element-hq / element-hq/element-android
Share attachments/messages as they are ("forward") instead of "sharing"
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Description
### Your use case
#### What would you like to do?
I received a file attachment, "shared" it, and now EA is processing it and also sending it as a video file.
I would rather forward the attachment as-is.
#### Why would you like to do it?
- skip re-encoding/compressing, as the original sender probably did that already
- keep the same attachment type and other (-> extensible events?) meta info such as text descriptions.
#### How would you like to achieve it?
Like web #parity
### Have you considered any alternatives?
Sadly, this would add more UI. Can Element catch cases where things are "shared" to itself and then apply "forwarding" rather than "sharing" automatically?
### Additional context
#2967
### Are you willing to provide a PR?
No
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