VTFollowOnTwitter 0.5

You want to add pod 'VTFollowOnTwitter', '~> 0.5' similar to the following to your Podfile:

target 'MyApp' do
  pod 'VTFollowOnTwitter', '~> 0.5'
end

Then run a pod install inside your terminal, or from CocoaPods.app.

Alternatively to give it a test run, run the command:

pod try VTFollowOnTwitter

VTFollowOnTwitter 0.5

By
Vincent Tourraine
vtourraine

Ready to use “Follow me on Twitter” native implementation.

How To Get Started

Instead of adding the source files directly to your project, you may want to consider using CocoaPods to manage your dependencies. Follow the instructions on the CocoaPods site to install the gem, and specify VTFollowOnTwitter as a dependency in your Podfile:

pod 'VTFollowOnTwitter', '~> 0.5'

You can also download VTFollowOnTwitter source files, and add them to your project, with ARC enabled. Don’t forget to add the Accounts and Social frameworks in your target configuration.

Example Usage

The main method needs the Twitter username to follow.

[VTFollowOnTwitter followUsername:@"test"
            fromPreferredUsername:nil
                          success:^{ /* Good */ }
                 multipleAccounts:^(NSArray *usernames) { /* Need specific username */ } 
                          failure:^(NSError *error) { /* Not good */ }];

Your controller need to handle the case where the user has more than one Twitter account configured. For instance, you can use a UIActionSheet to present the choice if necessary.

@interface VTViewController : UIViewController

- (IBAction)followOnTwitter:(id)sender;

@end

// ---
@interface VTViewController () <UIActionSheetDelegate>

- (void)followOnTwitterFromUsername:(NSString *)fromUsername;

@end


@implementation VTViewController

- (IBAction)followOnTwitter:(id)sender {
    [self followOnTwitterFromUsername:nil];
}

- (void)followOnTwitterFromUsername:(NSString *)fromUsername {
    NSString *username = @"StudioAMANgA";

    [VTFollowOnTwitter followUsername:username fromPreferredUsername:fromUsername success:^{
        [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Thanks!" message:nil delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
    } multipleAccounts:^(NSArray *usernames) {
        UIActionSheet *actionSheet = [[UIActionSheet alloc] initWithTitle:@"Which account do you want to follow us with?" delegate:self cancelButtonTitle:nil destructiveButtonTitle:nil otherButtonTitles:nil];
        for (NSString *username in usernames)
            [actionSheet addButtonWithTitle:[@"@" stringByAppendingString:username]];
        [actionSheet addButtonWithTitle:@"Cancel"];
        [actionSheet setCancelButtonIndex:[usernames count]];
        [actionSheet showInView:self.view];
    } failure:^(NSError *error) {
        [[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:@"Request Error" message:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"Sorry, something went wrong.\n%@", [error localizedDescription]] delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:@"OK" otherButtonTitles:nil] show];
    }];
}

- (void)actionSheet:(UIActionSheet *)actionSheet clickedButtonAtIndex:(NSInteger)buttonIndex {
    if (buttonIndex != actionSheet.cancelButtonIndex) {
        [self followOnTwitterFromUsername:[[actionSheet buttonTitleAtIndex:buttonIndex] stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:@"@" withString:@""]];
    }
}

@end

Requirements

VTFollowOnTwitter requires iOS 6.0 and above, with the Accounts and Social frameworks, Xcode 6.3 and above, and uses ARC.

Credits

VTFollowOnTwitter was created by Vincent Tourraine.

License

VTFollowOnTwitter is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.