UIActivityViewController not showing Message option When Sharing Image Object-CodePudding

I am using UIActivityViewController to share my generated image, it worked fine for certain apps like Whatsapp or sharing via Email, but i also wanted to share it using Messages app. I've tried several ways to do it but i can't display Messages app on it. Here's my code :

UIImage *receiptStage3 = [CreateReceiptImage putLogo:nil putLabel:TRANSACTION_RECEIPT inImage:receiptStage2];

NSData *imageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(receiptStage3,0.5);

// create url
NSDateFormatter *dateFormatter=[[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[dateFormatter setDateFormat:@"yyyyMMddHHmmss"];
NSString *fileName = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"%@%@%@", @"FormatHere-", [dateFormatter stringFromDate:[NSDate date]],@".jpg"];
NSURL *url = [NSURL fileURLWithPath:[NSTemporaryDirectory() stringByAppendingString:fileName]];
NSData *data = imageData;
// write data
[data writeToURL:url atomically:NO];
NSArray *activityItems = @[url];
UIActivityViewController *activityVC = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
activityVC.excludedActivityTypes = @[UIActivityTypePostToTencentWeibo, UIActivityTypePostToVimeo, UIActivityTypePostToWeibo, UIActivityTypePostToFlickr, UIActivityTypePostToTwitter, UIActivityTypePostToFacebook, UIActivityTypePrint, UIActivityTypeAssignToContact, UIActivityTypeOpenInIBooks, UIActivityTypeAirDrop,UIActivityTypeSaveToCameraRoll,UIActivityTypeAddToReadingList];
[activityVC setCompletionWithItemsHandler:^(NSString *activityType, BOOL completed, NSArray *returnedItems, NSError *activityError) {
    //Delete file
    NSError *errorBlock;
    if([[NSFileManager defaultManager] removeItemAtURL:url error:&errorBlock] == NO) {
        NSLog(@"error deleting file %@",@"error");
        return;
    }
}];
                        
[self presentViewController:activityVC animated:YES completion:nil];

As i said before i've tried several ways like putting NSUrl @[url] and UIImage *receiptStage3 directly to initWithActivityItems. I've also tried to remove excludedActivityTypes but the Message option wont show. Am i missing something ? or are there another ways to do this ? Thanks before

CodePudding user response：

Your code is completely fine, works to me.

First of all you Messages app may be missing if you have iMessage disabled in your settings. Go to Settings->Messages and make sure it's on:

Also you may not see it in the default items, check out hidden ones: