Problem sharing images - panel opens, then whatsapp open fails

[ttthub]

➜ ionic info

Ionic:

Ionic CLI : 5.4.2
Ionic Framework : @ionic/angular 4.9.0
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@angular/cli : 8.1.3
@ionic/angular-toolkit : 2.0.0

Cordova:

Cordova CLI : 8.1.2 (cordova-lib@8.1.1)
Cordova Platforms : android 8.0.0
Cordova Plugins : cordova-plugin-ionic-keyboard 2.2.0, cordova-plugin-ionic-webview 4.1.2, (and 28 other plugins)

Utility:

cordova-res : 0.6.0 (update available: 0.8.0)
native-run : 0.2.8 (update available: 0.2.9)

System:

Android SDK Tools : 26.1.1
ios-deploy : 1.9.4
ios-sim : 8.0.1
NodeJS : v10.16.3
npm : 6.9.0
OS : macOS Catalina
Xcode : Xcode 11.1 Build version 11A1027

cordova-plugin-x-socialsharing 5.6.1 "SocialSharing"

When trying to share image with text, the share panel opens. Then on selecting whatsapp, this error occurs:

Share panel open failed: Attempt to invoke virtual method 'android.content.res.XmlResourceParser android.content.pm.ProviderInfo.loadXmlMetaData(android.content.pm.PackageManager, java.lang.String)' on a null object reference

[nvwebm]

Hi, I'm dealing with the same issue, someone has ideas?

[guy-keller]

Hi @ttthub ,

Have a look at issue #1026 it seems like the same exception.
It also has a workaround, hope this helps.

Cheers!

[ttthub]

Apologies I should have updated here, we indeed resolved it using the workaround on #1026

Thank you