Share iOS texts

Question

How do I share a text on social media on an iOS App on Swift 3? I have several Random Phrases in an array and if the person likes one I would like to let them share that phrase. How would the one button code to open options between share the current text on Facebook, Whatsapp, etc...

Like this example on Android in the image below:

Answer 1

An example of how to do this with Swift 3

import UIKit
class ViewController: UIViewController {

    // share text
    @IBAction func shareTextButton(_ sender: UIButton) {

        // text to share
        let text = "This is some text that I want to share."

        // set up activity view controller
        let textToShare = [ text ]
        let activityViewController = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: textToShare, applicationActivities: nil)
        activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view // so that iPads won't crash

        // exclude some activity types from the list (optional)
        activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = [ UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.postToFacebook ]

        // present the view controller
        self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)

    }

    // share image
    @IBAction func shareImageButton(_ sender: UIButton) {

        // image to share
        let image = UIImage(named: "Image")

        // set up activity view controller
        let imageToShare = [ image! ]
        let activityViewController = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: imageToShare, applicationActivities: nil)
        activityViewController.popoverPresentationController?.sourceView = self.view // so that iPads won't crash

        // exclude some activity types from the list (optional)
        activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = [ UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.postToFacebook ]

        // present the view controller
        self.present(activityViewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
    }

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