TiSocial.Framework Module

Description

The TiSocial.Framework Module extends the Appcelerator Titanium Mobile framework with the iOS6 social.framework. This enables sharing content to Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

The module is licensed under the MIT license.

Referencing the module in your Titanium Mobile application

Simply add the following lines to your tiapp.xml file:

<modules>
    <module platform="iphone">dk.napp.social</module> 
</modules>

Reference

For more detailed code examples take a look into the example app

Twitter

Social.isTwitterSupported()

Returns true or false.
false if no account has been defined (true in the 6.0 simulator) or the iOS Version doesn't support the Social Framework.

Social.twitter({Object} options)

options can have the following keys:

• text - the status message
• image - a local/remote path to an image you want to share
• url - a url you want to share

Each of these options is optional

Social.twitterRequest({Object} options [, {Object} requestParameter])

optionshas the following keys:

• requestType - can be GET, POST or DELETE
• url - the url you want to request
• callbackEvent - optional - default: twitterRequest - how is the event called that is fired after request has succeeded?
• accountWithIdentifier - Identifier to select which account to request twitter with.

requestParameter is optional, but is build like this:

{
    'screen_name': 'CBeloch'
}

So screen_name is the parameter name / key and CBeloch is the value of the parameter

Social.twitterAccountList()

Returns a list of twiiter accounts. use the EventListener accountList to capture this list.

Social.addEventListener("accountList", function(e){
    Ti.API.info("Accounts:");
    accounts = e.accounts; //accounts
    Ti.API.info(accounts);
});
Social.twitterAccountList();

Facebook

Social.isFacebookSupported()

Returns true or false.
false if no account has been defined (true in the 6.0 simulator) or the iOS Version doesn't support the Social Framework.

Social.facebook({Object} options)

options can have the following keys:

• text - the status message
• image - a local/remote path to an image you want to share
• url - a url you want to share

Each of these options is optional

Social.facebookRequest({Object} options [, {Object} requestParameter])

options has the following keys:

• requestType - can be GET, POST or DELETE
• url - the url you want to request
• appIdKey - the appid of your facebook app
• permissionsKey - optional - a comma seperated string that contains the required permissions
• callbackEvent - optional - default: facebookRequest - how is the event called that is fired after request has succeeded?

requestParameter is optional, but is build like this:

{
    fields: 'id,name,devices'
}

So fields is the parameter name / key and id,name,devices is the value of the parameter

Social.grantFacebookPermissions

Before you can send request to the Facebook API, you start by getting the users permissions.

var fbAccount;
Social.grantFacebookPermissions({
    appIdKey:"YOUR_FB_APP_ID",
    permissionsKey: "email" //FB docs: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/login/extended-permissions/
});
Social.addEventListener("facebookAccount", function(e){ 
    fbAccount = e.account; //now you have stored the FB account. You can then request facebook using the below method 
});

Social.requestFacebookWithIdentifier({Object} options [, {Object} requestParameter])

Request Facebook with a specific account.

Social.requestFacebookWithIdentifier({
    requestType:"GET",
    accountWithIdentifier: fbAccount["identifier"], //start by granting facebook permissions 
    url:"https://graph.facebook.com/me",
    callbackEvent: "facebookProfile",
}, {
    fields: 'id,name,location'
});

Social.renewFacebookAccessToken

The accessToken will eventually be invalid, if you store the FB acccount in a App property or storage of some kind. This method can renew the accessToken, and make you able to request Facebook again. This method rely on the same facebookAccount eventlistener, as grantFacebookPermissions.

Social.renewFacebookAccessToken();

Sina Weibo

Social.isSinaWeiboSupported()

Returns true or false.
false if no account has been defined (true in the 6.0 simulator) or the iOS Version doesn't support the Social Framework.

Social.sinaweibo({Object} options)

options can have the following keys:

• text - the status message
• image - a local/remote path to an image you want to share
• url - a url you want to share

Each of these options is optional

UIActivityViewController

Constants

• ACTIVITY_FACEBOOK: UIActivityTypePostToFacebook
• ACTIVITY_TWITTER: UIActivityTypePostToTwitter
• ACTIVITY_WEIBO: UIActivityTypePostToWeibo
• ACTIVITY_MESSAGE: UIActivityTypeMessage
• ACTIVITY_MAIL: UIActivityTypeMail
• ACTIVITY_PRINT: UIActivityTypePrint
• ACTIVITY_COPY: UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard
• ACTIVITY_ASSIGN_CONTATCT: UIActivityTypeAssignToContact
• ACTIVITY_SAVE_CAMERA: UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll
• ACTIVITY_READING_LIST: UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList
• ACTIVITY_FLICKR: UIActivityTypePostToFlickr
• ACTIVITY_VIMEO: UIActivityTypePostToVimeo
• ACTIVITY_AIRDROP: UIActivityTypeAirDrop
• ACTIVITY_TENCENT_WEIBO: UIActivityTypePostToTencentWeibo
• ACTIVITY_CUSTOM: Custom Activities

Events

• complete: Fired when the user completes using an Activity. Here, you can verify which activity the user has selected by checking the activity event property. When dealing with customActivities, you can get the activityName property.
• cancelled: Fired when user did not complete the request.

