From be4b051279153ac8afcf65e43c3cca47691d5828 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tanimowo Obaloluwa
 <113532607+TanimowoObaloluwaDavid@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 21:41:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] fix(share_plus): fail with a PlatformException instead of
 crashing when there is no implicit view

---
 .../share_plus/windows/share_plus_plugin.cpp  | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-
 .../windows/share_plus_windows_plugin.h       |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_plugin.cpp b/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_plugin.cpp
index fed28d46cb..3087954f59 100644
--- a/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_plugin.cpp
+++ b/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_plugin.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,13 @@ SharePlusWindowsPlugin::~SharePlusWindowsPlugin() {
 }
 
 HWND SharePlusWindowsPlugin::GetWindow() {
-  return ::GetAncestor(registrar_->GetView()->GetNativeWindow(), GA_ROOT);
+  // |GetView()| returns null when the engine has no implicit view, so this
+  // returns null instead of dereferencing it.
+  auto view = registrar_->GetView();
+  if (view == nullptr) {
+    return nullptr;
+  }
+  return ::GetAncestor(view->GetNativeWindow(), GA_ROOT);
 }
 
 WRL::ComPtr<DataTransfer::IDataTransferManager>
@@ -95,6 +101,21 @@ void SharePlusWindowsPlugin::HandleMethodCall(
     std::unique_ptr<flutter::MethodResult<flutter::EncodableValue>> result) {
   // Handle the share method.
   if (method_call.method_name().compare(kShare) == 0) {
+    // Apps built on a bare |FlutterEngine| have no implicit view, so there is
+    // no window for the share dialog to be anchored to. Previously this
+    // dereferenced null and took the process down with it; report it as a
+    // catchable error instead.
+    if (GetWindow() == nullptr) {
+      result->Error(kNoWindowErrorCode,
+                    "share_plus could not resolve a window to show the share "
+                    "dialog in. The plugin was registered without an implicit "
+                    "view, which is the case when the app runs on a bare "
+                    "FlutterEngine, as with the experimental windowing API "
+                    "(enable-windowing: true).",
+                    nullptr);
+      return;
+    }
+
     auto data_transfer_manager = GetDataTransferManager();
     auto args = std::get<flutter::EncodableMap>(*method_call.arguments());
 
diff --git a/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_windows_plugin.h b/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_windows_plugin.h
index ca7d2aaa14..1bb78b5910 100644
--- a/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_windows_plugin.h
+++ b/packages/share_plus/share_plus/windows/share_plus_windows_plugin.h
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ class SharePlusWindowsPlugin : public flutter::Plugin {
   static constexpr auto kShare = "share";
   //static constexpr auto kShareFiles = "shareFiles";
 
+  // Returned by |share| when the plugin was registered without an implicit
+  // view, so there is no window to anchor the share dialog to.
+  static constexpr auto kNoWindowErrorCode = "no_implicit_view";
+
   HWND GetWindow();
 
   WRL::ComPtr<DataTransfer::IDataTransferManager> GetDataTransferManager();