Scroll behaviour in Flutter view within an iOS share extension is broken #164670
Description
After following the flutter docs on how to use flutter views in an iOS share extension, I have come across an issue which I have found impossible to get around.
It seems that there is no way to prevent the share sheet from consuming drag touch events, essentially making Flutter an unusable option if you are expecting your share extension to require some form of scrolling - which is a huge shame as developers are now forced to build and maintain an identical theme in swift as well as a number of components that exist in the flutter app.
Steps to reproduce
- Set up a share extension for a blank project
- Set the share extension content as a list view with x rows
- Run
flutter runand then open an external app (like safari) to trigger share extension - Attempt to scroll flutter view
Expected results
The flutter view should scroll
Screen.Recording.2025-03-06.at.00.58.07.mov
Actual results
The flutter view sometimes scrolls a few pixels, but the share sheet always consumes the drag event
Screen.Recording.2025-03-06.at.00.58.31.mov
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Important issues not at the top of the work listViewports, list views, slivers, etc.Found to occur in 3.29Found to occur in 3.30flutter/packages/flutter repository. See also f: labels.The issue has been confirmed reproducible and is ready to work oniOS applications specificallyIssue is closed as solvedOwned by iOS platform teamTriaged by iOS platform team