how do i publish text and picture to Facebook news feed - ios

I am pretty new at incorporating Facebook into iOS apps. I have read 3 books, studied the Facebook examples, and studies the Facebook tutorials, and I don't understand Facebook integration. I understand how to register the app with Facebook, but what I don't understand is the code to post text and a picture to a user's news feed. I have tried to understand Facebook's tutorials, but they are all based on Xcode and iOS versions which are not current. Facebook's tutorials are also not consistent (e.g., the login tutorial does not match variables with the posting tutorial, etc.). I do understand how to add text to "initialText", but it's against Facebook policy to provide default text in this variable. Can anyone explain how to publish text and a picture to a user's news feed in Xcode?
Thanx!

Have you tried this one?
if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) {
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
SLComposeViewControllerCompletionHandler myBlock = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result){
if (result == SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled) {
NSLog(#"ResultCancelled");
} else
{
NSLog(#"ResultSuccess");
}
[controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:Nil];
};
controller.completionHandler =myBlock;
[controller setInitialText:#"Learn iOS6 Social Framework integration"];
[controller addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://google.com"]];
[controller addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"myimage.jpeg"]];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}
else{
//NSLog(#"UnAvailable");
UIAlertView *alert=[[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Facebook"
message:[NSStringstringWithFormat:#"The application cannot post message at the moment. Please login under setting section with your Facebook account."]
delegate:nil
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alert show];
[alert release];
}

import social framework in your project.
- (void)ShareOnFB
{
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
SLComposeViewControllerCompletionHandler myBlock = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result){
if (result == SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled) {
NSLog(#"Cancelled");
} else
{
NSLog(#"Done");
//Adding the Text to the facebook post value from iOS
}
[controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:Nil];
};
controller.completionHandler =myBlock;
NSString *fb=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"you can add your text hereand change it as and when needed"];
[controller setInitialText:fb];
//Adding the Image to the facebook post value from iOS
[controller addImage:yourImageView.image];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}

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I want to share photo and some text from the app on Facebook. I used SLComposeViewController class for sharing.
My problem is that when I tap on Facebook button a dialog box appears with image which I want to post but default text is not appearing in the device while in simulator it works perfectly fine. This code works perfectly for Twitter both in simulator and device. For more clarity I added code and an image
if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook])
{
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
SLComposeViewControllerCompletionHandler myBlock = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result)
{
if (result == SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled)
{
NSLog(#"Cancelled");
} else
{
UIAlertView *alert = [[UIAlertView alloc] initWithTitle:#"Congratulations!" message:#"Photo is posted to facebook Wall." delegate:nil cancelButtonTitle:#"Ok" otherButtonTitles:nil, nil];
[alert show];
}
[controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:Nil];
};
controller.completionHandler =myBlock;
str=[NSString stringWithFormat:#"Text to share"];
[controller setInitialText:str];
[controller addImage:savedImage];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}
str=#"Text to share";
[controller setInitialText:str];
OR
[controller setInitialText:#"Text to share"];
change your code like this and try...
- (IBAction)facebookPost:(id)sender {
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) {
SLComposeViewController *mySLComposerSheet = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
[mySLComposerSheet setInitialText:#"Social Framework test!"];
[mySLComposerSheet addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"myImage.png"]];
[mySLComposerSheet addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://stackoverflow.com"]];
[mySLComposerSheet setCompletionHandler:^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result) {
switch (result) {
case SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled:
NSLog(#"Post Canceled");
break;
case SLComposeViewControllerResultDone:
NSLog(#"Post Sucessful");
break;
default:
break;
}
}];
[self presentViewController:mySLComposerSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}
}
Try this........This what I did for my project

