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Dear Community,

In my opinion, a very useful (and not hard to implement) feature would be accepting a FEN string by the mobile app in the "Send to..." way (I am iOS user).

For example, using OCR app to photograph chess board in book and convert to FEN, currently I have to copy it to clibpoard, start Lichess app, go to analyis, then to board editor, then click to paste FEN etc. These apps have "Send to..." options, when I can mail the FEN, send to someone via whatsapp or signal etc. But lichess is not on the list. It could be very useful feature, if sending FEN string could start analysis board with this position. Maybe also accept PGN, but this is the second thing to consider.

Thanks,

Byzantinos

Dear Community, In my opinion, a very useful (and not hard to implement) feature would be accepting a FEN string by the mobile app in the "Send to..." way (I am iOS user). For example, using OCR app to photograph chess board in book and convert to FEN, currently I have to copy it to clibpoard, start Lichess app, go to analyis, then to board editor, then click to paste FEN etc. These apps have "Send to..." options, when I can mail the FEN, send to someone via whatsapp or signal etc. But lichess is not on the list. It could be very useful feature, if sending FEN string could start analysis board with this position. Maybe also accept PGN, but this is the second thing to consider. Thanks, Byzantinos

michhimself

The app could detect whether the incoming text looks like PGN or FEN and respond appropriately (perhaps with a confirmation prompt for the latter, as it submits data to the site.)

Additionally, sending PGN to the app the same way (resulting in "import game") would be very useful as well. I use an electronic chessboard for over-the-board play and use an app to record the moves for later analysis. Currently I have to copy the PGN in the app, load up lichess, select import game, and then paste; using the "send to" functionality would be helpful for this scenario as well. The app could detect whether the incoming text looks like PGN or FEN and respond appropriately (perhaps with a confirmation prompt for the latter, as it submits data to the site.)