iOS Messaging in app Not working Properly

Question

I am Working on an RSS app where it needs to send the url of the article through a message. I have this code so far,

 MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init] ;{
            if([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText])
            {
                controller.body = @"Check Out This Informtaion, %@", [NSURL URLWithString:self.feedItem[@"url"]];
                controller.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: nil];
                controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
                [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
            }}

And it will work, it opens up the Messages in-app, but all it says in the message is

Check Out This Information, %@

When I do the same

[NSURL URLWithString:self.feedItem[@"url"]];

for opening up the page in Safari, it works, so that is correct, but I don't know how to fix it, please help.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 15 '13 at 00:45

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This line:

controller.body = @"Check Out This Informtaion, %@", [NSURL URLWithString:self.feedItem[@"url"]];

is equivalent to

controller.body = @"Check Out This Informtaion, %@";
[NSURL URLWithString:self.feedItem[@"url"]];

…because the two statements are executing independently.

As user2056143 pointed out, you’re missing an NSString -stringWithFormat: around your values. I.e.:

controller.body = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Check Out This Informtaion, %@", [NSURL URLWithString:self.feedItem[@"url"]]];

answered Mar 15 '13 at 00:45

Noah Witherspoon

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I will try this in a few minutes, don't have access to my Mac right now thanks – Steve Mar 15 '13 at 01:02
While I am thinking about it, do y'all know of a stack-overflow question for implementing the share button like in the safari ios app. The one with icons and the different sharing options. – Steve Mar 15 '13 at 01:07
Yep—search for UIActivityViewController – Noah Witherspoon Mar 15 '13 at 02:32

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 15 '13 at 00:14

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Change body to :

controller.body = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"Check Out This <a href=\"%@\">Information<\a>", self.feedItem[@"url"]];

edited Mar 15 '13 at 00:14

Jesse Rusak

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answered Mar 14 '13 at 23:49

user2056143

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I've fixed the formatting (start a line with 4 spaces to make it code) but I don't think you need to use HTML for this; the message body probably just plain text. – Jesse Rusak Mar 15 '13 at 00:14

iOS Messaging in app Not working Properly

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