I am trying to share an image + text via WhatsApp.
Here is my code:
let activityViewController = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [imageNmae, "Share text"], applicationActivities: nil)
activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self
activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = [ UIActivity.ActivityType.airDrop]
activityViewController.completionWithItemsHandler = {(activityType: UIActivity.ActivityType?, completed: Bool, returnedItems:[Any]?, error: Error?) in
self.shareMainView.isHidden = true
}
if let viewController = UIApplication.topMostViewController {
viewController.present(activityViewController, animated: true) {
// self.shareMainView.isHidden = true
}
}
How can I achieve this?
I can see some other apps sharing a URL and it's showing both an image and text. Even Android is able to share. But if execute the above code, I can only share text and not an image.
Share URL of the image along with your text.
WhatsApp will create preview from the link, and make it appear like image + text.
There is no real way of sending image + text on WhatsApp (in Nov 2021)
Related
I have tried different ways to show a URL icon with text but didnt succeed. Here is the code and its output snippets
Example 1:
let text = "I am text"
let myWebsite = URL(string:"https://www.youtube.com/")
let shareAll = [text, myWebsite] as [Any]
let activityViewController = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: shareAll, applicationActivities: nil)
self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
Output 1:
UIActivity View Messages View
Example 2:
let myWebsite = URL(string:"https://www.youtube.com/")
let shareAll = [myWebsite] as [Any]
let activityViewController = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: shareAll, applicationActivities: nil)
self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
Output 2:
UIActivity View
Required:
I want URL icon like in Output 2 for Example 1.
There is a difference between sharing data and showing data - I think in your case, showing the data that's about to be shared.
I could be wrong, but if not, you are actually able to share the data - in this case a UIImage and text - but wish to display what is about to be shared. I had this issue a while back. Here's my code. See if it can help you - basically you need to add metadata to UIActivityViewController delegate.
func activityViewControllerLinkMetadata(_ activityViewController: UIActivityViewController) -> LPLinkMetadata? {
let shareImage = preview.uiImage.adjustedForShareSheetPreviewIconProvider()
let imageProvider = NSItemProvider(object: shareImage)
let metadata = LPLinkMetadata()
metadata.imageProvider = imageProvider
metadata.title = "Title"
return metadata
}
Adjust shareImage and title as needed.
EDIT
I was using my code and was incomplete. adjustedForShareSheetPreviewIconProvider() is part of UIImage, and as such, it assumes this. In my code, I'm actually calling a GLKView to return this UIImage and then use it this way in the metadata.
So if your image is something returned from the URL as an icon and is (or can be converted to) a UIImage, just add it to the metadata like my code above.
I want to add the my app sharing feature in my App. Like The Action Sheet Toggle up with the all the social Media and other app in which i can share my app Url. I try to find the tutorial for that but i can't find the proper tutorial for that. this is what I have Done.
func shareApp (){
let textToShare = "Swift is awesome! Check out this website about it!"
if let myWebsite = NSURL(string: "http://www.google.com/") {
let objectsToShare = [textToShare, myWebsite] as [Any]
let activityVC = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: objectsToShare, applicationActivities: nil)
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = [UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.addToReadingList]
self.present(activityVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
This What i Get.
So just want to show there Some Social Media options There.
All you have done is right, except you have not added the App url of your appstore link. Add that link like https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/more-customers-app/id1280868223?mt=8 and all your media will be appear in list if those application is installed in iphone.
You have got UIActivityViewController presented now, Just add in text like,
func ShareApp()
{
let items:[Any] = ["Marketplace of Building Material for Architects, Interior Designers, Contractors and Home Owners. Find Material for your next project. Download https://itunes.apple.com/in/app/more-customers-app/id1280868223?mt=8"]
let ac = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: items, applicationActivities: nil)
self.present(ac, animated: true)
}
I want to share a PDF directly to WhatsApp.
Below is the link I found to send text and image in WhatsApp in an iOS app, but unable to find that how to send PDF directly to WhatsApp.
Share image/text through WhatsApp in an iOS app
You can use Share Extension (UIActivityViewController) to share your pdf fileURL. Note that the user will have to select the WhatsApp application to share the file. Note is is required to edit your info.plist and add whatsapp to your LSApplicationQueriesSchemes array if you would like to check first if WhatsApp is installed:
func sharePdfWhatsApp(url: URL) {
let whatsappURL = URL(string:"whatsapp://app")!
// this will make sure WhatsApp it is installed
if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(whatsappURL) {
let controller = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [url], applicationActivities: nil)
present(controller, animated: true) {
print("done")
}
}
}
First you have to retrieve your PDF file as a Data format.
var pdfDATA:Data!
Once you get data to above variable you can run below code to send PDF via WhatsApp.
self.pdfDATA = try? Data.init(contentsOf: yourFilepath)
let activitycontroller = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [self.pdfDATA], applicationActivities: nil)
if activitycontroller.responds(to: #selector(getter: activitycontroller.completionWithItemsHandler))
{
activitycontroller.completionWithItemsHandler = {(type, isCompleted, items, error) in
if isCompleted
{
print("completed")
}
}
}
activitycontroller.excludedActivityTypes = [UIActivityType.airDrop]
activitycontroller.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = buttonItemSize
self.present(activitycontroller, animated: true, completion: nil)
Is there any specific method to share button that detect all social media apps on your iOS phone ?
example : my phone have whatsapp and twitter installed. so when I pressed share button only whatsapp and twitter came out, not facebook and any other apps not installed on my phone.
In android there's particular intent to use that kind of method. However in iOS I still can't find it.
Note : I need it for Swift 3 programmatically
Any help is very useful, Thank you
You should try this:
#IBAction func shareImageButton(_ sender: UIButton)
{
// image to share
let image = UIImage(named: "Image")
// set up activity view controller
let imageToShare = [ image! ]
let activityViewController = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: imageToShare, applicationActivities: nil)
activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view // so that iPads won't crash
// exclude some activity types from the list (optional)
activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = [ UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.postToFacebook ]
// present the view controller
self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
Im trying to implement UIActivityViewController to my app, It works correctly. However, I'd like to add Instagram to the options. When searching on the internet, I've seen this reply :
"You're able to use UIActivityViewController to show up Instagram as
long there is just an UIImage inside the activity items. It won't show
up if you add more items like text, url etc. This is a bad limitation
made by Instagram.".
Is there any way, how to add Instagram even with initial text, or should I integrate another UIActivityViewController option and turn off all of the other options (FB, Twitter, mail) to show Instagram option? Maybe through if clauses for text?
Here ist the piece of code
#IBAction func ShareRecipe(_ sender: AnyObject) {
let initialText = "-Check out this app"
let img: UIImage = ImageView.image!
let activityVC = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: [img, initialText], applicationActivities: nil)
activityVC.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view
self.present(activityVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
}