diff --git a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/actions/file_selection_actions_widget.dart b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/actions/file_selection_actions_widget.dart
index d9555f8aad..d162ec9ba4 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/actions/file_selection_actions_widget.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/ui/viewer/actions/file_selection_actions_widget.dart
@@ -777,7 +777,12 @@ class _FileSelectionActionsWidgetState
       final String url =
           "${_cachedCollectionForSharedLink!.publicURLs?.first?.url}#$collectionKey";
       unawaited(Clipboard.setData(ClipboardData(text: url)));
-      await shareImageAndUrl(placeholderPath!, url, context, sendLinkButtonKey);
+      await shareImageAndUrl(
+        placeholderPath!,
+        url,
+        context: context,
+        key: sendLinkButtonKey,
+      );
       if (placeholderPath != null) {
         final file = File(placeholderPath!);
         try {
diff --git a/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart b/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart
index ec15ee8146..b55730439a 100644
--- a/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart
+++ b/mobile/lib/utils/share_util.dart
@@ -72,8 +72,10 @@ Future<void> share(
   }
 }
 
+/// Returns the rect of button if context and key are not null
+/// If key is null, returned rect will be at the center of the screen
 Rect shareButtonRect(BuildContext context, GlobalKey? shareButtonKey) {
-  Size size = MediaQuery.of(context).size;
+  Size size = MediaQuery.sizeOf(context);
   final RenderObject? renderObject =
       shareButtonKey?.currentContext?.findRenderObject();
   RenderBox? renderBox;
@@ -92,8 +94,21 @@ Rect shareButtonRect(BuildContext context, GlobalKey? shareButtonKey) {
   );
 }
 
-Future<ShareResult> shareText(String text) async {
-  return Share.share(text);
+Future<ShareResult> shareText(
+  String text, {
+  BuildContext? context,
+  GlobalKey? key,
+}) async {
+  try {
+    final sharePosOrigin = _sharePosOrigin(context, key);
+    return Share.share(
+      text,
+      sharePositionOrigin: sharePosOrigin,
+    );
+  } catch (e, s) {
+    _logger.severe("failed to share text", e, s);
+    return ShareResult.unavailable;
+  }
 }
 
 Future<List<EnteFile>> convertIncomingSharedMediaToFile(
@@ -214,13 +229,29 @@ void shareSelected(
 
 Future<void> shareImageAndUrl(
   String imagePath,
-  String url,
-  BuildContext context,
-  GlobalKey key,
-) async {
+  String url, {
+  BuildContext? context,
+  GlobalKey? key,
+}) async {
+  final sharePosOrigin = _sharePosOrigin(context, key);
+
   await Share.shareXFiles(
     [XFile(imagePath)],
     text: url,
-    sharePositionOrigin: shareButtonRect(context, key),
+    sharePositionOrigin: sharePosOrigin,
   );
 }
+
+/// required for ipad https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/47220#issuecomment-608453383
+/// This returns the position of the share button if context and key are not null
+/// and if not, it returns a default position so that the share sheet on iPad has
+/// some position to show up.
+Rect _sharePosOrigin(BuildContext? context, GlobalKey? key) {
+  late final Rect rect;
+  if (context != null) {
+    rect = shareButtonRect(context, key);
+  } else {
+    rect = const Offset(20.0, 20.0) & const Size(10, 10);
+  }
+  return rect;
+}