CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iostwitterswift
user3746428
user3746428

Reputation: 11175

Handling Twitter access within app

I have been trying to add a 'Follow us on Twitter' button to my app, however I have ran into a few issues.

First of all, if the user does not have Twitter installed, the code that I intended to redirect them to the website version of Twitter instead, doesn't seem to work.

Also, how can I handle situations when the users is offline? I would like to display a UIAlert to warn them that they must have a connection to use Twitter.

Here is my code:

    @IBAction func followOnTwitter(sender: AnyObject) {
    if UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL.URLWithString("twitter://user?screen_name=AffordIt_App")) {
        if UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL.URLWithString("https://twitter.com/AffordIt_App")) {

        }
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 517

Answers (1)

Chazz
Chazz

Reputation: 93

From what I understand you need to see if the user has Twitter installed first.

@IBAction func followOnTwitter(sender: AnyObject) {
let screenName =  "Your Twitter Handle"
let appURL = NSURL(string: "twitter://user?screen_name=\(screenName)")!
let webURL = NSURL(string: "https://twitter.com/\(screenName)")!

let application = UIApplication.sharedApplication()

if application.canOpenURL(appURL) {
  application.openURL(appURL)
} else {
  application.openURL(webURL)
}
}

I am new to this site and apologize if I am not posting in the proper format.

Upvotes: 1

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