Can we share msmessage without develop an imessage extension? - ios10

Question

I saw there is message property in MFMessageComposeViewController. Can we construct an MSMessage and assign it to MFMessageComposeViewController, then share this message in new iMessage App without developing an extension? If we can do that, we can share other with a message with images and title, instead of just plain string or attachment before iOS 10.

Answer 1

From what I learn here https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/49922, you need to create an imessage extension target (you don't need to do any develop for the target) , then you can share the msmessage in MFMessageComposeViewController
This is the demo in the link above:
Create a brand new Single-View Application
In main.storyboard, create a button in the middle of the screen
Ctrl-drag "Touch Up Inside" for the button to my ViewController class to create onTouchUp in code (see below)
Wrote the code below
import UIKit
import Messages
import MessageUI
class ViewController: UIViewController {
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
}
override func didReceiveMemoryWarning() {
super.didReceiveMemoryWarning()
}
#IBAction func onTouchUp(_ sender: AnyObject) {
let composeVC = MFMessageComposeViewController()
let msgLayout = MSMessageTemplateLayout()
msgLayout.caption = "something here"
let message = MSMessage()
message.layout = msgLayout
composeVC.message = message
self.present(composeVC, animated: true, completion: nil)
}
}
Create a Target of a MessagesExtension
Run the app on iPhone 6s Plus
See the MSMessage in the MFMessageComposeViewController