iosios5twitterslcomposeviewcontroller

How to post on twitter by hiding SLComposeViewController *tweetSheettweet instance


My app needs to support iOS 5.

I have my custom UI where user can enter tweet message and when he presses post button, It should post message twitter.

I have already written code for posting via SLComposeViewController *tweetSheet instance but in this case i cannot directly press send button presented by tweetSheet without presenting it by

[self presentViewController:tweetSheet animated:YES completion:nil];

Is it possible to bypass this presentation and set text message and post to twitter via my custom ui which has post button ??

  if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter])
    {
        SLComposeViewController *tweetSheet = [SLComposeViewController
                                               composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];


        tweetSheet.completionHandler = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result) {
            switch(result) {
                    //  This means the user cancelled without sending the Tweet
                case SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled:
                    NSLog(@"Tweet message was cancelled");
                    break;
                    //  This means the user hit 'Send'
                case SLComposeViewControllerResultDone:
                    NSLog(@"Done pressed successfully");
                    break;
            }

            //  dismiss the Tweet Sheet
            dispatch_async(dispatch_get_main_queue(), ^{
                [self dismissViewControllerAnimated:NO completion:^{
                    NSLog(@"Tweet Sheet has been dismissed.");
                }];
            });
        };

        [tweetSheet setInitialText:self.textViewPostedText.text];

        [self presentViewController:tweetSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
    }

How to give select option if user have multiple Twitter accounts ???


Solution

  •  - (IBAction)doneButtonClicked:(id)sender
      {
        ACAccountStore *account = [[ACAccountStore alloc] init];
        ACAccountType *accountType = [account accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:ACAccountTypeIdentifierTwitter];
        NSString *message = _textView.text;
        //hear before posting u can allow user to select the account
        NSArray *arrayOfAccons = [account accountsWithAccountType:accountType];
        for(ACAccount *acc in arrayOfAccons)
        {
           NSLog(@"%@",acc.username); //in this u can get all accounts user names provide some UI for user to select,such as UITableview 
        } 
    in below 
    
    
     // Request access from the user to access their Twitter account
      [account requestAccessToAccountsWithType:accountType withCompletionHandler:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error)
      {
         if (granted == YES)
          {
             // Populate array with all available Twitter accounts
             NSArray *arrayOfAccounts = [account accountsWithAccountType:accountType];
             if ([arrayOfAccounts count] > 0)
             {
                 //use the first account available
                 ACAccount *acct = [arrayOfAccounts objectAtIndex:0]; //hear this line replace with selected account. than post it :)
    
                 //Build a twitter request
                 TWRequest *postRequest = [[TWRequest alloc] initWithURL:
                                           [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://api.twitter.com/1.1/statuses/update.json"]
                                                              parameters:[NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:message forKey:@"status"] requestMethod:TWRequestMethodPOST];//for iOS 7 
    
    
                  //for iOS 6 use "https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/update.json"
                  //Post the request
                  //u should get the response code 200 for successful post
                 [postRequest setAccount:acct];
    
                 //manage the response
                 [postRequest performRequestWithHandler:^(NSData *responseData, NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse, NSError *error)
                  {
                     if(error)
                      {
                          //if there is an error while posting the tweet
                          UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Twitter" message:@"Error in posting" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
                          [alert show];
                          [alert release];
                      }
                      else
                      {
                          // on successful posting the tweet
                          NSLog(@"Twitter response, HTTP response: %i", [urlResponse statusCode]);
                          UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Twitter" message:@"Successfully posted" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
                          [alert show];
                          [alert release];
    
                      }
                  }];
                 [postRequest release];
             }
             else
             {
                 UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Twitter" message:@"You have no twitter account" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
                 [alert show];
                 [alert release];
             }
         }
         else
         {
             //suppose user not set any of the accounts
             UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]initWithTitle:@"Twitter" message:@"Permission not granted" delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil];
             [alert show];
             [alert release];
         }
     } ];
    
    [account release]; //for non-ARC
    }