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- Which share icon should I use?
- Where did the share symbol come from?
- What does the share icon look like on an android phone?
Which share icon should I use?
You should use the share icon depending on the platform for which you're building. If you are developing on Apple iOS 7, you should use the share icon that is already in use on that platform, the “Uploader.” Similarly, your Android app should use the “three dots.”
Where did the share symbol come from?
WordPress developer Alex King created the original Share Icon in 2006. ShareThis acquired the rights to this icon a year later, and eventually licensed it under four licenses: the share-alike GPL and LGPL, and the permissive BSD license and Creative Commons Attribution 2.5.
What does the share icon look like on an android phone?
As a refresher, on Android phones, the “share” button looks like a “less-than” sign, with a circle at each point, whereas on iPhones, it's an arrow pointing out of a square. But no matter which platform you're using, the purpose of the button is the same: to share whatever you're looking at with other people.
