Instagram

Share a photo with the instagram app

Repo: https://github.com/vstirbu/InstagramPlugin

Installation

Install the Cordova and Ionic Native plugins:

$ ionic cordova plugin add cordova-instagram-plugin
$ npm install --save @ionic-native/instagram@4

Add this plugin to your app's module

Supported platforms

Android
iOS

Usage

import { Instagram } from '@ionic-native/instagram';

constructor(private instagram: Instagram) { }

...

this.instagram.share('data:image/png;uhduhf3hfif33', 'Caption')
  .then(() => console.log('Shared!'))
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));

Instance Members

`isInstalled()`

Detect if the Instagram application is installed on the device.

Returns: Promise<boolean|string> Returns a promise that returns a boolean value if installed, or the app version on android

`share(canvasIdOrDataUrl, caption)`

Share an image on Instagram Note: Instagram app stopped accepting pre-filled captions on both iOS and Android. As a work-around, the caption is copied to the clipboard. You have to inform your users to paste the caption.

Param	Type	Details
canvasIdOrDataUrl		The canvas element id or the dataURL of the image to share
caption		The caption of the image

Returns: Promise<any> Returns a promise that resolves if the image was shared

`shareAsset(assetLocalIdentifier)`

Share a library asset or video

Param	Type	Details
assetLocalIdentifier		A local fileURI