SocialShare does not display text when there is a preview image on Whatsapp

Ionic Native
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I am experiencing an issue with the socialshare. When sharing content to WhatsApp, the text caption does not appear and only the image preview is shown. However, when sharing text without an image, the caption appears normally. Additionally, there are no issues when sharing to other platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, or Telegram.

  • ionic-native/social-sharing: ^5.36.0
  • Andorid API: 32
  • WhatsApp: v2.25.36.73
async socialShare() {
  this.socialSharing.share(
    this.generateTextShare(),
    null,
    this.event.image_url,
    null
  );
}

like this, the text doesn’t appear here. when I change it without the image the text appears.

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I have made a similar post on Stackoverflow:

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First off, Ionic Native is dead as of 2021 - A New Chapter for @ionic-native - Ionic Blog. You should be using Social Sharing | Awesome Cordova Plugins.

The latest version of the plugin you are using is v6, last updated in 2022. You might want to try that first. If that doesn’t work, look through the GitHub issues to see if there is a similar issue.