How can I integrate my ios app into the "Share out" pane in the iOS messages photo viewer?

Question

I'm seeing a number of different applications appear in the "share out" pane that appears when you are messaged an image on iOS 6+ and would like to plop my application into there as well. How can I go about doing that? Here is a screenshot for clarification:

The "share out" pane

My app would take a place next to Catch or Evernote for example.

Thanks

Another Stackoverflow thread to answers that. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2774343/how-do-i-associate-file-types-with-an-iphone-application — willianleite, Apr 26 '13 at 00:35
@horak. i treid below solution but it doesnt worked for me. Can u share your plist file code pls — Hitu Bansal, Jun 09 '15 at 08:23

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 25 '13 at 23:54

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You need to indicate that your app can open image files. This is done in the Info.plist:

<key>CFBundleDocumentTypes</key>
<array>
    <dict>
        <key>CFBundleTypeName</key>
        <string>Images</string>
        <key>LSHandlerRank</key>
        <string>Alternate</string>
        <key>LSItemContentTypes</key>
        <array>
            <string>public.image</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</array>

The above will allow your app to appear in the "open in" menu for images. If your app is selected, your app will be launched or brought to the foreground and the application:openURL:sourceApplication:annotation: delegate method will be called. The URL will contain a reference to the image file.

answered Apr 25 '13 at 23:54

rmaddy

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Is this still possible for newer IOS versions? – Sean Dunford Oct 24 '13 at 08:03
Just checking, it looks like there have been a lot of sdk updates since this post. I was having some issues implementing but I think I figured out my issues. – Sean Dunford Oct 24 '13 at 19:55
I added the above key value pair in plist, but not able see my App when i want to share photo in Photos App. – Sudheer Kumar Palchuri Dec 17 '13 at 07:24
The photos app doesn't allow for 3rd party apps. Submit a bug report to Apple. – rmaddy Dec 17 '13 at 15:58
@maddy. i tried above code into my project-info.plist file. i am not able to see my app. Can u tell me pls – Hitu Bansal Jun 09 '15 at 04:14
@HituBansal If you have an issue, post your own question with all relevant details. – rmaddy Jun 09 '15 at 04:17
@maddy i already did this. but doesnot get relevant solution . See if u can help http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30432410/receive-url-in-ionic-for-ios – Hitu Bansal Jun 09 '15 at 04:19

How can I integrate my ios app into the "Share out" pane in the iOS messages photo viewer?

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