Share to Lens

Google Lens from Android's share sheet. No Google app required.

Share an image from any app, or open Share to Lens to choose or take a photo. The app resizes the image, removes file metadata, sends the processed copy to Google Lens, and opens the result.

• Share an image straight from your browser, gallery, file manager, or chat app.
• Choose or take a photo when you open Share to Lens directly.
• Keep the Google app off your phone.
• Grant no camera, location, or photo-library permission.
• Remove GPS, camera, timestamp, and other file metadata before upload.
• Leave no search history or analytics database inside the app.

1. Share, choose, or take an image.
2. Share to Lens resizes it to at most 2048 pixels on its longest edge and writes a fresh JPEG without the original file metadata.
3. The app uploads that temporary JPEG to Google Lens and opens the result in a restricted in-app browser.

Tap New search from a result to choose another image. Back moves through Lens pages first. At the first result, Back returns to the chooser if you opened the app directly, or to the source app if you used Android's share sheet.

Share to Lens asks only for internet access. Android grants temporary access to the one image you choose or share, so the app does not need access to your photo library.

The processed image is sent to Google. Removing metadata does not hide visible faces, text, landmarks, addresses, or other clues inside the picture. Google handles the uploaded image and normal web request information under its own terms and privacy policy.

Share to Lens contains no analytics or advertising SDK. Temporary image files are deleted after use. Browser data is cleared at the start and normal end of a session, with stale temporary files cleaned after an interrupted session. Read PRIVACY.md for the exact behavior and limitations.

Download ShareToLens-vX.Y.Z.apk and its checksum from GitHub Releases. Each release also includes the APK signing-certificate report and a GitHub build provenance attestation.

For automatic update checks, add this repository to Obtanium and use:

ShareToLens-.*\.apk$

Keep prereleases disabled unless you want test builds. If you previously installed a debug build, uninstall it before installing a release. Android treats debug and release signatures as different apps.

Share to Lens uses Google's public Lens web upload flow. Google does not provide this app with an official Lens API, and a change to the web flow can temporarily break uploads.

The repository requires JDK 17, Android SDK Platform 37, and Android SDK Build Tools 36.0.0. The Gradle wrapper is committed so every environment uses the same Gradle release. The Android SDK itself is not part of the repository. Install it with Android Studio, Google's command-line tools, or your operating system's package manager.

Run the same checks as CI:

./gradlew testDebugUnitTest lintDebug assembleDebug

Run the metadata and Compose tests on a connected API 29 or newer device:

./gradlew connectedDebugAndroidTest

Release signing and verification are documented in docs/release.md.