Instagram Share Failing On iOS After Latest Instagram Update

Steps to reproduce

1. Update instagram to latest version
2. Log in to Instagram, or ensure you are logged in
3. Attempt to share an image with shareSingle such as (exact code follows):

Share.shareSingle({title:"Share On Instagram", url: "file://" + res.url, social: Share.Social.INSTAGRAM})

res.url in the above returns a path to an image saved to tmp.

Expected behaviour

Users share directly to instagram. This code was working perfectly well until this latest Instagram update (yesterday). I have verified on three separate iPhones that the code works before the Instagram update and fails immediately after.

Actual behaviour

Instagram opens, with message “Unable to open file. You must be logged in.”

As previously stated, I have verified on three separate iPhones that the code works before the Instagram update and fails immediately after.

No errors or issues are appearing in debug.

Environment

• React Native 0.56.0
• iOS 12

react-native-share

Version 1.1.2

[shannaleri]

I think you’re right, @jgfidelis . I just checked and sharing directly from Spotify to stories (Spotify has a direct IG share feature) has a similar issue. It brings me to a login screen, and I never end up being able to share the song even after logging in (no “unable to share, must be logged in” message in this case though).

You can bet that if it’s breaking Spotify’s sharing that it’s a bug.

[shannaleri]

The latest instagram update (v 68.0) fixes this issue. The instagram sharing is working as expected again.