I used to use MGTwitterEngine as my main twitter library for iOS, however, the last commit to the project's master branch is more than one year old (at the time of this writing) and the documentation is not that great. Now I am starting a new project and would like to get rid of the "clunky" MGTwitterEngine, what are other twitter libraries out there for iOS? Which are your favorites and why?
I found the following so far:
MPOAuth
ShareKit (provides a lot more than just Twitter sharing)
Apple announced in the WWDC keynote that Twitter access will be built into the OS in iOS 5, so assuming that means built-in API access its likely that all third-party Twitter libraries are being left to wither. Those who develop for iOS have access to the beta APIs, so even though we can't say anything for sure about future API releases, they could (NDA notwithstanding).
That being said, I'd add DDSocialClient to the list. Like ShareKit it does a whole lot more than Twitter, but it's much less prescriptive on user interface. It restricts itself mostly to the nuts and bolts of the service integration. Whether you think that's liberating or just more work is probably a judgment call.
iOS5 is coming out soon but i'm using MGTwitterEngine and it works like a charm. http://mattgemmell.com/2008/02/22/mgtwitterengine-twitter-from-cocoa
Also you can try sharekit but I dont like it as much.
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i am using sharekit open source for facebook/twitter sharing , and also Google maps for displaying the maps and all that stuff like driving directions, current location, annotations etc etc in my iPhone application . i just want to know about its acceptance on itunes by apple.
Does Apple Approve share kit?
Can google maps be used in iPhone??
Please give me any idea about it
Thanks
Even though ShareKit is hopelessly dated and not updated since ages (last update over a year ago), there still is no reason for Apple to not approve your app when using it. Personally, I would strongly advise to not use ShareKit as it is super buggy and did not keep up with the latest changes on Twitter's API but that is your choice.
Google Maps also is not a show-stopper at all. As said by others, there are many Apps on the AppStore using it.
I would love to know where to start to understand how to integrate Twitter in my iPhone applications.
So here are a few questions:
Is it madness trying to implement anything without an Oauth library?
Which of these methods should I use to obtain an access token (I want to open safari.app and get redirected back to my application using iOS url schemes, à la Twitterific)?
Can I avoid browser based authentication with iOS 5 Twitter integration?
Hope you can help.
If you're okay with requiring iOS 5, than Twitter.framework is the best/easiest way to go. They handle OAuth and everything for you. Everything is done simply by using TWRequest. It's very simple.
If you need to support older versions of iOS, than you should take a look at MGTwitterEngine. I believe that there are some forks of it on github that incorporate OAuth.
But with that being said, I highly recommend that you just target iOS 5 and forget iOS 4. It will make implementing Twitter much easier. If you need convincing, check out Matt Gemmell's blog post about why it's okay to only support the latest operating system: http://mattgemmell.com/2011/12/05/latest-version/
EDIT: And yes, Twitter.framework handles authentication for you. No need to use the browser. But users will need to add their Twitter accounts in the Settings app beforehand. If you want them to be able to add accounts through your app, then I believe you need to handle authentication yourself.
I need to share one video url getting from my server in twitter.
And my app must be compatible for both ios 4.0 and ios 5.0.
I know that there is twitter+oauth library for ios 4.0 and twitter inbuilt library for ios 5.0. And my functionality is twitter library need to ask user credentials only once for twitter authentication and need to post that video url in background with out asking user permission.
From the second time onwards video must posted in background.
As per my knowledge we have different libraries we need to use but is there any solution that do implemant my task with one library.
Please help me.
For a beautiful implementation, check out DETweetComposeViewController.
It will provide you with a UI that looks almost identical to what iOS5 users now are growing accustomed to. The great point is, it works on iOS4 and iOS5 flawlessly.
GetShareKit was a basic library created by Nate Weiner that's now outdated. If you check it's GitHub source, the last commit was sometime in 2010. This version is buggy and has about 20+ compile warnings. this uses an older version of the Facebook and Twitter sharing mechanisms that are now deprecated and also, buggy. Clicking Twitter's "Share", for eg, won't dismiss the sharing dialog.
So, a bunch of developers forked off the original library and now maintain what's called ShareKit 2.0 SDK. If you check the wiki, you'll learn that all new services like Foursquare, LinkedIn, InstaPaper, EverNote have been added to this new version. Happy Coding!
i need to integrate Twitter to my iPhone application. I have tried many 3rd party SDks, but non worked since i have enabled ARC to my project.
1.) So i need to know if there's a Native Twitter API which will be owned by Twitter it self ?
2.) I have tried sharekit, but may i know if there's other 3rd party APIs that i could use to integrate twitter for my application.
note: It should work for both iOS 4.3 and above. Also do not say this question is duplicated (i have looked at other questions but didn't find a solution to my problem yet) :)
i have already looked at this.
If you are using sharekit, be sure to be using sharekit 2.0, it has compatibility with iOS 5.
I recommend you ShareKit because it has a lot of other functionalities that may be useful for you, if you change your mind and give sharekit a second chance, just ask me and I will try to help you.
Also, if you have the ARC activated, I think your application won't have compatibility with iOS 4.3, so think about it. In case you insist in using ARC with 3rd party SDKs, just remove all the "retain", "release" and other expressions that are not allowed with it. XCode will tell you which expressions are not available with ARC.
Is there an library for the iPhone using the new Facebook Graph API yet?
This library is great: http://www.capturetheconversation.com/technology/iphone-facebook-oauth-2-0-and-the-graph-api-a-tutorial-part-2
I am using it with great success in a current iPad project.
Update: Author just posted code to github: http://github.com/reallylongaddress/iPhone-Facebook-Graph-API
Update: Please check https://github.com/reallylongaddress/iPhone-Facebook-Graph-API/issues/4 if you find post to FB crashing while using code
Not that I have seen and trying to write something myself has been without success. I am VERY disappointed with Facebook and there lack of support in this area especially since they want developers to move over to the API, however iPhone developers are SOL at the moment which is a shame since using their current SDK is a pain in the ass with all of their callbacks and delegates. It is not very clean at all.
FB Graph API SDK for iPhone is rumored to be released during WWDC. Android SDK is already officially announced (but not released, yet).