ios iphone hooks open instagram directly without showing UIDocumentInteractionController

Question

I'm integrating sharing images through instagram in my app. I've read their documentation.

It seems that I need to use the iOS UIDocumentInteractionController to allow this (I understand that it allows access to files in my app's sandbox).

Digging deeper, I came across this library which makes things very straightforward.

The problem I have with it is that it presents the action sheet (which only has one button - Instagram...) How can I use the instagram hooks , with the UIDocumentInteractionController without showing the action sheet. I came across this question which is pretty much the same, but its outdated with no answer.

Answer 1

I use a very simple share-open Instagram flow.

• I save image locally to photos
• Then I open Instagram with following URL: instagram://library?AssetPath=assets-library

This opens Instagram directly into photos library. Because photo was saved few moments ago, the new photo is visible as the first photo in library.