Merge pull request #536 from bluesky-social/ansh/app-558-share-profile-and-post-broken-on-android

[APP-558] Sharing refactor

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diff --git a/src/lib/sharing.ts b/src/lib/sharing.ts
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+import {isNative} from 'platform/detection'
+// import * as Sharing from 'expo-sharing'
+import Clipboard from '@react-native-clipboard/clipboard'
+import * as Toast from '../view/com/util/Toast'
+import {Share} from 'react-native'
+
+/**
+ * This function shares a URL using the native Share API if available, or copies it to the clipboard
+ * and displays a toast message if not (mostly on web)
+ * @param {string} url - A string representing the URL that needs to be shared or copied to the
+ * clipboard.
+ */
+export async function shareUrl(url: string) {
+  if (isNative) {
+    Share.share({url: url})
+  } else {
+    // React Native Share is not supported by web. Web Share API
+    // has increasing but not full support, so default to clipboard
+    Clipboard.setString(url)
+    Toast.show('Copied to clipboard')
+  }
+}