Feature Request: Consider responding to "Shared URLs"

[netwolfuk]

Hi Noel. I just discovered your app after getting a new phone and not being able to use PMWP anymore.
Thanks for adding #92. I was missing that from PWMP too.

One other feature that I used all the time was to be able to share a URL to PWMP on Android. This effectively adds the ability for PasswordMaker to appear when you share a URL from your browser.

The URL can then be used to automatically populate "URL or domain" field.

I did a little searching, and found that we'd need to add a few lines to AndroidManifest.xml. See
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8624315/make-android-app-listen-to-shared-links

Then we'd need to handle that "intent" and use the data to populate the URL field. I must admit I have not spent much time looking at how that would be achieved in your code, as it appears to be a wrapped node app.

[NoelLH]

Hi, thanks for the suggestion!

The app is built with Ionic and Capacitor. Unfortunately from an initial search I don't see great well-supported plugin options for doing this right now. There is https://capawesome.io/plugins/share-target/ but it requires a paid subscription, and everything else I saw looks a bit unmaintained and unloved.

I'd be open to any ideas or pull requests but I'm not sure how feasible it is for me to look at it further in the near term.

[NoelLH]

Actually https://github.com/Cap-go/capacitor-share-target looks like it's maybe a free one supported by Capgo, will look more another day.

[netwolfuk]

Ooh. I did mean to reply to your comment, but it appears my inaction was rewarded. Sorry about that!

Thanks so much for looking at this. I'm still trying and failing at unlearning the muscle memory of the previous app. 🤣

[NoelLH]

Thanks so much for looking at this. I'm still trying and failing at unlearning the muscle memory of the previous app. 🤣

No worries! Beta version 2.7.0 should let you try out a first pass at this – there's a download in the release now or it should be offered by Google soon if you're opted in to Play Store beta versions.

[netwolfuk]

Thanks @NoelLH !! I am opted into the beta versions, and have updated to the latest version.
I did a test run and it worked perfectly the first time.

I then edited the URL to remove the https://www. and the /pages/part on the end and it appeared to give the same hash, so that's a bonus.

Then I went out, and tried it again and I can't seem to get the behaviour where the URL field is populated. I've tried closing the app and retrying. I have tried from Brave and Firefox on a few different URLs.

When I click Share I then choose Webful PasswordMaker and your app starts up, but the fields are blank.

Pixel10, Android 16

[NoelLH]

Sorry about that @netwolfuk, yeah I am now seeing this on Android 15 too, seems like it happens only when it's a cold boot directly opening the app so it depends if it's already in the background.

I tried moving things around but it looks like the plugin gets the event too early for the code in this app to do anything, so the fix has to be in the plugin which I don't know how to do without a lot more time to investigate. And I also now see there's Cap-go/capacitor-share-target#1 open on the plugin for this.

I'll reopen this for now and think a bit more about whether it's worth it to keep the feature in half-working.

[netwolfuk]

seems like it happens only when it's a cold boot directly opening the app so it depends if it's already in the background.

Yeah. That was my thought too. However swiping the app away (which I thought was shutting it down) doesn't appear to get it back to that first run.

[NoelLH]

Hm, yeah I thought that too. It's consistent on my phone so far. Possibly Android 16 changed things. Or maybe more likely it could depend on the specific timings at startup and your phone is faster, so there's a question of luck with the timing.

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[netwolfuk]

I'll install it on my old phone when I get home (Pixel3) and see what difference that makes.

[netwolfuk]

I'll install it on my old phone when I get home (Pixel3) and see what difference that makes.

I'm afraid it's doing same thing on my pixel 3.

I can share from brave, but the URL field is empty.

I made the mistake of opening it first from the play store, so it was already "hot". Swiping away and trying again didn't fix it in that phone either.

Pixel 3, Android 12