Paste an image into the compose box

[chrisbobbe]

A user on CZO gave this feedback:

I was using the current mobile app from TestFlight over the weekend, and I attempted to paste an image that was in the clipboard. No Paste option appeared.

It is incredibly convenient to be able to paste images into chat apps.

Since this feature isn't implemented in zulip-mobile either, marking it for post-launch.

[gnprice]

This may end up being effectively the same issue as:

• #419

This issue describes the use case from a different angle, though, so let's keep them both open to track the use cases separately.

[PIG208]

A complication of this might be supporting iOS. An upstream issue, https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/132577, is still open. https://pub.dev/packages/pasteboard is potentially a useful alternative.

[PIG208]

(This was brought up again here after the wider beta release)

[gnprice]

iOS. An upstream issue, flutter/flutter#132577, is still open.

Hmm yeah. Made a note in our upstream-issues list https://github.com/zulip/zulip-flutter/issues/1077 .

[gnprice]

I've split out the Android side of this request:

• #1173

so that we can track them separately and put them in different milestones. Because Flutter currently supports this feature on Android but not iOS, we might do it sooner for one platform than the other.

[gnprice]

Here's further color on a use case for this, from the same user who made the original feature request above:

This single missing feature is the main sticking point for why I can't get a certain organization to switch to Zulip. We are constantly grabbing screenshots on our mobile devices, marking them up, and pasting them to discuss with others. Having to grab the screenshot and work through the Camera Roll is a pain. My Camera Roll ends up having hundreds of screenshots I forget to delete.