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Apple Human Interface Guidelines: Activity views

Describes share sheets as activity views revealed from an Action button while viewing a page, document, or selected item.

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Pattern Decisions This Source Supports

Pattern Supported decision Required contract Claim note
Action sheet Choose action sheet when an intentional user action needs a small set of immediate choices related to the current object, draft, page, document, or selected item. The sheet opens only after a user-initiated action, not as unsolicited promotion, onboarding, or error display. Apple activity-view guidance supports share-sheet invocation from an Action button while viewing content or a selected item.

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