the app's accessible Inbox directory
- Use expo-file-system to copy external file:// URIs to the app's
  cache directory before uploading (ensureLocalUri helper)
- Apply ensureLocalUri to both initial uploads and retries

Co-authored-by: christianlouis <361235+christianlouis@users.noreply.github.com>
This commit is contained in:
copilot-swe-agent[bot]
2026-03-19 12:03:12 +00:00
parent 1559686f90
commit f549505bfd
3 changed files with 50 additions and 5 deletions
+8
View File
@@ -210,6 +210,14 @@ expo-router strips the scheme and tries to match `/private/var/mobile/…` as an
The fix is a catch-all `+not-found.tsx` route (see `mobile/app/+not-found.tsx`). When expo-router cannot match the path, it renders this screen instead. The screen detects that the path is a filesystem path rather than a real in-app route, adds the file directly to `ShareContext`, and redirects to the Upload tab. `UploadScreen` picks up the pending file and begins uploading automatically. The `Linking` listener in the root layout may also fire for the same URL; `ShareContext.addPendingFile` deduplicates by URI so the file is only uploaded once.
##### File accessibility and local caching
Shared files may reference paths outside the app's sandbox or use security-scoped URLs that React Native's `fetch` cannot read directly. To guarantee reliable uploads:
- **`LSSupportsOpeningDocumentsInPlace`** is set to `false` in `app.json`, which tells iOS to copy shared files into the app's `Documents/Inbox` directory before handing them to the app.
- **`UploadScreen`** uses `expo-file-system` (`FileSystem.copyAsync`) to copy any `file://` URI that is outside the app's cache/documents directory to a local cache path before uploading. This ensures the file is readable regardless of its origin.
- **MIME type inference**: Both `+not-found.tsx` and the `Linking` handler in `_layout.tsx` infer the MIME type from the file extension (e.g. `.pdf``application/pdf`) so the server receives a correct `Content-Type` instead of `application/octet-stream`.
##### iOS Action / Share Extension (future enhancement)
Apps like DeepL ("Translate in DeepL") and Microsoft Word ("Convert to Word") appear as **Action Extensions** in the iOS share sheet — a system-level feature that requires a separate Xcode target built with Swift or Objective-C. A proper Action Extension runs in its own process and must share authentication credentials with the main app via an iOS **App Group** (shared keychain / shared container).