Post Creation Page
This page provides a form for post creation.
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This is the default state of post creation
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Text only
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Example of how it looks for text only post
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Example on how the hyperlink will look like in creation page and on the post component
Mention users in a text post
Text and Images
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After image has been selected and showing in the post creation flow
User can select images from 2 sources.
Device Camera
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System will launch the device camera view
Device Image Gallery
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Text and Files
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System shows the device file picker
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After the file has been selected. The system will show the file upload progress bar.
Text and Videos
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Polls
You can create a poll post and other users can interact with that poll post by selecting from the poll options.
Creating a poll post
Mention users in a poll post
Live Stream
Mention users in a livestream post
To create a live stream post and for a detailed discussion on the live stream features, refer to Livestream post documentation.
Features
Feature
Description
Post creation
Create post by adding content such as text, images, videos, and files.
Refer to Supported types for more details.
Mention in post
Mention users in post by typing @ to activate mention suggestion and selecting their names in the suggestion list. Up to 30 users can be mentioned per post.
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An alert will be shown if character count is greater than 50000 or mentions count is greater than 30.
Supported types
- File: All file types are supported
- Image: JPG, JPEG, and PNG
- Video: 3GP, AVI, FLV, MP4 and MPEG-2
- 1.The maximum file, image, or video size that you can upload is 1 GB.
- 2.Uploaded images or videos whose format is not supported (e.g. HEIC, HEVC) will be automatically converted to PNG for images and MP4 for videos.
Usage
Create a view controller
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// Post to user feed
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let viewController = AmityPostCreatorViewController.make(postTarget: .myFeed)
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// Post to community feed
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let viewController = AmityPostCreatorViewController.make(postTarget: .community(object: postModel))
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// Poll post
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let viewController = AmityPollCreatorViewController.make(postTarget: <your post target>)
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self.present(viewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
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Parameter
Parameter
Description
postTarget
enums to determine where is the target feed
consist of
myFeed and community(AmityCommunityModel) Attachment options
By default
AmityPostCreatorViewController allows all attachments when creating a post. You can optionally choose attachment options when creating the post.All available attachment options are
image, video, and file. These can be found in AmityPostAttachmentType.1
// Only allow file attachment in post creator page.
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let settings = AmityPostEditorSettings()
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settings.allowPostAttachments = [.file]
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let postCreator = AmityPostCreatorViewController.make(postTarget: postTarget, settings: settings)
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