native.canShowPopup always returning false

Social Media
#1

Hi there,

not sure when it started happening, but native.canShowPopup(“social”, <service>) is always returning false, even though the app is correctly installed on device (iOS in my case). 

The strange thing is that if I use native.showPopup it all works and in fact it posts to social media sites without any issue.

Any idea why? Am I missing something obvious?

Thanks]]

#2

The social popup on iOS is really a pre-iOS 8 feature. Starting with iOS 8, Apple wants you to use the “Activity” plugin. It’s possible that iOS 11 has in some way broken the the API that canShowPopup depends on.

Rob

#3

I thought that would be the case.

Any easy way to check when those services are available?

#4

The minimum iOS we support is iOS 8. You should be using the Activity plugin instead.

Rob

#5

Yep, got it!

Thanks Rob

#6

The social popup on iOS is really a pre-iOS 8 feature. Starting with iOS 8, Apple wants you to use the “Activity” plugin. It’s possible that iOS 11 has in some way broken the the API that canShowPopup depends on.

Rob

#7

I thought that would be the case.

Any easy way to check when those services are available?

#8

The minimum iOS we support is iOS 8. You should be using the Activity plugin instead.

Rob

#9

Yep, got it!

Thanks Rob