From a82c2e9a7821c761eb1f964131a0e96bfa41c1aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janic Duplessis <janicduplessis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:29:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Share.share copies message and url as a single pasteboard
 item on iOS

---
 .../CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm      | 57 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 57 insertions(+)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm
index d615eca6e8a3..e9722a85ecfe 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm
@@ -22,6 +22,55 @@
 
 using namespace facebook::react;
 
+@interface RCTShareActivityItemSource : NSObject <UIActivityItemSource>
+
+- (instancetype)initWithItem:(id)item pasteboardItem:(nullable id)pasteboardItem subject:(nullable NSString *)subject;
+
+@end
+
+@implementation RCTShareActivityItemSource {
+  id _item;
+  id _pasteboardItem;
+  NSString *_subject;
+}
+
+- (instancetype)initWithItem:(id)item pasteboardItem:(nullable id)pasteboardItem subject:(nullable NSString *)subject
+{
+  if (self = [super init]) {
+    _item = item;
+    _pasteboardItem = pasteboardItem;
+    _subject = subject;
+  }
+  return self;
+}
+
+- (id)activityViewControllerPlaceholderItem:(UIActivityViewController *)activityViewController
+{
+  return _item;
+}
+
+- (nullable id)activityViewController:(UIActivityViewController *)activityViewController
+                  itemForActivityType:(nullable UIActivityType)activityType
+{
+  return [activityType isEqualToString:UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard] ? _pasteboardItem : _item;
+}
+
+- (BOOL)respondsToSelector:(SEL)selector
+{
+  if (selector == @selector(activityViewController:subjectForActivityType:)) {
+    return _subject != nil;
+  }
+  return [super respondsToSelector:selector];
+}
+
+- (NSString *)activityViewController:(UIActivityViewController *)activityViewController
+              subjectForActivityType:(nullable UIActivityType)activityType
+{
+  return _subject;
+}
+
+@end
+
 @interface RCTActionSheetManager () <NativeActionSheetManagerSpec>
 
 @property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray<UIAlertController *> *alertControllers;
@@ -264,6 +313,14 @@ - (void)showShareActionSheetWithOptions:
           return;
         }
         [items addObject:data];
+      } else if (message != nullptr) {
+        // On Copy, UIKit writes each activity item to its own pasteboard item, and a plain-text
+        // paste (including through Universal Clipboard) only reads the first one.
+        items[0] = [[RCTShareActivityItemSource alloc] initWithItem:message pasteboardItem:nil subject:subject];
+        NSString *pasteboardText = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", message, URL.absoluteString];
+        [items addObject:[[RCTShareActivityItemSource alloc] initWithItem:URL
+                                                           pasteboardItem:pasteboardText
+                                                                  subject:subject]];
       } else {
         [items addObject:URL];
       }

From 8392e979cf2e69f1296dd38aeb1e40912a9c7fbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Janic Duplessis <janicduplessis@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2026 18:57:19 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Keep file URLs out of the combined Copy string and return
 it from the message item

---
 .../React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm         | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm
index e9722a85ecfe..f95b684ec560 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm
+++ b/packages/react-native/React/CoreModules/RCTActionSheetManager.mm
@@ -313,14 +313,14 @@ - (void)showShareActionSheetWithOptions:
           return;
         }
         [items addObject:data];
-      } else if (message != nullptr) {
+      } else if (message != nullptr && !URL.fileURL) {
         // On Copy, UIKit writes each activity item to its own pasteboard item, and a plain-text
         // paste (including through Universal Clipboard) only reads the first one.
-        items[0] = [[RCTShareActivityItemSource alloc] initWithItem:message pasteboardItem:nil subject:subject];
         NSString *pasteboardText = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@ %@", message, URL.absoluteString];
-        [items addObject:[[RCTShareActivityItemSource alloc] initWithItem:URL
-                                                           pasteboardItem:pasteboardText
-                                                                  subject:subject]];
+        items[0] = [[RCTShareActivityItemSource alloc] initWithItem:message
+                                                     pasteboardItem:pasteboardText
+                                                            subject:subject];
+        [items addObject:[[RCTShareActivityItemSource alloc] initWithItem:URL pasteboardItem:nil subject:subject]];
       } else {
         [items addObject:URL];
       }