Retrieving Facebook friends works inconsistently on iOS

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I am using the following code to login a user and fetch his facebook friends :

 FBSDKLoginButton* loginButton = [[FBSDKLoginButton alloc] init];
    loginButton.delegate = self;
    loginButton.readPermissions = @[@"public_profile", @"email", @"user_friends"];

Problem: The Facebook friends list is not getting retrieved for some of the users. I have verified the Facebook app versions for these users - They are using the latest Facebook app version .

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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Since v2.0 of the Graph API, you can only get friends who authorized your App with the user_friends permission too. Btw, it does not matter which Facebook App version they have installed, that´s irrelevant.

More information: Facebook Graph Api v2.0+ - /me/friends returns empty, or only friends who also use my app

edited May 23 '17 at 12:15

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answered Jan 22 '16 at 10:13

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All the users who could not receive the friends info had authorised my app with the user_friends permission. – Nirav Sanghvi Jan 22 '16 at 11:36
But did _their_ friends also grant `user_friends` permission to your app? Otherwise your app can’t see them. – CBroe Jan 22 '16 at 12:45
yes . All the friends of that users have granted the user_friends permission – Nirav Sanghvi Jan 22 '16 at 13:12
in that case it´s impossible to help you with the information we have right now, i´m afraid. – andyrandy Jan 22 '16 at 14:10

Retrieving Facebook friends works inconsistently on iOS

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