iOS open Facebook and Twitter app share page

I want to open the Facebook and twitter app from my application. At the same time I have a text which has to be auto populated in the Facebook share box. How do I achieve this? I am able to open the app now. But how do I open the share page and pass the text to be populated.
The same with Twitter.
You can easily post to facebook with image and text. For this you don't have to exit your app. Try this:
- (void) postFacebook {
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) {
SLComposeViewController *fbSheet = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
[fbSheet setInitialText:#"Your Text here"];
[fbSheet addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon-144.png"]];
[fbSheet addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://asdf.com"]];
[[CCDirector sharedDirector] presentViewController:fbSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}
else {
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:#"Sorry!!!"
message:#"You can't share on facebook right now, make sure your device has an internet connection and you have at least one facebook account setup in your device."
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}
}
For tweeter do this:
- (void) callTwitter {
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter])
{
SLComposeViewController *tweetSheet = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[tweetSheet setInitialText:#"Your text here"];
[tweetSheet addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"Icon-144.png"]];
[tweetSheet addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://asdf.com"]];
[[CCDirector sharedDirector] presentViewController:tweetSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}
else
{
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:#"Sorry!!!"
message:#"You can't send a tweet right now, make sure your device has an internet connection and you have at least one twitter account setup in your device."
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}
}
Don't forget to add the SOCIAL.FRAMEWORK by going to
BuildPhases -> LinkBinaryWithLibraries
Also in the ViewController don't forget to import at the top #import <Social/Social.h>
EDIT:
Well I found this in SO:
NSString *myMessage = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"%#",
[self.txtAdreca.text stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];
NSString *post = [NSString stringWithFormat:#"fb://publish/profile/me?text=%#",urlString];
BOOL canOpenURL = [[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:[NSURL URLWithString:post]];
if (canOpenURL) {
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:post]];
}
For tweeter:
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"twitter://status?id=12345"]];
Hope this helps.. :)

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I want to connect Facebook and Twitter account with my iOS app. I am looking for the code which checks if accounts is there in settings or not. If it's there it takes for login with same account and if it's not then asks user to add account in settings.
I tried couple of things but really not working. If anyone needs my code, then let me know i will post it on pastebin.
Add Twitter and Social Framework in your Project and import in your class file like
#import <Social/Social.h>
#import <Twitter/Twitter.h>
For Facebook
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) {
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
NSData *aImgdata=[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]objectForKey:#"EditImage"];
if (aImgdata) {
UIImage *aImage=[UIImage imageWithData:aImgdata];
[controller addImage:aImage];
}
controller.completionHandler = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result) {
if(result == SLComposeViewControllerResultDone) {
}
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
};
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}
else
{
[self ShowAlertView: #"You can't share on facebook right now, make sure your device has an internet connection and you have at least one Facebook account setup"];
}
For Twitter
if([TWTweetComposeViewController canSendTweet]) {
{
TWTweetComposeViewController *tweetViewController = [[TWTweetComposeViewController alloc] init];
NSData *aImgdata=[[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults]objectForKey:#"EditImage"];
if (aImgdata) {
UIImage *aImage=[UIImage imageWithData:aImgdata];
[tweetViewController addImage:aImage];
}
tweetViewController.completionHandler = ^(TWTweetComposeViewControllerResult result) {
if(result == TWTweetComposeViewControllerResultDone) {
[self ShowAlertView: #"Tweet Has been Shared"];
}
[[AppDelegate sharedInstance]showActivity:NO];
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
};
[self presentViewController:tweetViewController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
} else {
[self ShowAlertView: #"You can't send a tweet right now, make sure your device has an internet connection and you have at least one Twitter account setup"];
}
Add Social Framework to you project and import in your class
#import <Social/Social.h>
For Facebook
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) {
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
[controller addImage:UIImage];
controller.completionHandler = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result) {
if(result == SLComposeViewControllerResultDone) {
}
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
};
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}
else
{
//Show Alert: No Facebook Account in Settings Page
}
For Twitter
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter]) {
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[controller addUrl:NSURL];
controller.completionHandler = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result) {
if(result == SLComposeViewControllerResultDone) {
}
[self dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
};
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}
else
{
//Show Alert: No Twitter Account in Settings Page
}
To check if you can share with Facebook or Twitter, use:
[SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:serviceType]
Where serviceType can be any of the SLServiceTypes such as, SLServiceTypeFacebook and SLServiceTypeTwitter
This will basically check if they have those services natively connected in their settings. I don't think you can ask the user to add it in their settings. Most of the time, a particular sharing option just won't show up if it is not available like on a UIActionSheet.
My guess would be that you can use the SLComposeViewController to check for a connected account and if not connected, use the appropriate SDK to connect their account with your iOS app.

