I just want the Facebook SDK for conversion tracking. I need the SDK to verify downloads when running Facebook "App Install" campaigns. However, I do not want my users to have to Login to Facebook when they open my app!
Can I just install part of the SDK, skip the login steps, and still get the conversion tracking? Maybe even event tracking?
I've watched several tutorials on how to install the SDK BUT they all include steps for login functionality:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8T19jBUadaM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye3RtZ65npU
Thanks for the help.
The answer to my question was "yes'. In other words, I was able to get the conversion tracking function without adopting the login feature. Here's the guide.
In another question I outlined the steps to do it. Same steps as the guide but explained in different words / images.
Here is the link that explains caching that you can use for the purpose...
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/ios/token-cache
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Is there any issues with using FB and twitter logos even though we aren't really using their functionality?
Apple can reject my app?
Here is guidelines of using Facebook Brand, that describe what to DO and DON'T.
Make sure you follow all steps of facebookbrand.
Please check the Best practices to use facebook login and appcenter guidelines before using facebook sdk for login.
And as the accepted answer suggests you should not use only logo, may lead to app rejection.
Based on my experience, you should not use the logo, if you dont have their functionality integrated, however you can mention their names instead of logo.
There are very few chances that apple can reject your app. But i would recommend not to use logo without functionality
Is it possible to track conversions from facebook app install ads using iTunes Analytics?
Currently Facebook strips out campaign links when setting up the advertisment. Is there any way around this?
Disclosure: I built a lot of the branch.io service, and I spent at least 18 hours a day thinking about mobile linking.
Unfortunately, since Facebook routes the user straight to their native App Store page, you can't append parameters to track page views and installs. Hopefully this will change soon, but for now, it's impossible.
If you're looking for free-to-use install and down funnel event tracking back to the Facebook install ad, we recently built out a custom integration with Facebook that allows Branch to tell you which individual user originated from a specific Facebook install ad. To do so, once you integrate with the tool, you simply need to drop a Branch link into the Deep Link field of the ad builder to start reporting on installs in realtime. We even tell you that info client side, so you can show a different custom welcome to users who come from different ads. It's not App Store page views, but you can know how many folks make it through that gauntlet overall.
I actually also just wrote a guide on how to do this if it helps:
https://dev.branch.io/recipes/advertising_facebook
so as of about the end of april, my app no longer can post to Facebook. It appears that they have deprecated the original "facebooksdk.framework" for the "fbsdk" framework.
I have tried searching across various sites, and cannot find a good example of modifying my code to the new Facebook sdk. I am getting stuck on allowing 'publish_actions'. I get an error stating that i do not have them?
In the new version, is it mandatory that my app go through review before getting publish actions, and is it true that it was not mandatory under the older SDK?
I can post code related to this if needed, but right now I just have these general questions.
Thanks,
Jerry
thank you Librarian coder for the link.
I found it as i was continuing my search, and it turns out you DO NEED to submit the app for facebook approval in order to post statuses and pictures (after conforming to the new SDK).
I have a little problem. I am sing Facebook's API to get users information. I am using the code that provide here: https://github.com/pedro1993/ios-howtos
In those examples, when somebody logs in with Facebook they are taken to the Facebook app, whereas when in my app, Facebook is opened in a UIWebView. How can I stop that from happening and use the Facebook app?
Here is an example:
Peter
Follow this official tutorial instead https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/ios/v2.0
Update Facebook SDK has several fallback behaviors to try before it falls back to in-app web view. You can debug it by setting breakpoints in corresponding places in code. From the look of it https://github.com/facebook/facebook-ios-sdk/blob/296771f5ed7674fcbed9c31cf39bf9c8e4706403/src/Login/FBSession.m#L1039 seems like a good place to start.
Especially try to debug -[FBSessionAppSwitchingLoginStategy tryPerformAuthorizeWithParams:session:logger:.
I've been looking for a good iOS Facebook API/SDK Wrapper, can't find any.
I need to be able to (with a few lines of code, not the insanely needed by Facebook's API):
Login user
Logout user
Get user's likes
Invite Friend to app
Maybe post to user's wall (this has been causing problems to other apps so not sure will actually implement)
Get user's friends
Get user's basic info (e-mail, name, etc.)
Is there any wrapper simplifying the absurd vanilla API?
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/apis/
This should help and it is Facebook's official api.
Here's the documentation: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/
You might be able to use portions of ShareKit for this (be sure to abide by their license): https://github.com/ShareKit/ShareKit/tree/master/Classes/ShareKit/Sharers/Services/Facebook
This doesn't do everything you asked, but it's a (clean) starting point at least: https://github.com/mobitar/Zuckerkit
This does a bit more, but hasn't been updated in a year: https://github.com/sinnerschrader-mobile/S2M-Facebook-iOS
I found this lib: https://github.com/lucascorrea/SCFacebook
It seems to use a not that outdated version of the iOS SDK (3.18 vs. current 3.21), is available on cocoapods and seems to cover many of your required API features.
I haven't used the lib my self, but i am considering it next time i have to develop an iOS App which needs to connect to facebook.