# Sharing the current view in-app

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/sharing-the-current-view-in-app/3142>\
**Category:** Ask for Help\
**Created:** [December 26, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sharing-the-current-view-in-app/3142 "2019-12-26T19:51:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc348/32.png) [@ira](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ira)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2019, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sharing-the-current-view-in-app/3142/1 "2019-12-26T19:51:02Z")

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Hi Glide team -

A really powerful feature would be for users to be able to share their current view as a web link.

For example, if I want to link user-submitted content online to Twitter or social, I can initiate a Tweet, but I can’t populate it with any content.

 ![Screen Shot 2019-12-26 at 2.38.23 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/2X/0/0b38ccce7601f95bca0b46a7b4e5d9ce744208cf.jpeg)

This allows app creators to drive more traffic to their app and grow more viewers/users (and naturally as users grow, so should Glide subscriptions). This would be a huge game changer.

Happy holidays and thank you!

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**Author:** ![david](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/david/32/62831_2.png) [@david](https://community.glideapps.com/u/david)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sharing-the-current-view-in-app/3142/2 "2019-12-27T17:43:21Z")

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Yep! This is sometimes called “deep links” and we plan to do it.

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**Author:** ![ira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9fc348/32.png) [@ira](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ira)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 5:57pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sharing-the-current-view-in-app/3142/3 "2019-12-27T17:57:44Z")

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Yes deep-linking functionality would be great. Cheers!

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**Author:** ![Lighted\_Candle](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/lighted_candle/32/29544_2.png) [@Lighted\_Candle](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lighted_Candle)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2019, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sharing-the-current-view-in-app/3142/4 "2019-12-27T19:27:01Z")

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There’s a way to do this now.  
Create a button column and append your glideapp url replacing my url below. Here’s the button I use in my app to allow people to share my app on facebook.

[https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=lightedcandle.net](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=lightedcandle.net)

Just use google formulas to add your app url after the =" sign.  
Example formula. =Arrayformula IF A2:A="","",“[https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u="&"yourglideurl.glide.io](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=%22&%22yourglideurl.glide.io)”  
use this to create a button to “Share on facebook”

IF you want to forward the image to their timeline and include the details of the post, you will need your own website, a facebook developer account and a facebook developer ID.

It is more technical but possible with no additional cost, but coding knowledge will be needed.

[https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/reference/share-dialog](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/reference/share-dialog)