I am trying to send user location to facebook and whatsapp from my app by UIActivityViewController.
- (IBAction)shareUserLocation:(id)sender {
shareArray = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"http://maps.apple.com/maps?q=%f,%f",location.coordinate.latitude,location.coordinate.longitude]],nil];
UIActivityViewController *controller = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:shareArray applicationActivities:nil];
controller.excludedActivityTypes = #[];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
}
Its working but opening the location in apple maps.
Is there a way I can open the location in Google maps.
P.S- I have not tried whatsApp i have only tested for facebook.
If you want to open a Google Maps URL in your Google Maps iOS app, you can use comgooglemapsurl://maps.google.com/?q=%f,%f. If you want to show it in browser, you can do https://maps.google.com/?q=%f,%f.
Sample code:
-(void)testURL:(CLLocation*)location {
NSArray *shareArray;
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[[NSURL alloc] initWithString:#"comgooglemaps://"]]) {
shareArray = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"comgooglemapsurl://maps.google.com/?q=%f,%f",location.coordinate.latitude,location.coordinate.longitude]],nil];
} else {
shareArray = [[NSArray alloc]initWithObjects:[NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:#"https://maps.google.com/?q=%f,%f",location.coordinate.latitude,location.coordinate.longitude]],nil];
}
UIActivityViewController *controller = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:shareArray applicationActivities:nil];
controller.excludedActivityTypes = #[];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
}
Related
Currently my app has an option to share on Facebook and Twitter using SLComposeViewController.
SLComposeViewController *fbComposeViewController = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
[fbComposeViewController setInitialText:text_short];
[fbComposeViewController addURL:url];
[self.navigationController presentViewController:fbComposeViewController
animated:YES
completion:^{
NSLog(#"fb activity completed");
}];
I can share to other sites like Gmail, Whatsapp, Message and Mail using
UIActivityViewController *controller = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:#[text, url]
applicationActivities:nil];
controller.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypePostToWeibo,
UIActivityTypePrint,
UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard,
UIActivityTypeAssignToContact,
UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll,
UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList,
UIActivityTypePostToFlickr,
UIActivityTypePostToVimeo,
UIActivityTypePostToTencentWeibo,
UIActivityTypeAirDrop,
UIActivityTypePostToFacebook,
UIActivityTypePostToTwitter
];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
However this launches a share sheet where user has to select an app he has to launch. Is there any way to directly launch the sharing dialog by specifying the activity name? For example, Whatsapp, Email and text invites in Uber.
for example if you want to share in whatsapp
// this is your share content message
NSString * msg = #"ApplNSString YOUR MSG";
NSString * urlWhats = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"whatsapp://send?text=%#",msg];
NSURL * whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlWhats stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
// this is identify if whatsapp is already install your device , if yes it open the whatsapp and share the content
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL];
} else {
// it shows the alert for no application found
UIAlertView * alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"WhatsApp not installed." message:#"Your device has no WhatsApp installed." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
}
additional reference
I had an application in which i am sharing a link to twitter using Uiactivityviewcontroller.its just showing the text and link in twitter in my TL.i want it to be shown like as in Facebook with an image extracted from the link.I am doing like this
NSURL *shareUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:#“http://dhdhdh”];
NSString* someText = #“fdfdfd”;
UISimpleTextPrintFormatter *printData = [[UISimpleTextPrintFormatter alloc]
initWithText:#"http://dhdhdh"];
NSArray* dataToShare = #[someText,shareUrl,printData]; // ...or whatever pieces of data you want to share.
NSArray *appActivities = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:[[UrlActivity alloc] init], nil];
UIActivityViewController* activityViewController =
[[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:dataToShare
applicationActivities:appActivities];
activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes=#[UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList,UIActivityTypeAirDrop,UIActivityTypePrint,UIActivityTypeAssignToContact];
// activityViewController.
[self.navigationController presentViewController:activityViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
Can anybody help me on this?
Try this
go to Build settings in targer-> link Binary with Library - > add "Social" framework
Import #import <Social/Social.h>
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:#"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/38/Avatarjakeneytiri.jpg"];
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:url]];
if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter]) {
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[controller setInitialText:#"myShare"];
[controller addImage:img];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
}
else {
//wont work in simulator
}
Like for sharing text data with Whatsapp code is below.
i want to know all installed apps on device which is able to get text data, like below mention code.
NSString * msg = #"YOUR MSG"; NSString * urlWhats = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"whatsapp://send?text=%#",msg]; NSURL * whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[urlWhats stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]]; if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL]; } else {
UIAlertView * alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"WhatsApp not installed." message:#"Your device has no WhatsApp installed." delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:#"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show]; }
Sharing text,data with other social app than twitter/facebook. You can try the code below :
NSString *shareString = #"text...";
UIImage *shareImage = [UIImage imageNamed:#"image.png"];
NSURL *shareUrl = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.test.com"];
NSArray *activityItems = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:shareString, shareImage, shareUrl, nil];
UIActivityViewController *activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
activityViewController.modalTransitionStyle = UIModalTransitionStyleCoverVertical;
[self presentViewController:activityViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
It will display activity view showing all other text sharing app.
Or You can also create your custom UIActivity also.
In your custom UIActivity subclass you have to simply override one method:
+ (UIActivityCategory)activityCategory
{
return UIActivityCategoryShare;
}
There is UIActivityViewController to list all apps, where you can share your text. And you can customize the list via "More" option there. Also apps having share extension will automatically lists there.
I want to show the Alert message When no mail is configured on the device.But when i click Mail from document interaction it just simply dismiss the controller none of the two following Delegate method will call.Please refer Image for better understanding.
