Cant send video to whatsapp

[Rickkorsten]

Hello there,

on IOS (i did not test android) if i want to send a video (mp4) with whatsapp it does not send the video it only sends the message. I am able to send the by mail. I have checked all prerequisites

 if (videoUrl) {
      Share.open({
        message: 'Message,
        title: 'Title',
        url: `file://${videoUrl}`,
        type: 'video',
      })
        .then(res => {
          console.log(res);
        })
        .catch(err => {
          err && console.log(err);
        })
        .finally(() => {
          setLoading(false);
        });
    }

[André Angeloni]

I did this and now it's working on both OS:

const shareVideo = React.useCallback(
    async (video: Video) => {
      let filePath = '';

      try {
        const file = await RNFetchBlob.config({
          fileCache: true,
          appendExt: 'mp4',
        }).fetch('GET', video.url, {});

        [filePath] = file.path().split('/RNFetchBlobTmp_');

        const customPath = `${filePath}/<app_name>.mp4`;

        const hasFile = await RNFetchBlob.fs.exists(customPath);

        if (hasFile) {
          RNFetchBlob.fs.unlink(customPath);
        }

        await RNFetchBlob.fs.mv(file.path(), customPath);

       await Share.open({
          title: `${translate('share')}...`,
          url: `file://${customPath}`,
          type: 'video/mp4',
        });Ï
      } catch (e: any) {
        toastError({
          message: e.message,
        });
      } finally {
        RNFetchBlob.fs.unlink(filePath);
      }
    },
    [toastError, translate],
  );

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