is "publish_action" permission necessary to post on facebook wall through android applicaton?

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I just need to post some text and Image on the Facebook wall of my app's user. The Facebook app registered in developers.facebook.com doesn't have "publish_actions" permission by default. I already have submitted request for this permission but its taking long to get approved. Meanwhile seeing my friend doing this post operation thorugh ios app without this "publish_action" permission I am curious do i need this permission to post some text and image on users wall at all? Please help me..

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 22 '15 at 10:08

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You dont, if you are using open graph:

Reference: The Share dialog lets people publish stories from your app without Facebook Login or the publish_actions permission. However you still have to send your app for review.

The best part is that a user can tag people in a post built upon graph API. As a sample app I would suggest you check how Scrumptious works, it comes prepackaged in the FB SDK.

answered May 22 '15 at 10:08

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Thank you .. wasn't aware of this simple way – NavinRaj Pandey May 22 '15 at 10:46
Can relate, the documentation is half assed – Skynet May 22 '15 at 10:47

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:05

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You can check this link: Android: How to share image with text on facebook via intent?

Use intent sharing for normal text and image post

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answered May 22 '15 at 10:12

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered May 22 '15 at 10:51

Publishing

You can publish posts by using the /{user-id}/feed, /{page-id}/feed, /{event-id}/feed, or /{group-id}/feed edges.

When creating a Post for a Page if you use a user access token the post will be in the voice of the user that posted it. If you use a page access token, the post will be in the voice of the page.

Source.

Upload Photos to a User's Profile

This example covers uploading a photo to the current User's profile using the Graph API and the Facebook SDK for PHP.

It assumes that you've already set your default app id and secret, and acquired a FacebookSession using an access token or one of the login helper classes found here. You must have requested the publish_actions scope when logging in the user for this to work.

For more information, see the documentation for GraphObject, FacebookRequest, and FacebookRequestException.

Source.

As you can see, you need the publish_actions privilege to post to wall a post with picture and text. You need a review as well.

is "publish_action" permission necessary to post on facebook wall through android applicaton?

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