SwapnanilDhol / IGStoryKit

Overview

IGStoryKit lets you easily share content stickers with different background types to Instagram stories from your iOS and iPadOS apps.

Installation

IGStoryKit is available via Swift Package Manager. To add IGStoryKit simply add this repo’s URL to your project’s package file.

https://github.com/SwapnanilDhol/IGStoryKit

Usage

You can find a detailed tutorial here. However, a simple setup is mentioned below.

Please ensure that you’ve created a LSApplicationQueriesSchemes entry in your project’s Info.plist file and added an instagram-stories entry. Without this your project will not be able to copy data into Instagram stories and this framework will thrown an assertion failure during debug runtime.

Import IGStoryKit

import IGStoryKit

Create an IGData object

let igData = IGData(backgroundType: .gradient,
                            colorTop: .systemOrange,
                            colorBottom: .systemRed,
                            backgroundImage: nil,
                            contentSticker: nil)

Next, create an instance of IGDispatcher and initialize it with the igData created above.

Create an instance of IGDispatcher

let igDispatcher = IGDispatcher(igData: igData)

Start the posting flow by called start() on the dispatcher

igDispatcher.start()

Recommend values

Instagram suggests particular sizes for images shared to Instagram stories on their developer site.

Understanding how IGKit works

IGData

IGData is a Swift object that defines the data being shared to Instagram stories. It contains the following parameters:

• backgroundType: Defines the BackgroundType of the story. BackgroundType is discussed in detail below.

• colorTop: Defines the top color of the story background. In case of .color background type, the colorTop color is used as a solid color background.

• colorBottom: Defines the bottom color of the story background. Used only in the case of .gradient background type. In conjunction with the colorTop property, Instagram renders a linear gradient as the story background.

• backgroundImage: Defines the background image of the story background. Used only in the case of .image background type.

• contentSticker: Defines a content sticker image property. This sticker can be customized by the user in the Instagram app.

Background Type

BackgroundType is an enum that describes the background type of the Instagram Story. It can be of 4 pre defined types:

• none: No background. This mode requires that the user shares a sticker image content.

• color: A solid color background. User provides a UIColor value and the IGDispatcher class creates a Instagram story with a solid background color. For this case the user may or may not provide a sticker content image. In case the user doesn’t provide a sticker content image IGDispatcher will only create a story with a solid color background.

• gradient: A linear gradient background. User provides two UIColor into colorTop and colorBottom while configuring an IGData. The IGDispatcher class then creates an Instagram story with a linear gradient background. For this case, the user may or may not provide a sticker content image. In case the user doesn’t provide a sticker content image IGDispatcher will only create a story with a linear gradient background.

• image: An image background. User provides an UIImage into the backgroundImage parameter while creating an object of type IGData. The IGDispatcher class then creates an Instagram story with an image background. For this case, the user may or may not provide a sticker content image. In case the user doesn’t provide a sticker content image IGDispatcher will only create a story with an image background.

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Contributions

Contributions are always welcome. Please follow the following convention if you’re contributing:

• NameOfFile: Changes Made
• One commit per feature
• For issue fixes: #IssueNumber NameOfFile: ChangesMade

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details

Apps using IGStoryKit

• Neon: Color Picker & Social
• Sticker Card
• LinkSum

If you’re using IGStoryKit in your app please open a PR to edit this Readme. I’ll be happy to include you in this list :D