cordova-plugin-facebook-connect
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Use Facebook SDK in Cordova projects
See npm package for versions - https://www.npmjs.com/package/cordova-plugin-facebook-connect
Make sure you've registered your Facebook app with Facebook and have an APP_ID https://developers.facebook.com/apps.
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-facebook-connect --save --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication"
As the APP_NAME is used as a string in XML files, if your app name contains any special characters like "&", make sure you escape them, e.g. "&".
If you need to change your APP_ID after installation, it's recommended that you remove and then re-add the plugin as above. Note that changes to the APP_ID value in your config.xml file will not be propagated to the individual platform builds.
IMPORTANT: This plugin works as is with cordova-ios 5 but if you use earlier version of cordova-ios then you need to add the code in the following comment to your CordovaLib/Classes/Public/CDVAppDelegate.m file which was added to your project as part of the cordova-ios ios platform template: https://github.com/apache/cordova-ios/issues/476#issuecomment-460907247
This is a fork of the official plugin for Facebook in Apache Cordova that implements the latest Facebook SDK. Unless noted, this is a drop-in replacement. You don't have to replace your client code.
The Facebook plugin for Apache Cordova allows you to use the same JavaScript code in your Cordova application as you use in your web application. However, unlike in the browser, the Cordova application will use the native Facebook app to perform Single Sign On for the user. If this is not possible then the sign on will degrade gracefully using the standard dialog based authentication.
If you are looking to test the plugin, would like to reproduce a bug or build issues, there is a demo project for such purpose: cordova-plugin-facebook-connect-lab.
This plugin use the SDKs provided by Facebook. More information about these in their documentation for iOS or Android
As of v3.0.0, this plugin will always be released for iOS and for Android with a synchronized usage of the Facebook SDKs
For example: v3.0.0 include the Facebook SDK iOS v4.36.0 and reference per default the Facebook SDK Android v4.36.0 too
Please note that this plugin itself does not specify which Graph API version is used. The Graph API version is set by the Facebook SDK for iOS and Android (see Facebook documentation about versioning)
facebookConnectPlugin.login(Array strings of permissions, Function success, Function failure)
Success function returns an Object like:
{
status: "connected",
authResponse: {
session_key: true,
accessToken: "<long string>",
expiresIn: 5183979,
sig: "...",
secret: "...",
userID: "634565435"
}
}
Failure function returns an error String.
facebookConnectPlugin.logout(Function success, Function failure)
facebookConnectPlugin.checkHasCorrectPermissions(Array strings of permissions, Function success, Function failure)
Success function returns a success string if all passed permissions are granted.
Failure function returns an error String if any passed permissions are not granted.
facebookConnectPlugin.getLoginStatus(Function success, Function failure)
Success function returns an Object like:
{
authResponse: {
userID: "12345678912345",
accessToken: "kgkh3g42kh4g23kh4g2kh34g2kg4k2h4gkh3g4k2h4gk23h4gk2h34gk234gk2h34AndSoOn",
session_Key: true,
expiresIn: "5183738",
sig: "..."
},
status: "connected"
}
For more information see: Facebook Documentation
facebookConnectPlugin.showDialog(Object options, Function success, Function failure)
Example options - Share Dialog:
{
method: "share",
href: "http://example.com",
caption: "Such caption, very feed.",
description: "Much description",
picture: 'http://example.com/image.png',
hashtag: '#myHashtag',
share_feedWeb: true, // iOS only
}
The default dialog mode is FBSDKShareDialogModeAutomatic. You can share that by adding a specific dialog mode parameter. The available share dialog modes are: share_sheet, share_feedBrowser, share_native and share_feedWeb. Read more about share dialog modes
caption, description and picture were deprecated in Facebok API v2.9 and therefore not supported anymore on iOS
Game request:
{
method: "apprequests",
message: "Come on man, check out my application.",
data: data,
title: title,
actionType: 'askfor',
objectID: 'YOUR_OBJECT_ID',
filters: 'app_non_users'
}
Send Dialog:
{
method: "send",
caption: "Check this out.",
link: "http://example.com",
description: "The site I told you about",
picture: "http://example.com/image.png"
}
For options information see: Facebook share dialog documentation Facebook send dialog documentation
Success function returns an Object with postId as String or from and to information when doing apprequest.
Failure function returns an error String.
facebookConnectPlugin.api(String requestPath, Array permissions, String httpMethod, Function success, Function failure)
Allows access to the Facebook Graph API. This API allows for additional permission because, unlike login, the Graph API can accept multiple permissions.
Example permissions:
["public_profile", "user_birthday"]
httpMethod is optional and defaults to "GET".
Success function returns an Object.
Failure function returns an error String.
Note: "In order to make calls to the Graph API on behalf of a user, the user has to be logged into your app using Facebook login."