Please help. Thanks in Advance
- (void)openAppList:(FileInfo *)fileinfo {
NSURL *fileURL = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:fileinfo.fullName];
UIDocumentInteractionController *interactionController = [UIDocumentInteractionController interactionControllerWithURL:fileURL];
[interactionController retain];
interactionController.delegate = self;
BOOL present = [interactionController presentOptionsMenuFromRect:CGRectZero inView:self.tabBarController.view animated:YES];
if (!present) {
[MainteOrErrorDialog initWithErrorCode:kAlertNotOpenInFileId filename:fileInfo.filename target:nil action:nil];
} else {
[interactionController retain];
}
}
#pragma UIDocumentInteractionDelegate
- (void)documentInteractionController:(UIDocumentInteractionController *)controller
willBeginSendingToApplication:(NSString *)application
{
}
- (void)documentInteractionController:(UIDocumentInteractionController *)controller
didEndSendingToApplication:(NSString *)application
{
}
Unfortunately, you can't really interact with the Mail delegates through UIDocumentInteractionController. UIDocumentInteractionController is extremely limited to what you can do with properties and attributes of all apps it supports, you can't even set a mails message body to a custom message. In fact, documentInteractionController:canPerformAction: is deprecated in iOS 6.0 because Apple was moving towards UIActivityViewController. They're own deprecated statement is :
Apps should use UIActivityViewController for actions
So alternatively, with UIActivityViewController you can.
A work around for this, implement UIActivityViewController, they both support the same apps and check if a user can send emails, if not, exclude Mail from the menu :
if ([MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail]) {
NSArray *shareItems;
shareItems = #[[Config emailMessage], snapshot]; //emailMessage is an NSString containing the body of the mail or mms message located in a different VC
UIActivityViewController *activityController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:shareItems applicationActivities:nil];
[activityController setCompletionWithItemsHandler:(UIActivityViewControllerCompletionWithItemsHandler)^(NSString *string, BOOL completed) {
}
[self presentViewController:activityController animated:YES completion:nil];
} else {
NSArray *shareItems;
shareItems = #[[Config emailMessage], snapshot]; //emailMessage is an NSString containing the body of the mail or mms message located in a different VC
UIActivityViewController *activityController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:shareItems applicationActivities:nil];
activityController.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypeMail];
[activityController setCompletionWithItemsHandler:(UIActivityViewControllerCompletionWithItemsHandler)^(NSString *string, BOOL completed) {
}
[self presentViewController:activityController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
I have seen this format (Image shown below) of share option in most of the iOS applications that support iOS 7.
Is there a default code/framework available to implement this share option as it is shown in the image below?
What you are looking for is the UIActivityViewController.
Since you asked a general question I can't do more than give you a link to the documentation
In addition to the accepted answer, a small piece of example code
- (void)shareText:(NSString *)text andImage:(UIImage *)image andUrl:(NSURL *)url
{
NSMutableArray *sharingItems = [NSMutableArray new];
if (text) {
[sharingItems addObject:text];
}
if (image) {
[sharingItems addObject:image];
}
if (url) {
[sharingItems addObject:url];
}
UIActivityViewController *activityController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:sharingItems applicationActivities:nil];
[self presentViewController:activityController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
Call shareText, leave the things that you don't want to share at nil.
[self shareText:#"Hello world" andImage:nil andUrl:nil];
The Controller in the image you posted is the UIActivitiyViewController this is a link to the class documentation
some good example code:
How to display the default iOS 6 share action sheet with available share options?
I know this question is particular to iOS 7, and the code example specifies iOS 6, but AFAICT they are very similar one might find the example code as helpful as I did.
UIActivityViewController is what you are looking for.
You can specify either the items or the applications
UIActivityViewController *actCont = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
Just use following code for Default Sharing. You can able to add more items into shareItems array as per your requirement.
NSMutableArray *shareItems = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithObjects:
#"Hello",
[UIImage imageNamed:#"your_image.png"],
#"http://google.com/", nil];
[self shareItemToOtherApp:shareItems];
Following method is for default sharing Text or Image into other Apps:-
-(void)shareItemToOtherApp:(NSMutableArray *)shareItems{
UIActivityViewController *shareController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc]
initWithActivityItems: shareItems applicationActivities :nil];
[shareController setValue:#"Sharing" forKey:#"subject"];
shareController.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypePostToWeibo, UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypePrint, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard, UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll];
shareController.completionHandler = ^(NSString *activityType, BOOL completed)
{
//NSLog(#" activityType: %#", activityType);
//NSLog(#" completed: %i", completed);
};
[self presentViewController: shareController animated: YES completion: nil];
}
If you want to make Custom Sharing sheet then use following code. For this, you have to import <Social/Social.h> framework.
-(void)shareOnFacebook:(id)sender {
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook])
{
SLComposeViewController *faceSheet = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
// NSLog(#"%#", messageField.text);//This returns the appropriate string
[faceSheet setInitialText:#"Hellooooooo"];
//The facebook VC appears, but initial text is not set to messageField.text
[self presentViewController:faceSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}
else
{
NSLog(#"Please first install Application and login in Facebook");
}
}
-(void)shareOnTwitter:(id)sender {
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter])
{
SLComposeViewController *tweetSheet = [SLComposeViewController
composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[tweetSheet setInitialText:#"Hello"];
[self presentViewController:tweetSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}
else{
NSLog(#"Please first install Application and login in Twitter");
}
}
Hope, this is what you're looking for. Any concern get back to me. :)