Remove Apps from the Share Sheet

Q: How do I remove the apps that get shown on the share sheet?

A: To customize / remove apps the share sheet, we use a DocumentSharingConfiguration object. It defines the set of options available when sharing documents and also includes an option for excludedActivityTypes that will help us customize / remove any unwanted apps on the share sheet. Please note that it currently not possible to exclude all third party applications from the share sheet. This is a restriction of Apple’s UIActivityViewController.

To remove unwanted apps from the share sheet, we would do something like this:

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let sharingConfiguration = DocumentSharingConfiguration.defaultConfiguration(forDestination: .activity).configurationUpdated {
    $0.excludedActivityTypes = [.assignToContact, .postToWeibo, .postToFacebook, .postToTwitter]
}

let sharingController = DocumentSharingViewController(documents: [document])
sharingController.sharingConfigurations = [sharingConfiguration]

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PSPDFDocumentSharingConfiguration *activitySharingConfiguration = [PSPDFDocumentSharingConfiguration defaultConfigurationForDestination:PSPDFDocumentSharingDestinationActivity];
PSPDFDocumentSharingConfiguration *sharingConfiguration = [activitySharingConfiguration configurationUpdatedWithBuilder:^(PSPDFDocumentSharingConfigurationBuilder *config) {
    config.excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypePostToWeibo, UIActivityTypePostToFacebook, UIActivityTypePostToTwitter];
}];

PSPDFDocumentSharingViewController *sharingController = [[PSPDFDocumentSharingViewController alloc] initWithDocuments:@[document]];
sharingController.sharingConfigurations = @[sharingConfiguration];

Now when the share sheet is shown, the activity types that we excluded will not be shown in the share sheet.

For a more detailed explanation on all the different customizations available for the share sheet, check out our Document Sharing guide. We also have an example in our Catalog (CustomSharingOptionsExample) which demonstrates several different ways to customize the share sheet.