Wordpress-ios: WordPress Share Extension

[mikejohnstn]

Let's implement a WordPress Share Extension:

• [x] #4877: Provisioning Profiles
• [x] #4873: Shared Metadata: Token / Primary Site
• [x] #4874: The user should be allowed to pick the target blog in which the contents should be posted
• [x] #4876: MVP should only support text
• [x] #4875: Provide a sad christmas for self hosted and logged off users
• [x] #4897: Post Status Picker
• [x] #4898: UX Look & Feel

[chantalcoolsma]

I would love to see a sharing extension to quickly post photos from you iOS device to your blog. For example:

1. Take photo
2. Open photos app
3. Retouch your photo
4. Tap sharing and choose WordPress
5. Ability to enter a title (for the post) and choose a category (and the site if more selfhosted sites are added)
6. Publish

These steps should create a post, upload the photo to the media library, insert the photo in the post, set category and publish it.

[sendhil]

Thanks for the ping @chantalcoolsma - a sharing extension is definitely on or radar. I don't have a timeline for you at the moment but hopefully at some point in the next few months.

[sealfur]

@sendhil any update on this?

[sendhil]

@sealfur - @astralbodies is going to take a stab over the next few weeks.

[astralbodies]

I will crush this. :smile:

[sendhil]

I'll take a screenshot of that comment so you can't delete it ;).

[astralbodies]

I know I'll be eating my own hair after I work on this - the share extension API still sucks even in iOS 9.

[chantalcoolsma]

Good luck :+1:

[Ipstenu]

You're doing Dog's work, son.

[rachelmcr]

We received a recent app review that also requested a sharing extension, in case there was any question about the demand for it. ;)

Love to use the app to post photos to my blog. Just wish there was a sharing extension so I could upload right from the photos app and save a few taps.

[m]

@astralbodies can you pair up with someone on this?

[astralbodies]

@m Definitely - it ended up getting deferred again because of shifting around of people but I really want to make it work.

[m]

It's the most handy glue on iOS.

[SergioEstevao]

@astralbodies I can help you out if you want. I've recently had experience with Share extensions.

[astralbodies]

@m Agreed - I'll consort with @jleandroperez this week and we'll see what we can do to finally knock it out!

[astralbodies]

@SergioEstevao We'll talk this week :grin:

[astralbodies]

First iteration of Share extension has been merged! This should make its way into WPiOS 6.2.

Thanks everyone for all of the input and support! :+1: