WhatsApp with UIActivityViewController for sharing image not using UIDocumentInteractionController

Question

How to set up WhatsApp with UIActivityViewController for sharing image, not using UIDocumentInteractionController. Please let me know if there is another way. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

This is the code to share text and url from activity controller

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!", 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];

For Swift 3.0

let objectsToShare = ["\(Title) \n \(Description)"]
let activityVC = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: objectsToShare, applicationActivities: nil)
activityVC.setValue("App Name", forKey: "subject")

let excludeActivities = [UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.print, UIActivityType.assignToContact, UIActivityType.saveToCameraRoll, UIActivityType.addToReadingList, UIActivityType.postToFlickr, UIActivityType.postToVimeo, UIActivityType.postToFacebook, UIActivityType.message, UIActivityType.postToWeibo]
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = excludeActivities

self.present(activityVC, animated: true, completion: { _ in })

Answer 2

Try the URL scheme approach described here on the official WhatsApp site:

https://www.whatsapp.com/faq/iphone/23559013