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Google Photos share handler not picking up "enhanced" #23047

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https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-share-enhanced-photo-from-android-photos/#post-18937960

On Android, when Google Photos shares an "Enhanced" image, it doesn't hand WordPress a normal file URI, it generates the enhanced version on the fly and passes it as a temporary content:// stream from the Google Photos provider. The WordPress Android app's share handler doesn't pick up that stream the same way it picks up an Original (which is already a real file on disk), so the new-post screen opens with no attachment.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions

  1. Open a photo in Google Photos.
  2. Select "Share".
  3. Select "Enhanced".
  4. Select "Share".
  5. Select WordPress.
  6. A blank post opens up in the Android WordPress app.

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Android Version 16 on a Google Pixel.
Google Photos version 7.81.0.932521513
Wordpress app version 26.8
Self hosted website

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