Social.activityView()

The first required options argument can have the following keys:

• text - the status message
• url - a url you want to share
• image - a local/remote path to an image you want to share
• removeIcons - customise the dialog by removing unwanted icons.
• emailIsHTML - Optional boolean flag that tells if email content should be in html format.
• subject - a subject to be used when sharing through email

The second optional argument is an array with objects. Use this to create custom UIActivities. The posibilties are almost endless. have a look at: http://uiactivities.com for inspiration.

Social.activityView({
    text:"share like a king!",
    subject:"I would like to share this with you",
    image:"pin.png",
    removeIcons:"print,sms,copy,contact,camera,mail",
    emailIsHTML : false
},[
    {
        title:"Custom Share",
        type:"hello.world",
        image:"pin.png",
        callback: function(e) {
            alert("You chose me!");
        }
    },
    {
        title:"Open in Safari",
        type:"open.safari",
        image:"safari.png"
    }
]);

Social.activityPopover() (iPad only)

The first required options argument can have the following keys:

• text - the status message
• url - a url you want to share
• image - a local/remote path to an image you want to share
• removeIcons - customise the dialog by removing unwanted icons.
• view - the source button
• emailIsHTML - Optional boolean flag that tells if email content should be in html format.
• subject - a subject to be used when sharing through email

The second optional argument is an array with objects. Use this to create custom UIActivities.

See Social.activityView().

Example of usage

FollowMe Button

example/follow_on_twitter.js contains an example on how to implement a "Follow Me" button. It takes an account the os version and for iOS 5 will try to open the profile page in another application that exits on the device.

Please check the Example section in the file.

Changelog

v.1.8.1

• Added support for iOS8 Popover (@adesugbaa)

v.1.8.0

• Avoiding conflict with new Facebook module (#129)

v.1.7.10

• Added missing URL option to iPad activity sheet
• Added subject for email as mentioned in #112
• Fixed a potential memory leak

v.1.7.9

• Fixed issue with popover not showing on iPad

v1.7.8

• Added support for 64-bit. Previous attempt was incorrect.

v1.7.7

• Added support for email only html customization

v1.7.6

• Added support for 64-bit

v1.7.5

• Built with SDK 3.4.0, works on iOS 8. Changed project to use ARC, removed iOS 5 support (some deprecated stuff)

v1.7.4

• Remove iOS8- specific build flags

v1.7.3

• Bugfix for unsupported iOS6 sharing types

v1.7.2

• Added url property for activityView to support Reading List
• fixed image sharing

v1.7.1

• Added new activities in iOS7: ACTIVITY_READING_LIST, ACTIVITY_FLICKR, ACTIVITY_VIMEO, ACTIVITY_AIRDROP & ACTIVITY_TENCENT_WEIBO
• Added callback on custom activities

v1.7.0

• Added support iOS7

v1.6.2

• Added support to verify what activity was choiced by user in complete event
• Create constants to each default activity
• Documentation changes

v1.6.1

• Added userId to twitterAccountList()
• Bugfix for Twitter iOS5 error handling.

v1.6.0

• Added custom UIActivity. You can create your own sharing option for activityView in seconds.
• Added grantFacebookPermissions(), renewFacebookAccessToken() and requestFacebookWithIdentifier() for giving you a greater control of when to promt the enduser with permissions.
• Added platform property to objects returned to eventListeners. Twiiter, Facebook and activityView.

v1.5.5

• Added Facebook accessToken output on requestFacebook().
• Added better error handling. error eventListener return the reason as a string in e.message.

v1.5.4

• Added twitterAccountList() and accountWithIdentifier.

v1.5.3

• Added UIActivityViewController popOver for iPad use: activityPopover().

v1.5.2

• Added raw data callback response for requestTwitter().

v1.5.1

• Bugfixes.
• Added isRequestTwitterSupported() for iOS6 check.

v1.5

• UIActivityViewController implemented.
• Improved image filepath finder (bundle, data, remote, url)

v1.4

• Support for iOS5 Twiiter Framework.

v1.3

• Different parameter setup for requestFacebook() and requestTwitter().
• Now supporting Wall posting and more request parameter.

v1.2

• Added support to share image from downloaded remote images in cache or documents folders.
• Added support to share image from image urls.

v1.1

• SLRequest methods implemented. requestFacebook() and requestTwitter().

v1.0

• Initial Implementation of SLComposeViewController.

Author

Mads Møller
web: http://www.napp.dk
email: mm@napp.dk
twitter: @nappdev

Contributors

Christopher Beloch
twitter: @CBeloch

Jongeun Lee
twitter: @yomybaby

Daniel Tamas
twitter: @dan_tamas

Rafael Kellermann Streit
twitter: @rafaelks

Joseandro Luiz
twitter: @joseandroluiz

License

Copyright (c) 2010-2013 Mads Møller

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