Since 8.8 version when sharing anything the direct share feature is broken. It's enabled in settings but still you will get NO telegram contacts (targets) to share to. You will get Whatsapp and Duo and other apps with contacts but NOT Telegram. Until 8.7 it worked but also wrongly as the suggested contacts were useless (random). But they were there. Please see Direct Share doesn't show your frequent cha... #979 . If you can fix both of those issues you will get more people using Telegram. If every time you share all you get is Whatsapp do you think people will share to Telegram ? I am waiting for year and half for the first issue but now it's "solved" as I have no target at all. I tested this on OnePlus with Android 11 and the bug is also there.
Steps to reproduce
Share a image on android device
Check the suggested targets (first line, second lines are apps)
See you have NO Telegram targets available. They should be there, just like there are targets from Whatsapp or Duo.
This happens even when direct share is enabled in settings
Having the same problem on Note 20 Ultra (Android 12) even though Direct Share is enabled. This is annoying.
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Still the same bug in version 9.0.0 (28000). Nothing has changed at all since I reported the problem few months ago. I think it's quite a bad promotion for Telegram when everything gets shared to Whatsapp only (they even have the most used targets in the shortcuts). This is what people will share to and use, instead of the Telegram client :-( .
Andrés
Still present at Telegram in version 9.0.2 (2808) for Android (13 in my case). Please Telegram, just fix this issue!
ceeg
Still having this problem in current Telegram, AOSP Android 13. Shame, because correct contacts in Direct Share would save a lot of time for all of us.
Seems like Telegram devs don't really care to fix those issues. There are more weird problems in Telegram but this obvious bug is there for years. Especially if taken together with the Direct Share doesn't show your frequent cha... #979 bug. Same thing in 9.3.3 unfortunately. Every other app like Whatsapp, Google Messages work totaly fine. Only Telegram doesn't. I have no idea why to keep this bug. It takes away attention from Telegram to all the other apps where sharing works fine. Such a pitty :-( .
Francesco
Same issue on Galaxy S22 Ultra, android 13 and on Galaxy Tab S8+, android 13. Please fix it, it is unbelievable!
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Please Telegram, just fix this issue!
Same thing in 9.3.3 unfortunately. Every other app like Whatsapp, Google Messages work totaly fine. Only Telegram doesn't. I have no idea why to keep this bug. It takes away attention from Telegram to all the other apps where sharing works fine. Such a pitty :-( .