UIActivityViewControllerCompletionHandler How to?

Question

I am trying to use the UIActivityViewControllerCompletionHandler , but i dont quite get how..

I want to detect when the user finishes or dismisses this view controller (UIActivityViewController).

Anyone knows how?

Answer 1

Here's how you show a sharing dialog and set its completion handler

NSArray *imageArray = [NSArray arrayWithObject:shareImage];

UIActivityViewController *sharing = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:imageArray applicationActivities:nil];

[sharing setCompletionHandler:^(NSString *activityType, BOOL completed) {
    NSLog(@"completed dialog - activity: %@ - finished flag: %d", activityType, completed);
}];

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

Answer 2

With iOS 8 completionHandler is deprecated, so you will want to provide alternative completionWithItemsHandler. It also allows to handle if extension modified data you set (say Photo extension). See Documentation

    UIActivityViewController *activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:@[text, URL, image] applicationActivities:nil];
    activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypePrint, UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard, UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeAirDrop, UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList];

    // check if new API supported
    if ([activityViewController respondsToSelector:@selector(completionWithItemsHandler)]) {
        activityViewController.completionWithItemsHandler = ^(NSString *activityType, BOOL completed, NSArray *returnedItems, NSError *activityError) {
            // When completed flag is YES, user performed specific activity
        };
    } else {
        activityViewController.completionHandler = ^(NSString *activityType, BOOL completed) {
            // When completed flag is YES, user performed specific activity
        };
    }