Xcode social media sharing button

Question

Is there any built-in api/code for Xcode that allow the app to detect what other social media apps installed in the iphone/ipad/ipod touch to populate out the sharing features?

I was told that Android has such capability, so does iOS have it too?

Answer 1

Twitter integration is built into iOS 5, check this link http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Twitter/Reference/TWTweetSheetViewControllerClassRef/Reference/Reference.html

For Facebook you need to use the Facebook SDK, check here http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/iossdk/

Alternatively you could try ShareKit... http://getsharekit.com/

Or GetSocialize... http://www.GetSocialize.com/

Both of these offer drop in functionality.