TCTweetComposeViewController is a drop in replacement for TWTweetComposeViewController. There are a number of problems with the built in tweet composer:
- It is ugly
- It does not preview links
- It's just so damn ugly
TCTweetComposeViewController solves the main problem by emulating the clean interface of the built in email message composer while preserving the functionality of the built in tweet composer.
Because it is a drop in replacement, it is easy to add it to an existing project and it will be simple to remove if the built in tweet composer later changes.
All you need to do is change the view controller class and the type on the completion handler, or replace TW with TC. That's it.
Built in code looks like this in your app:
TWTweetComposeViewController *twitter = [[TWTweetComposeViewController alloc] init];
[twitter addImage:icon];
[twitter addURL:URL];
[twitter setInitialText:text];
twitter.completionHandler = ^(TWTweetComposeViewControllerResult result){
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
};
[self presentModalViewController:twitter animated:YES];
Our drop in replacement code looks like this:
TCTweetComposeViewController *twitter = [[TCTweetComposeViewController alloc] init];
[twitter addImage:icon];
[twitter addURL:URL];
[twitter setInitialText:text];
twitter.completionHandler = ^(TCTweetComposeViewControllerResult result){
[self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
};
[self presentModalViewController:twitter animated:YES];
- Only supports Portrait orientation
- Only works on the iPhone. Might work on iPad, hasn't been tested
- Only supports a single image upload at a time
- Does not support optional location data
These limitations are probably temporary and could be fixed with a bit more coding.
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