AddThis plugin can not exclude services in mobile tool box

Question

I have implemented the addThis share box following their instructions. I would like to only include the following services in the share tool box which works fine on the desktop browser but is simply ignored on mobile, which means that every service is shown on the mobile version of the share box.

Anyone else encountered this issue? What can be done to fix it?

<script src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="share_btn">Press me to test sharing!!!!</div>
<script>
var addthis_config = { 
    services_expanded: 'facebook,twitter,email,tumblr,link,sinaweibo,whatsapp'
}

$(".share_btn").on("click", function () {
    addthis.update('share', 'url', 'http://google.com');
    addthis_sendto('more');
});
</script>

JSFiddle - Test link

Answer 1

This is a bug

You are correctly applying the config the problem is that this is a bug that has been around for a couple of years now:

A user asked back in June 2013:

We have an addthis control that properly displays only the sharing services that we specify when viewed using a desktop browser. When it is viewed from a mobile device (iphone in this case) it switches to the mobile view i na new tab (which is good), but then it displays every possible service instead of just the specific ones that we want to show. Is there some additional configuration we need to do up front in addition to what we are already doing?

To which a member of the AddThis team responded:

I tested this on a local environment and experienced the same result. I have put in a ticket with our development team for a fix in a future release. Thank you for reporting this to us.

AddThis Support (Addthis mobile not respecting 'services_compact' or 'services_expanded')

This was still outstanding when another user asked if it had been fixed a year later.

What can you do?

It seems that the only option you have is to use services_exclude instead which does appear to work on mobile devices. This will lead to a lot longer list and a bit more of a configuration headache but it should allow you to almost get the list you are after on the mobile menu.

<script src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="share_btn">Press me to test sharing!!!!</div>
<script>
  var addthis_config = {
    services_exclude: 'dashboard,menu,compact,email,facebook_like,foursquare,google_plusone,pinterest,100zakladok,a97abi,addressbar,adfty,adifni,advqr,amazonwishlist,amenme,aim,aolmail,apsense,arto,baang,baidu,balatarin,balltribe,beat100,biggerpockets,bitly,bizsugar,bland,blogger,blogkeen,blogmarks,blurpalicious,bobrdobr,bonzobox,socialbookmarkingnet,bookmarkycz,bookmerkende,box,brainify,bryderi,buddymarks,buffer,camyoo,care2,foodlve,chiq,citeulike,classicalplace,google_classroom,cleanprint,cleansave,cndig,colivia,technerd,link,cosmiq,cssbased,delicious,diary_ru,digaculturanet,digg,diggita,digo,diigo,domelhor,douban,draugiem,dzone,edcast,efactor,mailto,embarkons,evernote,stylishhome,fabulously40,informazione,thefancy,fashiolista,favable,faves,favlogde,favoritende,favorites,favoritus,financialjuice,flipboard,folkd,thefreedictionary,fresqui,funp,gg,gmail,govn,goodnoows,google,googleplus,googletranslate,google_plusone_share,hackernews,hatena,gluvsnap,hedgehogs,historious,hootsuite,hotmail,w3validator,identica,ihavegot,indexor,instapaper,iorbix,irepeater,jamespot,jappy,jolly,kaevur,kaixin,kakao,ketnooi,kik,kindleit,kledy,latafaneracat,librerio,lidar,lineme,linkedin,linkuj,livejournal,mymailru,margarin,markme,meinvz,memonic,memori,mendeley,meneame,mixi,moemesto,moikrug,mrcnetworkit,myspace,myvidster,n4g,naszaklasa,netlog,netvibes,netvouz,newsmeback,newsvine,nujij,nurses_lounge,odnoklassniki_ru,oknotizie,openthedoor,oyyla,packg,pafnetde,pdfonline,pdfmyurl,phonefavs,pinboard,pinterest_share,planypus,plaxo,plurk,pocket,posteezy,print,printfriendly,pusha,qrsrc,quantcast,qzone,reddit,rediff,redkum,renren,researchgate,safelinking,scoopat,scoopit,sekoman,select2gether,shaveh,shetoldme,skype,skyrock,slack,smiru,sodahead,sonico,spinsnap,yiid,startaid,startlap,studivz,stuffpit,stumbleupon,stumpedia,sulia,sunlize,supbro,surfingbird,svejo,symbaloo,taringa,telegram,tencentweibo,thewebblend,thisnext,tuenti,tulinq,twitthis,typepad,urlaubswerkde,viadeo,viber,virb,visitezmonsite,vk,vkrugudruzei,voxopolis,vybralisme,wanelo,internetarchive,sharer,webnews,domaintoolswhois,windows,wirefan,wishmindr,wordpress,raiseyourvoice,wykop,xanga,xing,yahoomail,yammer,yardbarker,yigg,yookos,yoolink,yorumcuyum,youmob,yummly,yuuby,zakladoknet,ziczac,zingme'
  }

  $(".share_btn").on("click", function() {
    addthis.update('share', 'url', 'http://google.com');
    addthis_sendto('more');
  });
</script>

The Stack Snippet doesn't appear to work so to see this in action please see this JSFiddle.

