Facebook Messenger

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Platform	App	Custom text	Link	GIF
	Custom button	No	No	Autoplay
This is the deprecated ShareToMessenger call in the SDK. Last tested: 2019-02-01 Megacool SDK version: 4.0.5
	Facebook Messenger	Yes	Yes	Autoplay
Set sharing strategy to MEDIA to make GIFs click to play Last tested: 2019-06-05 Megacool SDK version: 4.3.0
	Facebook Messenger	No	Yes	Still image
Use sharing strategy to toggle whether to share GIF or link. Link preview shows a still image. Link preview needs to finish loading before sending the message. Note that the share callbacks isn't reliable for Messenger as it's reported completed or dismissed randomly by Facebook. Last tested: 2019-06-03 Megacool SDK version: 4.3.0
	Facebook Messenger Lite	No	Yes	No
Set sharing strategy to MEDIA to make GIFs click to play. Last tested: 2019-06-05 Megacool SDK version: 4.3.0

Explanation of terms:

Custom text

The ability to pre-set the text when sharing to a given app. Users always have the opportunity to change the text before sharing, unless otherwise noted.

Link

Whether a link can be included in the share or not. A link is necessary if you want to power referrals or generate traffic back to your app. If you only want to spread the GIF as widely as possible you can set the SDK to prioritize GIFs instead by setting the sharing strategy to MEDIA.

GIF

We use the term GIF here to refer to short, animated, muted video clips. This means that the shared file could be an actual .gif or a MP4 video depending on what the app supports. Even if apps support GIFs, their level of support usually varies between a few different states. We classify the level of support to one of still image, click to play, or autoplay, where autoplay is the best case.

Rows with question marks (?) mean that we haven't tested this app yet.

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