iOS SLComposeViewController Facebook Caption / Meta data?

Im trying to add caption/meta data from the link that is attached from the the NSURL.
I followed this article: http://www.mobile.safilsunny.com/integrating-facebook-ios-6/
There are a picture attached to the article at the bottom, that includes the meta data from its link. ( Windows Phone 8 tutorials... etc).
When sharing links on Facebook web, it will automatically give you this meta data so my question is how can i achieve this from iOS?
if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) {
SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];
SLComposeViewControllerCompletionHandler myBlock = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result){
if (result == SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled) {
NSLog(#"Cancelled");
} else
{
NSLog(#"Done");
}
[controller dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:Nil];
};
controller.completionHandler =myBlock;
[controller setInitialText:#"google.se"];
[controller addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://www.google.se"]];
[controller addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"icon.png"]];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
}
else{
NSLog(#"UnAvailable");
}
EDIT #1: I see that the Digg app do this.
Use Facebook SDK it is not possible now using SLComposeViewController

SLCOmposeviewcontroller twitter sharing alert issue

I have been using this code for twitter posting .
SLComposeViewController *fbController=[SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter])
{
SLComposeViewControllerCompletionHandler __block completionHandler=^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result){
[fbController dismissViewControllerAnimated:YES completion:nil];
switch(result){
case SLComposeViewControllerResultCancelled:
default:
{
NSLog(#"Cancelled.....");
}
break;
case SLComposeViewControllerResultDone:
{
NSLog(#"Posted....");
UIAlertView *alertView = [[UIAlertView alloc]
initWithTitle:#"Success"
message:#"Posted Successfully"
delegate:self
cancelButtonTitle:#"OK"
otherButtonTitles:nil];
[alertView show];
}
break;
}};
[fbController addImage:[UIImage imageNamed:#"1.jpg"]];
[fbController setInitialText:#"Check out this article."];
//[fbController addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:#"http://soulwithmobiletechnology.blogspot.com/"]];
[fbController setCompletionHandler:completionHandler];
[self presentViewController:fbController animated:YES completion:nil];
}
If the user doesn't setup the twitter account it is displaying the alert which is having the setting and cancel buttons . But it is not displaying the alert in the Device? Could any one help me please . Thanks in advance .
The same thing happens with Facebook sharing. Remove the test:
if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter])
If the user's Twitter account isn't already set up in iOS 6, the above test will evaluate to false and none of the sharing code will execute.
Instead, if you skip the check and try to present the SLComposeViewController anyway, iOS will prompt the user to set up their Twitter account.
BOOL canCompose= [SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
if (canCompose) {
SLComposeViewController *fbCompose=[SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[fbCompose setInitialText:addressLabel.text];
[self presentViewController:fbCompose animated:YES completion:nil];
}
once try this code instead of using completionHandler
Follow this tutorial. here open the alert.
http://www.appcoda.com/ios-programming-101-integrate-twitter-and-facebook-sharing-in-ios-6/
- (IBAction)postToTwitter:(id)sender {
if ([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter])
{
SLComposeViewController *tweetSheet = [SLComposeViewController
composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeTwitter];
[tweetSheet setInitialText:#"Great fun to learn iOS programming at appcoda.com!"];
[self presentViewController:tweetSheet animated:YES completion:nil];
}}

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