Hi LiveCoders
Today I have released a new external for iOS called mergSocial. This one allows
you to present a modal dialog for posting to facebook. twitter and sina weibo
using the standard iOS 6 interface. The external allows you to specify some
initial text, a list of images and a list of urls to post. With the release of
this external mergTwitter will be deprecated as mergSocial on iOS 5 will use
the Twitter framework to post to twitter. The external also includes the
deprecated mergTwitter syntax or backwards compatibility. All this is nicely
wrapped up for you into a single function to check if the service is available
and a single command to present the view. Make some Objective-C coders jealous
and add this to your app in 2 minutes. Here I'll write the code for you:
on touchEnd
mergSocial "facebook","Isn't this app cool!",,<your app store url here>
end touchEnd
You will want to use mergSocialIsAvailableForServiceType("facebook") somewhere
in your openCard handler to work out if you should enable that button. That's
it!
mergSocial is available for purchase from http://mergext.com for $29 or as part
of the iOS suite of externals. The price for the suite is doubling next week
but you still have a chance to lock in the current pricing.
More information here: http://mergext.com/home/mergsocial/
There has also been a new release of mergBgTask today.
Lastly the free downloads section now includes the useful externals from the
SDK (rrehardcopy, rresockets, rrenarrator and rremicrophone) compiled in the
same format as the rest of the mergExt externals. This saves you from compiling
for all the possible simulators or device options. To access them just register
for a free account so you can download.
Regards
Monte
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M E R Goulding
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Bespoke application development for vertical markets
mergExt - There's an external for that!
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