Hello I’m currently working on an iOS Share Extension that allows users to share content from various apps to my application. The Share Extension is designed to handle both URLs and plaintext content. However, I’m encountering a peculiar issue when attempting to share content from Google Maps.
When sharing content from Google Maps, the Share Extension consistently detects the content as plaintext, rather than a URL. While this behavior is unexpected, the real challenge arises when attempting to parse the shared content. Despite correctly identifying the content as plaintext, the Share Extension consistently fails to extract any meaningful data from it, resulting in an empty display within my app.
Interestingly, when sharing content from Safari, the Share Extension correctly identifies and parses the URL, displaying the content as expected. This inconsistency in behavior between Google Maps and Safari has left me puzzled.
I’ve included the relevant portion of my Share Extension code below for reference:
// ShareViewController.swift
override func viewDidLoad() {
super.viewDidLoad()
guard let extensionItem = extensionContext?.inputItems.first as? NSExtensionItem,
let itemProvider = extensionItem.attachments?.first else {
close()
return
}
let textDataType = UTType.url.identifier
let plainTextDataType = UTType.plainText.identifier
// Handling plaintext content
if itemProvider.hasItemConformingToTypeIdentifier(plainTextDataType) {
itemProvider.loadItem(forTypeIdentifier: plainTextDataType, options: nil) { (providedText, error) in
if let _ = error {
self.close()
return
}
if let localText = providedText as? String {
// Parsing plaintext content
DispatchQueue.main.async {
let contentView = UIHostingController(rootView: ShareExtensionView(text: localText))
self.addChild(contentView)
self.view.addSubview(contentView.view)
contentView.view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
// Setting up constraints...
}
} else {
self.close()
return
}
}
}
// Handling URL content
else if itemProvider.hasItemConformingToTypeIdentifier(textDataType) {
itemProvider.loadItem(forTypeIdentifier: textDataType, options: nil) { (providedText, error) in
if let _ = error {
self.close()
return
}
if let localText = providedText as? NSURL, let text = localText.absoluteString {
// Parsing URL content
DispatchQueue.main.async {
let contentView = UIHostingController(rootView: ShareExtensionView(text: text))
self.addChild(contentView)
self.view.addSubview(contentView.view)
contentView.view.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
// Setting up constraints...
}
} else {
self.close()
return
}
}
}
// Close if no valid content is found
else {
close()
return
}
// Adding observer to close the extension
NotificationCenter.default.addObserver(forName: NSNotification.Name("close"), object: nil, queue: nil) { _ in
DispatchQueue.main.async {
self.close()
}
}
}
func close() {
self.extensionContext?.completeRequest(returningItems: [], completionHandler: nil)
}Any insights or suggestions on why Google Maps content isn’t being parsed correctly by my Share Extension would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
