From f16b571ba4c4b5c3278e277d49e6caedd062efc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mateusz Wit <maateew@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 21:19:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat(iOS): add ability to disable iOS overlay on bare
 share activity (#1674)

---
 ios/RNShare.mm              | 12 ++++++++++--
 src/types.ts                |  2 ++
 website/docs/share-open.mdx |  1 +
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ios/RNShare.mm b/ios/RNShare.mm
index 0c9eca36..29f8b3b8 100644
--- a/ios/RNShare.mm
+++ b/ios/RNShare.mm
@@ -290,10 +290,18 @@ - (NSDictionary*) getConstants {
             [controller presentViewController:documentPicker animated:YES completion:nil];
             return;
         }
-    }
-
+    }    
+    
     UIActivityViewController *shareController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:items applicationActivities:nil];
 
+    BOOL disableOverlay = [RCTConvert BOOL:options[@"disableOverlay"]];
+    
+    if (@available(iOS 15.0, *)) {
+        if (disableOverlay == true) {
+                shareController.sheetPresentationController.largestUndimmedDetentIdentifier = UISheetPresentationControllerDetentIdentifierLarge;
+        }
+    }
+    
     NSString *subject = [RCTConvert NSString:options[@"subject"]];
     if (subject) {
         [shareController setValue:subject forKey:@"subject"];
diff --git a/src/types.ts b/src/types.ts
index 34cd299b..47d736c9 100644
--- a/src/types.ts
+++ b/src/types.ts
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@ export interface ShareOptions {
   saveToFiles?: boolean;
   activityItemSources?: ActivityItemSource[];
   isNewTask?: boolean;
+  /** iOS Only */
+  disableOverlay?: boolean;
 }
 
 export type ActivityType =
diff --git a/website/docs/share-open.mdx b/website/docs/share-open.mdx
index cdff3c97..ad1aa8a1 100644
--- a/website/docs/share-open.mdx
+++ b/website/docs/share-open.mdx
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ You can customize the call to `Share.open` passing the following parameters:
 | activityItemSources   | Array[Object] | Array of activity item sources. Each items should conform to [ActivityItemSource](#activityitemsource) specification. [Example](#example-activityitemsources). | ✅       | 🚫      | ✅  | ❓      |
 | useInternalStorage    |    boolean    | Store the temporary file in the internal storage cache (Android only)                                                                                          | ✅       | ✅      | 🚫  | 🚫      |
 | isNewTask             |    boolean    | Open intent as a new task. "failOnCancel" will not work.                                                                                                       | ✅       | ✅      | 🚫  | ❓      |
+| disableOverlay        |    boolean    | Disable dimming/dismissible overlay of share activity                                                                                                          | ✅       | 🚫      | ✅  | ❓      |
 
 ## Sharing a base64 file format
 

From c07effb753e48f8933b465c09b6b217855cd62a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: semantic-release-bot <semantic-release-bot@martynus.net>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2025 19:20:44 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] chore(release): 12.2.0 [skip ci]

# [12.2.0](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-share/compare/v12.1.2...v12.2.0) (2025-08-06)

### Features

* **iOS:** add ability to disable iOS overlay on bare share activity ([#1674](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-share/issues/1674)) ([f16b571](https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-share/commit/f16b571ba4c4b5c3278e277d49e6caedd062efc4))
---
 package.json | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c012c23b..3c8a7721 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "react-native-share",
   "description": "Social share, sending simple data to other apps.",
-  "version": "12.1.2",
+  "version": "12.2.0",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git+https://github.com/react-native-community/react-native-share.git"