Facebook share extension, sharing image and link

Question

It seems Facebook has recently broken (or intentionally removed?) the ability to share images and links in one post via their share extension, trying to share an image with a link now results in only the image posting. Sharing only the link works and generates a post with an image preview of the linked page.

Previously you could share images and links in one post, is there a way to restore this functionality with the after Facebook app v29?

Here's a brief sample that illustrates what previously worked, but now only shares the image.

NSArray *activityItems = @[
                           [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://stackoverflow.com/"], 
                           [UIImage imageNamed:@"shareImage"]
                          ];

UIActivityViewController *activityViewController = [[UIActivityViewController alloc] initWithActivityItems:activityItems applicationActivities:nil];
[self presentViewController:activityViewController animated:YES completion:nil];

Update - Facebook has acknowledged this as a bug

Vizllx Vizllx · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-30T16:43:04

As per Facebook latest SDK v4.0.1. we can surely share image and link but not both at same time.

Sharing URL Link and image URL (not Image):-

FBSDKShareLinkContent model includes attributes that show up in the post:

contentURL - the link to be shared

contentTitle - represents the title of the content in the link

imageURL - the URL of thumbnail image that appears on the post

contentDescription - of the content, usually 2-4 sentences

FBSDKShareLinkContent *content = [[FBSDKShareLinkContent alloc] init];
content.contentURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"http://google.com"];
content.imageURL=[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://nasa.org/a.jpg"];
content.contentTitle=@"Facebook Share";
content.contentDescription=@"Lets see, How my share works guyz..";
[FBSDKShareDialog shareFromViewController:self
                              withContent:content
                                 delegate:nil];

Sharing Only Image:-

FBSDKSharePhoto *photo = [[FBSDKSharePhoto alloc] init];
  photo.image = self.imgView.image;// you can edit it by your choice
  photo.userGenerated = YES;
  FBSDKSharePhotoContent *content = [[FBSDKSharePhotoContent alloc] init];
  content.photos = @[photo];

Facebook share extension, sharing image and link

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