Android how to get user's full name after authentication with Twitter

Question

I have a Twitter Login created following this steps http://docs.fabric.io/android/twitter/authentication.html and It displays the Username Except the User's Full name.

This is my code below

loginButton.setCallback(new Callback<TwitterSession>() {
            @Override
            public void success(Result<TwitterSession> result) {
                // Do something with result, which provides a TwitterSession for making API calls
                TwitterSession session = Twitter.getSessionManager().getActiveSession();
                TwitterAuthToken authToken = session.getAuthToken();
                String token = authToken.token;
                String secret = authToken.secret;

                long userID = result.data.getUserId();

                //This throws an Error Cannot find symbol showUser()
                User user = twitter.showUser(userID);

                //This throws error as well
                String fullname= user.getName();


                Log.d("login:", "twitter:success");
                Log.d("username", result.data.getUserName());
                Log.d("full name", fullname);

            }

            @Override
            public void failure(TwitterException exception) {
                // Do something on failure
            }
        });

Please how exactly can I get User's fullname?

Use TwitterApiClient: https://docs.fabric.io/android/twitter/access-rest-api.html — David K. Hess, Apr 21 '16 at 17:33

David K. Hess · Answer 1 · 2016-04-21T17:50:04.660

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Use TwitterApiClient and User like this:

Twitter
    .getApiClient(session)
    .getAccountService()
    .verifyCredentials(true, false, new Callback<User>() {

        @Override
        public void failure(TwitterException e) {
        }

        @Override
        public void success(Result<User> userResult) {
            User user = userResult.data;
            .... access User fields ....
        }

    });

edited Apr 21 '16 at 17:50

answered Apr 21 '16 at 17:39

David K. Hess

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It shows there is not such a verifyCredentials method. Please could you tell me what is wrong here? – Farruh Habibullaev Dec 12 '16 at 06:45
We would need to see your code. You might want to post your own question and link to it from here. – David K. Hess Dec 12 '16 at 14:30

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 28 '15 at 11:41

You can use this function for getting user name:

public void processToken(String callbackUrl) {
        mProgressDlg.setMessage("Finalizing ...");
        mProgressDlg.show();
        final String verifier = getVerifier(callbackUrl);
        new Thread() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                int what = 1;

                try {
                    mHttpOauthprovider.retrieveAccessToken(mHttpOauthConsumer,
                            verifier);

                    mAccessToken = new AccessToken(
                            mHttpOauthConsumer.getToken(),
                            mHttpOauthConsumer.getTokenSecret());

                    configureToken();

                    User user = mTwitter.verifyCredentials();

                    Log.i("user.getName()="+user.getName(), "786");
                    try{
                        firstName=user.getName().split(" ")[0];
                        lastName=user.getName().split(" ")[1];
                    }catch(Exception e){
                        e.printStackTrace();
                        firstName = user.getName();
                        lastName = "";
                    }
                    Log.i("firstName="+firstName+" lastName="+lastName, "786");
                    UserId=user.getId();

                    what = 0;
                } catch (Exception e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }

                mHandler.sendMessage(mHandler.obtainMessage(what, 2, 0));
            }
        }.start();
    }

Thanks @Ketan, but isn't there a shorter way to do this ? – Tosin Onikute Jul 28 '15 at 11:48 — Tosin Onikute, Jul 28 '15 at 11:48

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 25 '18 at 10:19

after login success, in your public void success(Result<TwitterSession> result) method, use this code.

@Override
            public void success(Result<TwitterSession> result) {
                TwitterSession sess = TwitterCore.getInstance().getSessionManager().getActiveSession();

                TwitterApiClient apiClient = new TwitterApiClient(sess);
                final Call<com.twitter.sdk.android.core.models.User> getUserCall = apiClient
                        .getAccountService()
                        .verifyCredentials(true, false,true);

                new Thread(new Runnable() {
                    @Override
                    public void run() {
                        try {
                            com.twitter.sdk.android.core.models.User user = getUserCall.execute().body();
                            String realname = user.name;
                            long realid = user.id;
                            //similarly you can get user's other properties like location etc


                        } catch (IOException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                    }
                }).start();

            }

Android how to get user's full name after authentication with Twitter

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