can't exclude UIActivityTypePostToFacebook from [UIActivityViewController excludedActivityTypes]

Question

I wish to create a UIActivityViewController which will exclude some of the native share features including Facebook and Twitter Share. But the Facebook share is still available as a ShareExtention.

I create the following :

activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems  applicationActivities:applicationActivities];

and excluded Facebook by setting the excluded Activity types.

activityViewController.excludedActivityTypes = @[
                                                 UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList,
                                                 UIActivityTypeAssignToContact,
                                                 UIActivityTypePrint,
                                                 UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll,
                                                 UIActivityTypeCopyToPasteboard,
                                                 UIActivityTypeAirDrop,
                                                 UIActivityTypePostToFacebook,
                                                 UIActivityTypePostToTwitter
                                                 ];

When running on my iPhone the Facebook icon appears despite being excluded.

Investigating how this is happening I see that the completion handler for the activity controller is returning the activityType = com.facebook.Facebook.ShareExtension, not UIActivityTypePostToFacebook. Also when selecting the more button in the activity controller there is a toggle for Facebook as for other apps which make use of the Share convention.

Why is Facebook using the shareExtention when Twitter is not, and why can I not exclude it using the excluded activities?

Note: I have tested this on several devices but the issue only exists on one device which is running 8.1.3.

Thanks

having the same issue on iOS 8.1.1. Seems like it might be an apple-side bug. — ilyashev, May 09 '15 at 18:52
It looks like you're seeing the Facebook share extension (which is part of Facebook iOS app). Do you have Facebook app installed (and which version)? — amudi, May 13 '15 at 08:04
Yes, it is the Facebook share extension. I referenced this in my question actually. But the point is that if Facebook makes use of a share extension then it is not possible to disable Facebook sharing so : excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypePostToFacebook, etc. is not usable. — Seamus, May 14 '15 at 09:51
I am running Facebook Version 30.0, updated on May 7th. (I allow auto update) — Seamus, May 14 '15 at 09:53
Does adding com.facebook.Facebook.ShareExtension to exludedActivityTypes help? — Xcoder, May 23 '15 at 21:23
I have a similar situation in my app. Looks like on iOS 8.3 it is fixed and on iOS <= 8.2 it occurs. Still investigating but pretty sure @ilyashev is right it's an Apple bug. — charmingToad, Jun 03 '15 at 19:13

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 25 '18 at 07:35

Try this way

// sharing items in an array lets say sharingItems
NSArray *sharingItems = @[@"hello", @"how", @"are", @"You."];

//making UIActivityViewController object lets say avc
UIActivityViewController *avc = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:sharingItems applicationActivities:nil];

//exclude UIActivityTypePostToFacebook 
avc.excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypePostToFacebook];

//presenting UIActivityViewController in our case avc
[self presentViewController:avc animated:YES completion:nil];

see the below picture, Facebook is not included

When commenting avc.excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypePostToFacebook]; Facebook again becomes visible in share option

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 21 '17 at 13:26

//Hope this helps . This is how it is done in Swift 3.

  //  When Including the FB Option the code is as follow:

      func otherSharing() {

            let activityItem: [AnyObject] = [returnFinalImage() as AnyObject]


            let avc = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: activityItem as [AnyObject], applicationActivities: nil)
             avc.excludedActivityTypes = [UIActivityType.addToReadingList, UIActivityType.assignToContact, UIActivityType.print, UIActivityType.saveToCameraRoll, UIActivityType.copyToPasteboard, UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.postToTwitter]
            self.present(avc, animated: true, completion: nil)
        }

    //When Excluding the FB Option the code is as follow:

        func otherSharing() {

            let activityItem: [AnyObject] = [returnFinalImage() as AnyObject]


            let avc = UIActivityViewController(activityItems: activityItem as [AnyObject], applicationActivities: nil)
             avc.excludedActivityTypes = [UIActivityType.addToReadingList, UIActivityType.assignToContact, UIActivityType.print, UIActivityType.saveToCameraRoll, UIActivityType.copyToPasteboard, UIActivityType.airDrop, UIActivityType.postToFacebook, UIActivityType.postToTwitter]
            self.present(avc, animated: true, completion: nil)
        }

    //I have Added Screen shot : [![enter image description here][1]][1]


      [1]: https://i.stack.imgur.com/IGzqC.jpg

can't exclude UIActivityTypePostToFacebook from [UIActivityViewController excludedActivityTypes]

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