facebook ios url types issue - ios

I'm a beginner in the iOS (native) world, I have a strange issue with the Facebook authentication in my demo app.
I've configured the .plist file with the following keys following the tutorial:
FacebbokAppID: <myappid>
FacebookDisplayName: a name
Url types (array)
Item 0 (dictionary)
Url Schemes (Array)
Item 0 (String): fb<myappid>
Where <myappid> is the numerical app id of the registered app on the facebook website.
Now, I perform the login using this code:
- (void) facebookLoginLogout
{
// If the session state is any of the two "open" states when the button is clicked
if (FBSession.activeSession.state == FBSessionStateOpen
|| FBSession.activeSession.state == FBSessionStateOpenTokenExtended) {
// Close the session and remove the access token from the cache
// The session state handler (in the app delegate) will be called automatically
[FBSession.activeSession closeAndClearTokenInformation];
// If the session state is not any of the two "open" states when the button is clicked
} else {
// Open a session showing the user the login UI
// You must ALWAYS ask for basic_info permissions when opening a session
[FBSession openActiveSessionWithReadPermissions:#[#"basic_info", #"friends_online_presence"]
allowLoginUI:YES
completionHandler:
^(FBSession *session, FBSessionState state, NSError *error) {
// Retrieve the app delegate
AppDelegate* appDelegate = [UIApplication sharedApplication].delegate;
// Call the app delegate's sessionStateChanged:state:error method to handle session state changes
[appDelegate sessionStateChanged:session state:state error:error];
}];
}
}
And I've defined the method to handle state changes:
- (void)sessionStateChanged:(FBSession *)session state:(FBSessionState) state error:(NSError *)error
{
NSLog(#"here?");
[..]
}
The problem is exactly that this method is never called in this situation.
THE STRANGE POINT is that, if I change Url types -> Item 0 -> Url Schemes -> Item 0 value to something different, the method is called!
Any hints? Thanks in advance.

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Have you requested the manage_pages permission from the respective user through the login dialog? The code you posted look ok IMHO, I think you see an empty result because of the missing permission.

Facebook iOS SDK integration showing Error in Appdelegate.m

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[self sessionStateChanged:session state:state error:error];
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According to above link, You have to add this method in your app delegate.. But you can customize this method according to your view by state(state == FBSessionStateOpen... etc)
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iOS Facebook web share api - how to tell if the user has hit skip

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code here
I even tried in lldb to check the permissions array after "Skip" was pressed ...
po [FBSession activeSession].permissions
And find that even when skip is pressed the array contains the entry "publish_actions"
You need to check the session status, if the status is FBSessionStateOpen or FBSessionStateCreatedTokenLoaded, you can fetch user's data.
Otherwise, something wrong happen or user skipped it.
This approach is different of you, check my short comments to you understand the steps.
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#property (nonatomic, strong) FBSession *session;
// The session getter can be implemented like this
- (FBSession *)session
{
if(!_session)
{
_session = [[FBSession alloc] initWithPermissions:readPermissions];
[FBSession setActiveSession:_session];
}
return _session;
}
// Opening a new session
[self.session openWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSession *session, FBSessionState status, NSError *error) {
[self session:session stateChanged:status error:error];
}];
- (void)session:(FBSession *)session stateChanged:(FBSessionState)state error:(NSError *)error
{
switch(state)
{
case FBSessionStateOpen:
{
// Connection accepted
}
break;
case FBSessionStateCreatedTokenLoaded:
{
// Connection restored
}
break;
case FBSessionStateClosed:
// Connection closed
break;
case FBSessionStateClosedLoginFailed:
{
// Connection failed and closed
}
break;
case FBSessionStateCreated:
{
// Session created (not opened yet)
}
break;
case FBSessionStateCreatedOpening:
// Handler it if you need to do something while connection is opening
break;
case FBSessionStateOpenTokenExtended:
// Session token extended
break;
}
}

How to resolve "com.facebook.sdk error 2" under the condition that "allow these apps to use your account" is off for my app

I am working on an iOS app using the latest FB SDK for native log in. When I switch my app off in "allow these apps to use your account" in the settings, an error "com.facebook.sdk error 2" is expected to come.
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====================================Update=========================================
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id account;
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[self sessionStateChanged:session state:status error:error];}];
}
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not sure whether it is a correct way.
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{
NSLog(#"applicationDidBecomeActive: in NHOCAppDelegate");
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//
[FBSession.activeSession handleDidBecomeActive];
[self checkPermissionSettings];
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NSLog(#"checkPermissionSettings: in NHOCAppDelegate");
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FBSession.activeSession.isOpen returns NO even though the user logged-in

I implemented the whole iOS Facebook login process in one of my iOS Game.
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[self checkSessionState:state];
}
}];
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switch (state) {
case FBSessionStateOpen:
break;
case FBSessionStateCreated:
break;
case FBSessionStateCreatedOpening:
break;
case FBSessionStateCreatedTokenLoaded:
break;
case FBSessionStateOpenTokenExtended:
// I think this is the state that is calling
break;
case FBSessionStateClosed:
break;
case FBSessionStateClosedLoginFailed:
break;
default:
break;
}
}
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