Tell-A-Friend kind of form in iPhone SDK

Question

Hey!

I'm trying to build an in-game Tell A Friend form like in AppStore. Does anybody know if it can be found anywhere in the SDK? I wouldn't like to reinvent the sliced bread.

Thanks!

Answer 1

There's nothing like this in the SDK, sorry.

Answer 2

Short of writing your own SMTP client, you can create a message then exit your app by sending a URL to the mail app with openURL.

NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString: @"mailto:[email protected]?subject=subject&body=body"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];

The user then checks the content and sends the message.

Answer 3

As Ben says, no, there's nothing like that in the SDK. My guess is there never will. I imagine that this functionality is implemented on the server side, which is probably the best option anyway.

Answer 4

In meantime, there are some new API's in the iPhone SDK including the MessageKit.framework. That framework makes it possible to add a MFMailComposeViewController.

Hope that works, Tim