iOS Hooks

Custom URL Scheme

Via.Me for iPhone supports a number of custom URLs to perform a varity of actions:

URL	Action
viame://app	Open the via.me app
viame://camera	Open the via.me app and show the camera
viame://library	Open the via.me app and show the photo library
viame://screenname	Open the via.me app and show the specifed users profile
viame://-12345	Open the via.me app and show the specifed content page

Example usage in Objective C:

    NSURL *urlToOpen = [NSURL URLWithString:@"viame://gchahal"];
    if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:urlToOpen]) {
      [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:urlToOpen];
    }
  

Send Media to Via.Me

To send media to be posted to Via.Me from your app, you can store the media in a custom pasteboard. Via.me currently supports png, and jpeg data.

-(IBAction)shareOnViaMe:(id)sender {
  UIPasteboard *viamePasteboard = 
    [UIPasteboard pasteboardWithName:@"viame" create:YES];
  viamePasteboard.persistent = YES;
  viamePasteboard.image = YOUR_IMAGE;
  NSURL *url = [NSURL urlWithString:@"viame://post"];
  if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:url]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];
  } 
}