Facebook android shareDialog closes after opening

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Following THIS I'm using facebook sdk in my android application and for test I've added below code to my MainActivity:

CallbackManager callbackManager;
ShareDialog shareDialog;

@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
    FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());
    setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);

    callbackManager = CallbackManager.Factory.create();
    shareDialog = new ShareDialog(this);

    if (ShareDialog.canShow(ShareLinkContent.class)) {
        ShareLinkContent linkContent = new ShareLinkContent.Builder()
                .setContentTitle("Hello Facebook")
                .setContentDescription(
                        "The 'Hello Facebook' sample  showcases simple Facebook integration")
                .setContentUrl(Uri.parse("http://developers.facebook.com/android"))
                .build();

        shareDialog.show(linkContent);
    }
}

and I've added the following steps in my manifest:

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="@string/facebook_app_id"/>

<provider android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider950310748347640"
  android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider"
  android:exported="true" />

<activity android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
  android:configChanges=
             "keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar"
  android:label="@string/app_name" />

and when I test the shareDialog pops up and suddenly it closes itself.

Do you see anything in logcat? – Ming Li May 11 '15 at 19:57 — Ming Li, May 11 '15 at 19:57
@MingLi I'll fixed it and I'll post as answer. – arash moeen May 12 '15 at 09:11 — arash moeen, May 12 '15 at 09:11

score 28 · Accepted Answer · answered May 13 '15 at 18:03

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You need to make your app "Public".

Go to the "Status and Review" section in your app settings, and turn on the option "Do you want to make this app and all its live features available to the general public?"

answered May 13 '15 at 18:03

Ming Li

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I make my app "Public" but `ShareDialog` closes itself the same. Any suggestions? – aletede91 Jun 03 '15 at 13:10
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I'm encountering this but am still in development mode. What are the consequences of doing that? – Laurent Aug 10 '15 at 04:07

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 28 '16 at 13:25

You need to specify a Mode on the show() method. Between FEED,
NATIVE, WEB and AUTOMATIC the most convenient one is the last one (AUTOMATIC) because it collects data straight from Facebook app so you don't have to log in, but some times it closes unexpectandly.. Generally here is what i thing:

FFED: 1)Works through Google Chrome, 2)old design 3)need to log in
NATIVE: 1)Posts using the facebook app, no need for extra login
WEB: Similar to FEED but with different UI
AUTOMATIC: (Sometimes on start it closes immediately..) 1)uses only facebook app 2) no need to re-login 3)shares like any other share Take a better look here:https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/android/current/class/ShareDialog.Mode/ So i would suggest WEB, cause it works always:

shareDialog.show(linkContent, ShareDialog.Mode.WEB );

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered May 12 '15 at 09:13

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The problem was with the phone I was testing the application on, as it seems you have to be logged into facebook application using the Facebook account who is marked as developer which your application is registered under, then it will work as it supposed to and I assume for later use when you use the release ssh key it will work on any device with any account.

answered May 12 '15 at 09:13

arash moeen

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It doesn't have anything to do with the release key hash, it's more likely that you haven't made your app "Public". Go to the "Status and Review" section in your app settings, and turn on the option "Do you want to make this app and all its live features available to the general public?" – Ming Li May 12 '15 at 16:18
@MingLi you're right, post your answer so I can accept it – arash moeen May 13 '15 at 08:56

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 04 '18 at 19:00

This is due to the fact that the app is not live and available to public. For that , you first need to have Privacy Policy link. Facebook recently , update their policy which requires almost every app to have their privacy policy link set up in the dash board. You can generate one for free using https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy-generator . Hope it helps!

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 23 '16 at 10:54

My situation was different. There were 3 reasons why I experienced this issue:

App FB App Id was invalid (Had two facebook apps and I accidentally set the wrong app ID).
Image URL was invalid / had a self signed certificate issue : og:image. I changed from https to http and it worked.
Web Url was invalid : og:url. The url started with www where as the correct way is http or https followed by www

Hope this helps someone.

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Nov 11 '16 at 13:19

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This can happen when you're logged in to facebook with a test user created for a different app.

answered Nov 11 '16 at 13:19

Ivan Wooll

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