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I have followed some Facebook API 3.0 tutorials, including the Login/Logout and the Publish To Feed examples. So the login works this way:
- App opens, shows a fragment which displays a login button
- User clicks login, the authentication is done via the referenced FacebookSDK library (com.facebook.widget.LoginActivity) and the provided code using sessions.
- User is redirected to next screen
I don’t want to make the user to login this way. I want them to use my app without any login/registration, then if they click on a facebook specific feature e.g. share a note on Facebook, then the app should ask them whether they let Facebook use their app or something, you know the usual stuff. Without this I get a nullpointer in the publishFeedDialog() function as session is null, because no login has been made.
So my question is, how can I ignore the SplashFragment with the Login button, so when the user clicks on a Facebook feature in my app, no new screen is displayed with a login button, but only the default Facebook authentication window that users are used to?
Answer
@erdomester, @sromku
Facebook launch new sdk version 4.x where Session is deprecated,
There new concept of login as from facebook
LoginManager and AccessToken – These new classes perform Facebook Login
So, Now you can access Facebook authentication without login button as
layout.xml
<Button
android:id="@+id/btn_fb_login"
.../>
MainActivity.java
private CallbackManager mCallbackManager;
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(this.getApplicationContext());
mCallbackManager = CallbackManager.Factory.create();
LoginManager.getInstance().registerCallback(mCallbackManager,
new FacebookCallback<LoginResult>() {
@Override
public void onSuccess(LoginResult loginResult) {
Log.d("Success", "Login");
}
@Override
public void onCancel() {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, "Login Cancel", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
@Override
public void onError(FacebookException exception) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, exception.getMessage(), Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
});
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
Button btn_fb_login = (Button)findViewById(R.id.btn_fb_login);
btn_fb_login.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View view) {
LoginManager.getInstance().logInWithReadPermissions(this, Arrays.asList("public_profile", "user_friends"));
}
});
}
Edit
If you don’t add the following, it won’t work (rightly pointed out by @Daniel Zolnai in comment below):
@Override
protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
if(mCallbackManager.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data)) {
return;
}
}