[Bug]: [share_plus] Windows: hard crash on share() when the app has no implicit view (multi-window)

[ManifoldWanderer]

Platform

Windows 11 Pro 25H2 (10.0.26200.9168), x64

Plugin

share_plus

Version

13.3.0 (share_plus_platform_interface 7.2.0)

Flutter SDK

3.48.0-1.0.pre-362, channel main, Dart 3.14.0

Steps to reproduce

Calling share() on Windows kills the process instantly - no exception, no Dart error, nothing in the console. The app window just disappears.

It's a null dereference in the Windows plugin:

// windows/share_plus_plugin.cpp:40
HWND SharePlusWindowsPlugin::GetWindow() {
  return ::GetAncestor(registrar_->GetView()->GetNativeWindow(), GA_ROOT);
}

GetView() returns the implicit view, and the embedder only creates one if the engine actually has it:

// cpp_client_wrapper/include/flutter/plugin_registrar_windows.h
FlutterDesktopViewRef implicit_view = FlutterDesktopPluginRegistrarGetView(core_registrar);
if (implicit_view) { implicit_view_ = std::make_unique<FlutterView>(implicit_view); }
...
// DEPRECATED: Use |GetViewById| instead.
FlutterView* GetView() { return implicit_view_.get(); }

An app using the new experimental windowing (enable-windowing: true, runWidget + WindowManager) has no implicit view - the runner creates a bare FlutterEngine and windows are created from Dart. So GetView() returns null, and GetWindow() dereferences it.

Worth noting the embedder already marks GetView() deprecated in favour of GetViewById, precisely because there's no single implicit view once multi-window is in play.

To reproduce:

1. Start from Flutter's own multi-window sample (examples/multiple_windows in the SDK), or any app with enable-windowing: true whose windows/runner/main.cpp runs a bare FlutterEngine with no FlutterViewController.
2. Add share_plus: ^13.3.0.
3. Call SharePlus.instance.share(ShareParams(text: 'hello')) from a button.
4. Press it. The process dies on the spot.

Expected: either the share sheet opens, or the call fails with a PlatformException that Dart can catch.

Actual: access violation in the plugin, process gone, nothing logged.

I realise experimental windowing is a moving target and I'm not expecting the share sheet to work here. But a null check would turn a silent process kill into an error you can actually see, which is most of the pain. GetViewById looks like the real fix if the plugin can be told which window to anchor to.

Code Sample

// main.dart - the multi-window shape, trimmed to the parts that matter
void main() {
  WidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
  runWidget(const MultiWindowApp());
}

// ... WindowManager(initialWindows: [WindowEntry(controller: ..., builder: ...)])

void _onSharePressed() {
  SharePlus.instance.share(ShareParams(text: '1787392119')); // never returns
}



// windows/runner/main.cpp - no FlutterViewController, so no implicit view
auto const engine{std::make_shared<flutter::FlutterEngine>(project)};
RegisterPlugins(engine.get());
engine->Run();

Logs

[   +1 ms] The Flutter DevTools debugger and profiler on Windows is available at:
           http://127.0.0.1:63384/wAZQr2_dWlo=/devtools/?uri=ws://127.0.0.1:63384/wAZQr2_dWlo=/ws
[+6899 ms] Service protocol connection closed.
[   +1 ms] Lost connection to device.
[   +1 ms] DevFS: Deleting filesystem on the device (file:///C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/myappf85f3646/myapp/)
[   +1 ms] DevFS: Deleted filesystem on the device (file:///C:/Users/user/AppData/Local/Temp/myappf85f3646/myapp/)
[   +3 ms] "flutter run" took 15,177ms.
[  +41 ms] Running 4 shutdown hooks
[  +20 ms] Shutdown hooks complete
[ +142 ms] exiting with code 0

Flutter Doctor

[!] Flutter (Channel main, 3.48.0-1.0.pre-362, on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.9168], locale en-US)
    • Flutter version 3.48.0-1.0.pre-362 on channel main at C:\Programs\Develop\Flutter\main
    • Upstream repository https://github.com/flutter/flutter.git
    • Framework revision 68d6be5f9b (6 hours ago), 2026-08-22 04:47:17 +0000
    • Engine revision 68d6be5f9b
    • Dart version 3.14.0 (build 3.14.0-147.0.dev)
    • DevTools version 2.61.0-dev.0
    • Feature flags: enable-web, enable-linux-desktop, enable-macos-desktop, enable-windows-desktop, enable-android, enable-ios, cli-animations, enable-native-assets, enable-record-use, enable-swift-package-manager, omit-legacy-version-file, enable-windowing, enable-lldb-debugging, enable-uiscene-migration, enable-riscv64

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[✓] Chrome - develop for the web
[✓] Visual Studio - develop Windows apps (Visual Studio Community 2026 18.9.1)
    • Visual Studio at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\18\Community
    • Windows 10 SDK version 10.0.26100.0
[✓] Connected device (3 available)
    • Windows (desktop) • windows • windows-x64 • Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.9168]
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