android: send a facebook post with custom actions

Question

I want to send a facebook post with a custom action which is a hyper link to appear beside the like and comment links.

how can this be done ?

thanks

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 11 '11 at 09:32

I prefer copying the Facebook SDK source code to my own Eclipse Android project to simplify debugging. My code is based on the Simple example which comes with the Facebook SDK. So in case you want to copy my code, make sure to add some Classes from the example project as well!

I prefer using JSONObject to create my post which helps me to keep my code clean. Before the post is really sent to the user's wall, I popup a dialog which enables the user to see what will end up on his wall. The user is also able to add his own message if he likes.


    private void publishPhoto(String imageURL) {
        Log.d("FACEBOOK", "Post to Facebook!");

        try {

            JSONObject attachment = new JSONObject();
            attachment.put("message", Utils.s(R.string.fb_message));
            attachment.put("name", Utils.s(R.string.fb_name));
            attachment.put("href", Utils.s(R.string.url_dotzmag));
            attachment.put("description", Utils.s(R.string.fb_description));

            JSONObject media = new JSONObject();
            media.put("type", "image");
            media.put("src", imageURL);
            media.put("href", Utils.s(R.string.url_dotzmag));
            attachment.put("media", new JSONArray().put(media));

            JSONObject properties = new JSONObject();

            JSONObject prop1 = new JSONObject();
            prop1.put("text", "Dotz App on Android Market");
            prop1.put("href", Utils.s(R.string.url_android_market));
            properties.put("Get the App for free", prop1);

            JSONObject prop2 = new JSONObject();
            prop2.put("text", "Dotz Tuning on Facebook");
            prop2.put("href", Utils.s(R.string.url_facebook_fanpage));
            properties.put("Visit our fanpage", prop2);

            attachment.put("properties", properties);

            Log.d("FACEBOOK", attachment.toString());

            Bundle params = new Bundle();
            params.putString("attachment", attachment.toString());
            mFacebook.dialog(mActivity, "stream.publish", params, new PostPhotoDialogListener());
            //mAsyncRunner.request("me/feed", params, "POST", new WallPostRequestListener(), null);

        } catch (JSONException e) {
            Log.e("FACEBOOK", e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
        }
    }

    public class PostPhotoDialogListener extends BaseDialogListener {

        public void onComplete(Bundle values) {
            final String postId = values.getString("post_id");
            if (postId != null) {
                Log.d("FACEBOOK", "Dialog Success! post_id=" + postId);
                Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Successfully shared on Facebook!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                /*
                mAsyncRunner.request(postId, new WallPostRequestListener());
                mDeleteButton.setOnClickListener(new OnClickListener() {
                    public void onClick(View v) {
                        mAsyncRunner.request(postId, new Bundle(), "DELETE",
                                new WallPostDeleteListener(), null);
                    }
                });
                */
            } else {
                Log.d("FACEBOOK", "No wall post made");
            }
        }
    }

nice.but i dont want dialog i am sending request like this res = facebook.request("me/feed", params, "POST"); i got {"error":{"message":"(#100) Missing message or attachment","type":"OAuthException","code":100}} how to solve it — Akanksha Rathore, Mar 19 '13 at 05:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '11 at 15:27

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You should add "actions" to the request parameters:

JSONStringer actions;
try {
    actions = new JSONStringer().object()
                .key("name").value("Click me!")
                .key("link").value("http://stackoverflow.com/").endObject();
     params.putString("actions", actions.toString());
} catch (JSONException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

answered Mar 10 '11 at 15:27

Duracula

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hi i tied your code it posting like {"name":"Click me!","link":"http://stackoverflow.com/"} could you help me out from this please... – vinothp Jul 16 '12 at 12:19

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '12 at 06:55

private void publishPhoto(String imageURL) {
    Log.d("FACEBOOK", "Post to Facebook!");

    try {

        JSONObject attachment = new JSONObject();
        attachment.put("message","Type your message to share");
        attachment.put("name", "Your Application Name"));
        attachment.put("href", "Any hyperLink");
        attachment.put("description","Description about Application");

        JSONObject media = new JSONObject();
        media.put("type", "image");
        media.put("src",  "URL path of posting image");
        media.put("href","Any hyperLink"));
        attachment.put("media", new JSONArray().put(media));

        JSONObject properties = new JSONObject();

        JSONObject prop1 = new JSONObject();
        prop1.put("text", "Text or captionText to Post");
        prop1.put("href", "Any hyperLink");
        properties.put("Get the App for free(or any custom message))", prop1);

        // u can make any number of prop object and put on "properties" for    ex:    //prop2,prop3

        attachment.put("properties", properties);

        Log.d("FACEBOOK", attachment.toString());

        Bundle params = new Bundle();
        params.putString("attachment", attachment.toString());
        mFacebook.dialog(mActivity, "stream.publish", params, new PostPhotoDialogListener());      

    } catch (JSONException e) {
        Log.e("FACEBOOK", e.getLocalizedMessage(), e);
    }
}

public class PostPhotoDialogListener extends BaseDialogListener {

    public void onComplete(Bundle values) {
        final String postId = values.getString("post_id");
        if (postId != null) {
            Log.d("FACEBOOK", "Dialog Success! post_id=" + postId);
            Toast.makeText(mActivity, "Successfully shared on Facebook!", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();

        } else {
            Log.d("FACEBOOK", "No wall post made");
        }
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 22 '12 at 07:06

You can try this lib for communicating with facebook:

http://restfb.com/

I recommend this because you don't have to deal with this JSON stuff ;-)

See this code:

// Publishing an image to a photo album is easy!
// Just specify the image you'd like to upload and RestFB will handle it from there.

FacebookType publishPhotoResponse = facebookClient.publish("me/photos", FacebookType.class,
  BinaryAttachment.with("cat.png", getClass().getResourceAsStream("/cat.png")),
  Parameter.with("message", "Test cat"));

out.println("Published photo ID: " + publishPhotoResponse.getId());

// Publishing a video works the same way.

facebookClient.publish("me/videos", FacebookType.class,
  BinaryAttachment.with("cat.mov", getClass().getResourceAsStream("/cat.mov")),
  Parameter.with("message", "Test cat"));

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