Unfortunately, using this method highlights another bug which leads to the duplication of the Facebook, Twitter and Tumbler buttons (as seen above). There does not appear to be a way to configure AddThis to stop this duplication, however, this can be tackled from a different angle.

The mobile menu gets given unique classes (to differentiate it from the desktop menu) and the duplicates always appear to be the first three items. This means we can use CSS to hide the first three list items and by extention remove the duplicates from view.

.at4m-listitem:nth-child(-n+3) {
  display: none;
}

<script src="https://s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js"></script>
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div class="share_btn">Press me to test sharing!!!!</div>
<script>
  var addthis_config = {
    services_exclude: 'dashboard,menu,compact,email,facebook_like,foursquare,google_plusone,pinterest,100zakladok,a97abi,addressbar,adfty,adifni,advqr,amazonwishlist,amenme,aim,aolmail,apsense,arto,baang,baidu,balatarin,balltribe,beat100,biggerpockets,bitly,bizsugar,bland,blogger,blogkeen,blogmarks,blurpalicious,bobrdobr,bonzobox,socialbookmarkingnet,bookmarkycz,bookmerkende,box,brainify,bryderi,buddymarks,buffer,camyoo,care2,foodlve,chiq,citeulike,classicalplace,google_classroom,cleanprint,cleansave,cndig,colivia,technerd,link,cosmiq,cssbased,delicious,diary_ru,digaculturanet,digg,diggita,digo,diigo,domelhor,douban,draugiem,dzone,edcast,efactor,mailto,embarkons,evernote,stylishhome,fabulously40,informazione,thefancy,fashiolista,favable,faves,favlogde,favoritende,favorites,favoritus,financialjuice,flipboard,folkd,thefreedictionary,fresqui,funp,gg,gmail,govn,goodnoows,google,googleplus,googletranslate,google_plusone_share,hackernews,hatena,gluvsnap,hedgehogs,historious,hootsuite,hotmail,w3validator,identica,ihavegot,indexor,instapaper,iorbix,irepeater,jamespot,jappy,jolly,kaevur,kaixin,kakao,ketnooi,kik,kindleit,kledy,latafaneracat,librerio,lidar,lineme,linkedin,linkuj,livejournal,mymailru,margarin,markme,meinvz,memonic,memori,mendeley,meneame,mixi,moemesto,moikrug,mrcnetworkit,myspace,myvidster,n4g,naszaklasa,netlog,netvibes,netvouz,newsmeback,newsvine,nujij,nurses_lounge,odnoklassniki_ru,oknotizie,openthedoor,oyyla,packg,pafnetde,pdfonline,pdfmyurl,phonefavs,pinboard,pinterest_share,planypus,plaxo,plurk,pocket,posteezy,print,printfriendly,pusha,qrsrc,quantcast,qzone,reddit,rediff,redkum,renren,researchgate,safelinking,scoopat,scoopit,sekoman,select2gether,shaveh,shetoldme,skype,skyrock,slack,smiru,sodahead,sonico,spinsnap,yiid,startaid,startlap,studivz,stuffpit,stumbleupon,stumpedia,sulia,sunlize,supbro,surfingbird,svejo,symbaloo,taringa,telegram,tencentweibo,thewebblend,thisnext,tuenti,tulinq,twitthis,typepad,urlaubswerkde,viadeo,viber,virb,visitezmonsite,vk,vkrugudruzei,voxopolis,vybralisme,wanelo,internetarchive,sharer,webnews,domaintoolswhois,windows,wirefan,wishmindr,wordpress,raiseyourvoice,wykop,xanga,xing,yahoomail,yammer,yardbarker,yigg,yookos,yoolink,yorumcuyum,youmob,yummly,yuuby,zakladoknet,ziczac,zingme'
  }

  $(".share_btn").on("click", function() {
    addthis.update('share', 'url', 'http://google.com');
    addthis_sendto('more');
  });
</script>

The Stack Snippet doesn't appear to work so to see this in action please see this JSFiddle.

Answer 2

On mobile browsers, you should use TouchEvents.

Try adding touchstart here:

$(".sharing").on("click touchstart", function () {
    ...
});