This is because we're downloading a fresh medium-resolution copy of the image before the share sheet is displayed, then passing it in so it can be copied/saved/printed/etc.

If what you wanted was to copy the *page link* then that's totally unnecessary; and if you did want the actual image, it's still a bad experience because there's a delay with no progress indicator.

Proper way to handle this is probably to delay the file fetch until we actually need it, in which case we have to feed data into the action controller differently (callbacks etc).

As the Mobile Apps Team is focussing on the new, native Wikipedia app, the Commons app is no longer being maintained by the Wikimedia Foundation. I am WONTFIXing all open Commons app bugs to reflect that we will not be spending time fixing them.

For the full story, see this thread on mobile-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mobile-l/2014-September/thread.html#7974