I have some trouble with create native share dialog.
My goal is share link of my product by native view controller, but I can't do it. I'm trying test code:
NSURL *google = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://google.com"];
NSArray *activityItems = #[google];
UIActivity *activity = [UIActivity new];
UIActivityViewController *activityViewControntroller = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:#[activity]];
activityViewControntroller.excludedActivityTypes = #[];
[self presentViewController:activityViewControntroller animated:true completion:nil];
And I get no FB and twitter icons. In the other hand, I can see it in safari both icons and when I'm touching it I see "You need configure your account before post".
So, I want the same behavior: icons for all most-popular social networks such as VK, FB, twitter; messengers like whatsapp, viber and telegram. If some of them is not installed I want dialog "You have to log in before" and redirect to safari (e.g. for FB) to log in or open appstore (e.g. for telegram or viber) to install; otherwise I want post message with my link.
I see it like this: exclude all types from activity vc, than forcibly add all icons I need and check each of them on click manually. But in apple docs I've read that "you have to use native behavior for native items instead of create custom". So, will it be correct? Or there are other ways to solve this?
Try this
-(void)clickShare:(UIButton *)sender{
NSArray * activityItems = #[[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Some initial text."], [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.google.com"]];
NSArray * applicationActivities = nil;
NSArray * excludeActivities = #[];
UIActivityViewController * activityController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:applicationActivities];
activityController.excludedActivityTypes = excludeActivities;
[self presentViewController:activityController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
this code working in my project.
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Is there a way to share text on facebook messenger without SDK?
I found the following method.
-(void)shareAction:(NSString *)str param:(NSString *)strTitle
{
NSString *title = strTitle;
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc]initWithString:str];
NSArray *postItems = #[title, url];
UIActivityViewController *activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc]
initWithActivityItems:postItems
applicationActivities:nil];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = #[];
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:YES completion:nil];
}
However, not just how to select Facebook Messenger among the various apps,
I want to send it directly to Facebook Messenger.
Is there a way without the SDK?
You can use UIActivityViewController to share the app using Facebook Messenger. Please check following sample URL which will display the App list which have implemented share extension.
http://pinkstone.co.uk/how-to-share-things-with-a-uiactivityviewcontroller/
For some reason when I use ActivityViewController from my app I don't get the option to share using Airdrop. If i use it from Chrome, I do get the option:
This is the code that I'm using:
NSMutableArray * items = [NSMutableArray new];
[items addObject:#"text for share"];
[items addObject:[UIImage imageNamed:#"image"]];
NSArray *activityItems = [NSArray arrayWithArray:items];
UIActivityViewController *activityViewController =
[[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems
applicationActivities:nil];
[self presentViewController:activityViewController animated:YES completion:^{
.....
}];
But I only get this:
How do I add the Airdrop option?
In order to be able to send something over AirDrop the item will need to be a URL. I couldn't find the official documentation, but in this Apple AirDrop Example it states:
URLs can be used as a simple way to transfer information between devices. Apps can easily parse a received URL to determine what action to take. After an app registers a URL scheme (including custom schemes), the system will know to launch that app when a URL of that type is received.
I have used UIActivityViewController for sharing my message in Facebook, Twitter, Viber etc....It seems the message is send twice in Viber but for others are ok. Can u please help me?? I have used the code given below...
-(void)shareContent {
NSString * message;
NSArray * itemsArray = [NSArray new] ;
if ([shareFlag isEqualToString:#"Friend"]) {
message = #"Hi, I am using Amar Sticker, an amazing app to download & share cool Bangla Stickers. Click here and get it for FREE: http://goo.gl/qK7HRw";
NSURL *appLink = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://goo.gl/qK7HRw"];
itemsArray = #[message, appLink];
shareFlag = #"";
}
UIActivityViewController * avc = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:itemsArray applicationActivities:nil];
[avc setExcludedActivityTypes:#[UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard,UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll]];
[avc setCompletionHandler:^(NSString *activityType, BOOL completed) {
}];
[self presentViewController:avc animated:YES completion:nil];
}
After many searching and doing in several way I see that it only happens when I share an array, it can not handle the shared object of the array properly, maybe its a bug of viber. When I post only one string or url it can send properly. I have tested using 2,3,4 items arrry and only one single string/url etc.
I have a basic UIActivityViewController sharing some text and a URL. The sharing options are Email, SMS, Twitter, and Facebook. Everything works fine in iOS 6 but in iOS 7 when I choose Twitter or Facebook, without touching anything my device automatically closes my app, opens Safari and goes to the URL I am trying to share. What could be causing this?
Code (CustomActivityItemProvider is a subclass to customize text based on sharer):
if ([UIActivityViewController class]) { // if class exists = ios6+
// Create array for sharing
CustomActivityItemProvider *textToShare = [[CustomActivityItemProvider alloc]
initWithStandardText:#"Text to share.\n"];
NSURL *urlToShare = iTunesShort ? iTunesShort : [NSURL URLWithString:iTunesLink];
NSArray *activityItems = #[textToShare, urlToShare];
// Show sharing view
UIActivityViewController *activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc]
initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypePrint, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard,
UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll];
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:TRUE completion:nil];
}
So I still don't know why only shortened URLs were causing this problem, but a solution that took care of it was to include the urlToShare in the textToShare.
// Create array for sharing
NSString *urlToShare = iTunesShort ? iTunesShort : iTunesLink;
NSString *textWithUrl = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"Text to share.\n%#", urlToShare];
CustomActivityItemProvider *textToShare = [[CustomActivityItemProvider alloc]
initWithStandardText:textWithUrl];
NSArray *activityItems = #[textToShare];
How do I send an email using UIActivityViewController with a quick message and a link? I have tried using an NSURL:
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://google.com/"];
And an NSString:
// String with Hyperlink syntax
NSString *stringURLHyperlink = #"Google";
// Plain text link out of desperation.
NSString *stringURLPlain = #"http://google.com/";
I am not using a custom UIActivity. The NSString/NSURL are being sent as activityItems:
NSArray *activityItems = #[link];
UIActivityViewController *activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
Thanks everyone.
EDIT 1:
My apologies, I should have made my question clearer. How can I send a message and a clickable link in an email using UIActivityViewController?
This seems to work fine in iOS 7:
[[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:#[#"<html><body><b>This is a bold string</b><br\\>Check out this amazing site: <a href='http://apple.com'>Apple</a></body></html>"] applicationActivities:nil];
If you share an object that conforms to the UIActivityItemSource protocol, then you will be able to specify what the email's subject should be too!
tl;dr: Use basic html in an NSString to wrap the desired email contents
In my case, I did not need to post a photo as long as an image was retrieved from the link I needed to share (just like when you post a link on your Facebook timeline and it automatically grabs a picture from that link, and the picture becomes the link). In order to do that, I figured out that if I posted only an URL it does not work. You have to post some initial text and then the URL, and you do so by putting the objects in that order within the activityItems array.
This is my working code:
NSArray * activityItems = #[[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Some initial text."], [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.google.com"]];
NSArray * applicationActivities = nil;
NSArray * excludeActivities = #[UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard, UIActivityTypePostToWeibo, UIActivityTypePrint, UIActivityTypeMessage];
UIActivityViewController * activityController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:applicationActivities];
activityController.excludedActivityTypes = excludeActivities;
[self presentViewController:activityController animated:YES completion:nil];
I also noticed that if you post a photo along these objects, it will not retrieve any image from the link.
I hope this helps.