Programmatically control iPhone OS versions to enable functions for both OS 3.x and 4 - MFMessageComposeViewController problem

Question

In order to support iPhone OS 3.x and 4.0 I programmatically control MFMessageComposeViewController functionality like this (use it only if the OS version is 4.0 or above):

Answer 1

In your target parameters, simply set messageUI.framework to type 'weak'

Answer 2

You need to make sure you're doing a few things:

In your target's build settings:

• set Base SDK to iPhone Device 4.0
• set iPhone OS Deployment Target to iPhone OS 3.1.3 (or lower)

In your target's general settings, under Linked Libraries, change the "Type" next to MessageUI.framework to Weak.

Don't import <MessageUI/MFMessageComposeViewController.h> or it will crash on launch in 3.x. Just import <MessageUI/MessageUI.h>

I don't know what os_version_num is, but here's the code I use to test for the availability of MFMessageComposeViewController:

Class smsClass = (NSClassFromString(@"MFMessageComposeViewController"));
if (smsClass != nil && [MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText]) {
   MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = [[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc] init];
   controller.body = text;
   controller.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects: nil];
   controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
   [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
   [controller release];                
}

Answer 3

Class theClass = NSClassFromString(@"MFMessageComposeViewController");
MFMessageComposeViewController *controller = theClass ? [[theClass alloc] init] : nil;

You can use the type MFMessageComposeViewController as in:

MFMessageComposeViewController *controller;

But you cannot use the global object MFMessageComposeViewController as in:

[MFMessageComposeViewController alloc];

Instead use the class lookup so you are not dependent on the linker:

[NSClassFromString(@"MFMessageComposeViewController") alloc];

Answer 4

I was having the same problem, and solved it a different way:

On the Left hand-side of your XCode window,

1. If you scroll down to the Bulls Eye with "Targets" and expand that

2. Expand your

3. < control > + < click > on "Link Binary With Libraries"

4. Choose "Add" --> "Existing Frameworks"

5. Choose "MessageUI.framework" and click on "Add"

That should add the Message UI to your app, tell me if it works.

Answer 5

What about if you have functions that you only want to include conditionally.

- (void)messageComposeViewController:(MFMessageComposeViewController *)controller   
                 didFinishWithResult:(MessageComposeResult)result {
    [self dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];
}

For example, if the function definition contained MFMessageViewController, how do you make this part conditional (that is, not cause a problem with OS 3.x). Or is it not a problem at all?

Answer 6

If you import <MessageUI/MessageUI.h> and set weak reference to MessageUI framework, you can directly call:

   if ([MFMessageComposeViewController canSendText]) {
        controller.body = body;
        controller.recipients = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:number, nil];
        controller.messageComposeDelegate = self;
        [self presentModalViewController:controller animated:YES];
        [controller release]; 
    } else {
        [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"sms:%@",number]]];
    }

On iOS 3.1.2 you will get nil in the if clause and old method will be launched.