Sharing from Lightroom mobile app to Merlin bird app; works on Android but not iOS

Report · Nov 21, 2024

I have been using the Lightroom mobile app's share feature to share images to the Merlin ID bird app for identification and logging on Android successfully. I find it really useful.

I am just moving from Android to iOS 18 on iPhone and the Merlin app does not appear in the iOS Share menu. I have tried five other apps and I am having the same problem. I have checked with Apple and there isn't a problem with the iPhone. They recommended I contact the app developer to check, so have done so.

Since I have tried other apps I am beginning to wonder if this is going to be a problem. Is anyone using a bird or nature ID app that allows Lightroom to share images directly on iOS as I can on Android? I do not want to have to export an image then import it.

TIA

Report · Nov 21, 2024

Hello @iDoNotBelieveIt

I do not believe this is a Lightroom Mobile iOS limitation, since I see the same lack of Merlin Bird ID option when using the Share menu in the native iOS Photos.app

I suggest reaching out to the app developer, or looking at their support site for help. In the meantime, it seems like you could try exporting images from the Lightroom app, saving them to your iOS device camera roll, and then open those camera roll images from within the Bird ID app