is there a way to exchange messages between share charm source App and target App?

Question

I am working on a windows store app which have a feature to let user share content in my app with another app using Windows Share charm.

My question is: In the source app(my app), is there a way to capture the messages from the a target app? Say user want to share an image using the Mail app, I want to know whether that email is sent successfully.

I know for the target app, The ShareOperation object has some functions to send messages back to Windows, like:

shareOperation.reportError(errorText);
shareOperation.reportDataRetrieved();
....

Is there a way to capture these messages withing the source app?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi Young Zhao,

I believe you may have a bit misunderstanding for these methods, for more information, please run the sample:

Sharing content source app sample and  Sharing content target app sample.

I don't think we can pass the data between two apps, the share charm give us a chance to share data from one app to another but it does not have any duty to monitor if the share target app complete the share task.

--James

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Answer 2

Thanks so much James!

Yes I did look at the 2 sample apps, and I understand they are 2 standalone apps.  So is it NOT possible for the source app to capture any message from the target app, correct? 

Answer 3

Yes. ShareOperation or Share Charm cannot help you pass any message from target app to source app.

--James

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Answer 4

Thanks again.