Social Sharing

Talkable iOS SDK provides the functionality to facilitate sharing offers via social networks. Older versions of the SDK prior to 1.4.9 used Apple-provided Social.framework to implement sharing to Facebook and Twitter. Starting with version 1.4.9, usage of Social.framework is officially deprecated following Apple’s decision to deprecate the framework.

We still provide limited support of Social.framework to ensure the stability of legacy implementations. However, developers are encouraged to use Facebook and Twitter SDKs to enable sharing to these platforms.

This article describes how to use the Talkable SDK with social sharing in various scenarios.

Social Sharing from a web-based campaign

The default Talkable iOS integration utilizes WebView to display web-based campaign views in your app. If you have Facebook or Twitter available on your sharing page, the Talkable iOS SDK will automatically detect when the user clicks on the share button and trigger one of the corresponding delegate methods (see Talkable Delegate).

showFacebookShareDialogWithParams:delegate:

- (void)showFacebookShareDialogWithParams:(NSDictionary*)params delegate:(id)delegate;

This method is called when the user clicks on the ‘Facebook Share’ button. The params dictionary contains information on the content being shared and will have the following keys:

• TKBLOfferClaimUrlKey - the link URL to share

• TKBLShareMessage - the message to share

The delegate param is a delegate object that conforms to Facebook iOS SDK SharingDelegate protocol. Pass this object as a delegate: param when sharing the link using FBSDK to automatically notify the Talkable SDK that sharing was completed successfully. Talkable SDK will then register the share with Talkable so that you can see it in your Talkable Dashboard.

Example

- (void)showFacebookShareDialogWithParams:(NSDictionary *)params delegate:(id)delegate {
     FBSDKShareLinkContent *content = [[FBSDKShareLinkContent alloc] init];
     content.contentURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[params objectForKey:TKBLOfferClaimUrlKey]];
     [FBSDKShareDialog showFromViewController:self
                                  withContent:content
                                     delegate:delegate];
 }

showFacebookShareDialogWithParams:completionHandler:

- (void)showFacebookShareDialogWithParams:(NSDictionary*)params completion:(void (^)())completionHandler;

This method is also called when the user clicks on the ‘Facebook Share’ button, but instead of delegate param it provides the completionHandler block that should be called when sharing is completed successfully. Use this method if you already have a delegate object that you use for Facebook sharing. Pass the completionHandler block to the delegate object and call it in your sharer:didCompleteWithResults: method.

Example

- (void)showFacebookShareDialogWithParams:(NSDictionary *)params completion:(void (^)())completionHandler {
    MyFBSDKDelegateClass* delegate = [self myFBSDKDelegate];
    delegate.talkableCompletionHandler = completionHandler;
    FBSDKShareLinkContent *content = [[FBSDKShareLinkContent alloc] init];
    content.contentURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[params objectForKey:TKBLOfferClaimUrlKey]];
    [FBSDKShareDialog showFromViewController:self
                                 withContent:content
                                    delegate:delegate];
}

// ...

@implementation MyFBSDKDelegateClass

@synthesize talkableCompletionHandler;

- (void)sharer:(id)sharer didCompleteWithResults:(NSDictionary<NSString *, id> *)results {
 if ((_talkableCompletionHandler) != nil)
   _talkableCompletionHandler();
}

@end

showTwitterShareDialogWithParams:completionHandler:

- (void)showTwitterShareDialogWithParams:(NSDictionary*)params completion:(void (^)())completionHandler;

This method is called when the user clicks on the Twitter Share button. The params and completionHandler attributes are analogous to the previous method.

Example

- (void)showTwitterShareDialogWithParams:(NSDictionary *)params completion:(void (^)())completionHandler {
   TWTRComposer *composer = [[TWTRComposer alloc] init];

   [composer setText:[params objectForKey:TKBLShareMessage]];

   [composer showFromViewController:self completion:^(TWTRComposerResult result) {
       if (result == TWTRComposerResultDone) {
            completionHandler();
       }
   }];
}

Legacy Sharing using Social.framework

Prior to v1.4.9, the TalkableSDK used Social.framework to automatically display Facebook and Twitter sharing dialog when the user clicks on on a corresponding button. This type of sharing relied on functionality built into iOS, and did not require the use of additional SDKs. Staring with iOS 11, Apple deprecated this way of sharing and now requires developers to utilize frameworks provided by Facebook and Twitter. While Social.framework is officially deprecated, Talkable SDK still supports a limited subset of its functionality to ensure a seamless transition to new implementations.

• If Talkable Delegate <ios_sdk/advanced/delegate> doesn’t implement either of the two Facebook methods, TalkableSDK will attempt to trigger Facebook share via Social.framework.

• Facebook sharing popup will only be displayed if Facebook app is installed on a customer’s phone, otherwise it will silently fail.

• Twitter sharing is not supported by Social.framework anymore.

Note

Talkable iOS SDK v1.4.9 features improved support of legacy Facebook sharing via Social.framework. If you are having trouble with your current implementation, please upgrade to the latest version. Note that we can only try to provide the best transitioning experience, and this fallback should not be regarded as a permanent solution. We encourage developers to switch to delegate methods for social sharing.

Social Sharing from a native campaign

The methods documented above are designed to work with web-based campaigns only. If you have integrated using our API, please refer to the Sharing section of the Native Integration page.