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];
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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.
UIImage * imageShare = [UIImage imageWithData:[NSData dataWithContentsOfURL:[NSURL URLWithString:trackImagePath]]];
NSURL *urlLink = [NSURL URLWithString:linkstr];
SharingActivityProvider * share = [[SharingActivityProvider alloc]initWithPlaceholderItem:#"Ghaneely Share!"];
share.sharelink = urlLink;
share.sharelinkText = shareString;
NSArray *objectsToShare = #[imageShare,share];
activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:objectsToShare applicationActivities:nil];
NSArray *excludeActivities = #[UIActivityTypePostToWeibo,UIActivityTypePrint,UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll,UIActivityTypeAssignToContact,UIActivityTypeAirDrop];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = excludeActivities;
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:TRUE completion:nil];
I want to share text and image (both) on WhatsApp just like Android by using UIActivityController. It used to work before when I used share without SharingActivityProvider. But I need to post different text on facebook, twitter,etc ,hence I am using ActivityProvider(which I think should not be the problem). Now with the code above it is sharing only image.
What could be the issue?
From this way you can share text and video to whatsapp :-
NSString *URLString=#"http://video.app.com/video.php?";
NSURL *VideoURL=[NSURL URLWithString:#“URLString ”];
NSMutableArray *activityItems= [NSMutableArray arrayWithObjects:VideoURL,#"Hey, check out this video I've shared with you, it's awesome!", result1, nil];
self.activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
self.activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = #[UIActivityTypePostToWeibo,UIActivityTypePrint,
UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard,UIActivityTypeAssignToContact,
UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll,UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList,
UIActivityTypePostToFlickr,UIActivityTypePostToVimeo,
UIActivityTypePostToTencentWeibo,UIActivityTypeAirDrop];
[self presentViewController:self.activityViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
try this may be it will help you.
I am using UIActivityViewController to share my iOS app.
When WhatsApp is selected from the list of options, it takes me to the proper screen. I can move around, and all the buttons work.
However, once I select a recipient, WhatsApp freezes.
Does anyone know what's going on here? Has anyone encountered this bug before?
EDIT (Code Added)
Here's the code I'm using to call the UIActivityViewController:
- (void) sharePressed:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender {
NSString* shareText = #"Hello World!";
UIActivityViewController *controller = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:#[shareText] applicationActivities:nil];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
NSLog(#"This method ran: sharePressed");
}
It's as basic as it gets. It works for everything except WhatsApp.
try this code
- (IBAction)shareButton:(UIBarButtonItem *)sender
{
NSString *textToShare = #"Look at this awesome website for aspiring iOS Developers!";
NSURL *myWebsite = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.codingexplorer.com/"];
NSArray *objectsToShare = #[textToShare, myWebsite];
UIActivityViewController *activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:objectsToShare applicationActivities:nil];
NSArray *excludeActivities = #[UIActivityTypeAirDrop,
UIActivityTypePrint,
UIActivityTypeAssignToContact,
UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll,
UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList,
UIActivityTypePostToFlickr,
UIActivityTypePostToVimeo];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = excludeActivities;
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:YES completion:nil];
}
I think the error was actually an internal problem with either whatsapp or UIActivityViewController because my other apps that use UIActivityViewController couldn't share on whatsApp last night. This morning though, even though I didn't change anything in my code, everything works perfectly!
I think is a bug in WhatsApp after yesterday update.
Update: You can send an NSUrl instead of NSString.
I am trying to let my iOS app to share using the UIActivityViewController, my problem is i can only share with Message and Mail . In other words the apps that are appear in the UIActivityViewController are only the Message and Mail .
How could I add the FaceBook or Twitter to them .
Here is my code
UIButton *shareButton=(UIButton*)sender;
UIActivityViewController *activityVC=[[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:
#[#"Programmatically Shared post Just for testing ",
[ [videosList objectAtIndex:shareButton.tag ]videoUrl]]
applicationActivities:nil];
I am already logged in with FaceBook App and it is shown when i trying
to share using another app.
You're probably not logged in to Facebook or Twitter in the devices Settings. They won't show up here unless the user is logged in.
Looks like you are not attaching the URL perfectly :
NSString *shareText = #"Text";
NSURL *shareURL = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://somewebsite.com"];
NSArray *items = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:
shareText,
_shareImage,
shareURL, nil];
UIActivityViewController *activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:items applicationActivities:nil];
[activityViewController setValue:shareText forKey:#"subject"];
[self presentViewController:activityViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
NSArray* dataToShare = #[NSURL fileURLWithPath:#"file url"];
// ...or whatever pieces of data you want to share.
UIActivityViewController* activityViewController= [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:dataToShare applicationActivities:nil];
[self presentViewController:activityViewController animated:YES completion:^{}];
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.