Attach image to message composer in ios 6 - iphone

Question

How to attach an image to native message composer in ios6? I want to implement the same sharing via message function we can see in default photos app.
Thanks

Answer 1

For Mail:
MFMailComposeViewController *mailController = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
NSData *exportData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(pic ,1.0);
[mailController addAttachmentData:exportData mimeType:#"image/jpeg" fileName:#"Photo.jpeg"];
[self presentModalViewController:mailController animated:YES];
The only way is through email currently. Unless you want to create a own MMS gateway to allow your app to support MMS..
For Message:
After reading up, instead of using MFMessageComposeViewController,you could UIApplication sharedApplication.
Example:
UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard];
pasteboard.persistent = YES;
NSData *data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(pic ,1.0);
pasteboard.image = [UIImage imageWithData:data];
NSString *phoneToCall = #"sms: 123-456-7890";
NSString *phoneToCallEncoded = [phoneToCall stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:phoneToCallEncoded];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
Longpress and click on Paste and message will be pasted...
Hope this helps... pic refers to the UIImage you are passing...

Answer 2

{
NSMutableDictionary * attachment = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc]init];
[attachment setObject: UIImageJPEGRepresentation(imageView.image,0.5) forKey:#"attachmentData"];
[attachment setObject: #"productImage.jpeg" forKey:#"attachmentFileName"];
[attachment setObject: #"jpeg" forKey:#"attachmentFileMimeType"];
NSMutableDictionary* params = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
[params setObject: #"subject" forKey:#"subject"];
[params setObject: #"matterText" forKey:#"matterText"];
[params setObject: [[NSMutableArray alloc]initWithObjects:attachment, nil] forKey:#"attachments"];
}
#pragma mark - Sharing Via Email Related Methods
-(void)emailInfo:(NSMutableDictionary*)info
{
if (![MFMailComposeViewController canSendMail])
{
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:#"Email Configuration"
message:#"We cannot send an email right now because your device's email account is not configured. Please configure an email account from your device's Settings, and try again."
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:#"OK", nil];
[alert show];
return;
}
MFMailComposeViewController *emailer = [[MFMailComposeViewController alloc] init];
emailer.mailComposeDelegate = self;
NSString * subject = [info objectForKey:#"subject"];
NSString * matterText = [info objectForKey:#"matterText"];
if(subject)
[emailer setSubject:subject];
if(matterText)
[emailer setMessageBody:matterText isHTML:NO];
NSMutableArray * attachments = [info objectForKey:#"attachments"];
if (attachments)
{
for (int i = 0 ; i < attachments.count ; i++)
{
NSMutableDictionary * attachment = [attachments objectAtIndex:i];
NSData * attachmentData = [attachment objectForKey:#"attachmentData"];
NSString * attachmentFileName = [attachment objectForKey:#"attachmentFileName"];
NSString * attachmentFileMimeType = [attachment objectForKey:#"attachmentFileMimeType"];
[emailer addAttachmentData:attachmentData mimeType:attachmentFileMimeType fileName:attachmentFileName];
}
}
if (UI_USER_INTERFACE_IDIOM() == UIUserInterfaceIdiomPad)
{
emailer.modalPresentationStyle = UIModalPresentationPageSheet;
}
[self.navigationController.topViewController presentViewController:emailer animated:YES completion:nil];
}

Answer 3

I think you cant attach an image in the message composer. It is only possible in mail composer.