Android facebook send message

Question

I need to send a message to my facebook friend via the android app. I performed all the functions and tried the code to send a message to a friend. But it shows an error that the dialog is not available for this device.

Here is my code to send a message to a facebook friend:

Facebook facebook = new Facebook(APP_ID); Bundle params = new Bundle(); params.putString("to", Constant.facebookIdBuffer.toString()); params.putString("name", "Goal Machine");//title params.putString("link", Constant.shortAppUrlForAndroid+"\n"+Constant.shortAppUrlForIphone);//message facebook.dialog(_activity, "send", params, new DialogListener() {//apprequests @Override public void onComplete(Bundle values) { Constant.facebookIdBuffer=null; //postToWall("@"+Constant.facebookIdBuffer.toString()+sendInvite); } @Override public void onFacebookError(FacebookError error) { Constant.showAlertDialog("Error", "Can't send ally request!", _activity.getParent(), false); Constant.facebookIdBuffer=null; } @Override public void onError(DialogError e) { Constant.showAlertDialog("Error", "Can't send ally request!", _activity.getParent(), false); Constant.facebookIdBuffer=null; } 

The following is a short error message:

Please suggest me a way to send a message with links to a facebook friend.

Answer 1

Send dialog is not yet supported on Android, so you have 3 options:

• Wait for the dialog box for Android to appear on facebook.
• Try opening a dialog box in your browser (the URL that is in the docs ) on your mobile device.
• Request xmpp_login permission and add an xmpp client (for example: asmack ), and with this you can implement your own "Send message".

Answer 2

If you are trying to send some kind of message to your friends, than using WebDialog. Below is the code that I use and work fine.

 private void sendRequestDialog(String msg, String json) { Bundle params = new Bundle(); params.putString("message", msg); params.putString("data", json); WebDialog requestsDialog = (new WebDialog.RequestsDialogBuilder( context, session, params)).setOnCompleteListener( new OnCompleteListener() { @Override public void onComplete(Bundle values, FacebookException error) { if (error != null) { if (error instanceof FacebookOperationCanceledException) { Toast.makeText(context, "Request cancelled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } else { Toast.makeText(context, "Network Error", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } } else { final String requestId = values .getString("request"); if (requestId != null) { Toast.makeText(context, "Request sent", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } else { Toast.makeText(context, "Request cancelled", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show(); } } } }).build(); requestsDialog.show(); } 

And this is the message format that is sent to friends

 { "id": "493703870648580", "application": { "name": "Send Requests How To", "id": "403223126407920" }, "to": { "name": "Chris Abe Colm", "id": "100003086810435" }, "from": { "name": "Christine Abernathy", "id": "1424840234" }, "data": "{\"badge_of_awesomeness\":\"1\",\"social_karma\":\"5\"}", "message": "Learn how to make your Android apps social", "created_time": "2012-10-07T17:29:57+0000" } 

Answer 3

You can use MessengerUtils from the latest facebook android android platform to send message with attachments.

You can send an attachment with the following mime types:

An example code for sending an image looks below

 String mimeType = "image/jpeg"; // contentUri points to the content being shared to Messenger ShareToMessengerParams shareToMessengerParams = ShareToMessengerParams.newBuilder(contentUri, mimeType) .build(); // Sharing from an Activity MessengerUtils.shareToMessenger( this, REQUEST_CODE_SHARE_TO_MESSENGER, shareToMessengerParams); 

Additional documentation is at https://developers.facebook.com/docs/messenger/android