Nearby share support for file sharing

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Hi all,

I haven’t seen this topic brought up anywhere (or if this is even the correct forum for such a topic).

Android’s nearby share function is akin to Apple’s air drop, though with wider hardware compatibility as part of the protocol.

It’s an open protocol and implementation, though I can’t comment on the complexity of it.

It feels like a great fit for the Gnome ecosystem, so I wanted to gauge the interest level, especially from anyone on the design team if they happen to be lurking here.

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Not from the design team but you might be interested in the Warp app, which does something similar for Linux devices

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FWIW we already something similar. If you go to Settings → Share (may have moved after 43) and enable file sharing, you have a WebDAV file share that is advertised to nearby devices thanks to zeroconf (via avahi).

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