iOS 8 Action Extension for selected text in Safari

Question

I can't get Action Extensions to work with selected text in safari. Inside Activation rules there is the rule to allow text, but the extension is not available when I select the text.

Answer 1

You need to turn on NSExtensionActivationSupportsWebURLWithMaxCount to make extension available in Safari.

When you create a non-UI action extension target from the template, an Action.js file is automatically created. Edit the file to send back the selected text using

document.getSelection().toString()