UIActivityViewController with HTML

Question

When I pass a string containing HTML content as an array element to the UIActivityViewController initWithActivityItems method it doesn\'t present it as HTML in the

Answer 1

In my testing if the string begins "" and ends "" then it is treated as HTML.

If you want a good result with the non-HTML-aware sharing services you need to instead use an object that implements the UIActivityItemSource protocol and returns the HTML string when from -activityViewControllerPlaceholderItem: and from -activityViewController:itemForActivityType: if the activity is UIActivityTypeMail and nil otherwise.

A second UIActivityItemSource that returns a suitable non-HTML string from -activityViewControllerPlaceholderItem: and from -activityViewController:itemForActivityType: if the activity is not UIActivityTypeMail (and nil if it is) is the rest of the puzzle.

I recommend against having one object do both jobs, as the UIActivity engine is entitled to make different decisions based on whether the placeholder item appears to be HTML or not.