For more information see:
App events allow you to understand the makeup of users engaging with your app, measure the performance of your Facebook mobile app ads, and reach specific sets of your users with Facebook mobile app ads.
Activation events are automatically tracked for you in the plugin.
Events are listed on the insights page
logEvent(String name, Object params, Number valueToSum, Function success, Function failure)
logPurchase(Number value, String currency, Object params, Function success, Function failure)
NOTE: Both value and currency are required. The currency specification is expected to be an ISO 4217 currency code. params is optional.
activateApp(Function success, Function failure)
In your onDeviceReady event add the following
var fbLoginSuccess = function (userData) {
console.log("UserInfo: ", userData);
}
facebookConnectPlugin.login(["public_profile"], fbLoginSuccess,
function loginError (error) {
console.error(error)
}
);
If you need the Facebook access token (for example, for validating the login on server side), do:
var fbLoginSuccess = function (userData) {
console.log("UserInfo: ", userData);
facebookConnectPlugin.getAccessToken(function(token) {
console.log("Token: " + token);
});
}
facebookConnectPlugin.login(["public_profile"], fbLoginSuccess,
function (error) {
console.error(error)
}
);
For a more instructive example change the above fbLoginSuccess to;
var fbLoginSuccess = function (userData) {
console.log("UserInfo: ", userData);
facebookConnectPlugin.getLoginStatus(function onLoginStatus (status) {
console.log("current status: ", status);
facebookConnectPlugin.showDialog({
method: "share"
}, function onShareSuccess (result) {
console.log("Posted. ", result);
});
});
};
Using the graph api this is a very simple task:
facebookConnectPlugin.api("<user-id>/?fields=id,email", ["user_birthday"],
function onSuccess (result) {
console.log("Result: ", result);
/* logs:
{
"id": "000000123456789",
"email": "myemail@example.com"
}
*/
}, function onError (error) {
console.error("Failed: ", error);
}
);
Send a photo to a user's feed
facebookConnectPlugin.showDialog({
method: "share",
picture:'https://www.google.co.jp/logos/doodles/2014/doodle-4-google-2014-japan-winner-5109465267306496.2-hp.png',
name:'Test Post',
message:'First photo post',
caption: 'Testing using Cordova plugin',
description: 'Posting photo using Cordova Facebook plugin'
}, function (response) {
console.log(response)
}, function (response) {
console.log(response)
}
);
Starting from Facebook SDK v4.34 for both iOS and Android, there is a new way of converting pixel events into mobile app events. For more information: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/app-events/hybrid-app-events/
In order to enable this feature in your Cordova app, please set the FACEBOOK_HYBRID_APP_EVENTS variable to "true" (default is false):
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-facebook-connect --save --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication" --variable FACEBOOK_HYBRID_APP_EVENTS="true"
Please check this repo for an example app using this feature.
NOTE(iOS): This feature only works with WKWebView so if using an old version of Cordova, an additional plugin (e.g cordova-plugin-wkwebview-engine) is needed.
This Plugin supports Facebook's GDPR Compliance Delaying Automatic Event Collection.
In order to enable this feature in your Cordova app, please set the FACEBOOK_AUTO_LOG_APP_EVENTS variable to "false" (default is true).
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-facebook-connect --save --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication" --variable FACEBOOK_AUTO_LOG_APP_EVENTS="false"
Then, re-enable auto-logging after an end User provides consent by calling the setAutoLogAppEventsEnabled method and set it to true.
facebookConnectPlugin.setAutoLogAppEventsEnabled(true, function() {
console.log('setAutoLogAppEventsEnabled success');
}, function() {
console.error('setAutoLogAppEventsEnabled failure');
});
To disable collection of advertiser-id, please set the FACEBOOK_ADVERTISER_ID_COLLECTION variable to "false" (default is true).
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-facebook-connect --save --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication" --variable FACEBOOK_ADVERTISER_ID_COLLECTION="false"
Then, re-enable collection by calling the setAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled method and set it to true.
facebookConnectPlugin.setAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled(true, function() {
console.log('setAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled success');
}, function() {
console.error('setAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled failure');
});
When using the same Facebook app with multiple iOS apps, use the FACEBOOK_URL_SCHEME_SUFFIX variable to set a unique URL Suffix for each app. This ensures that Facebook redirects back to the correct app after closing the login window.
$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-facebook-connect --save --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication" --variable FACEBOOK_URL_SCHEME_SUFFIX="mysecondapp"
1.2.0 (2021-02-05)
FACEBOOK_IOS_SDK_VERSION preference to override the default iOS SDK versionFACEBOOK_ADVERTISER_ID_COLLECTION preference and a new setAdvertiserIDCollectionEnabled method to allow for disabling collection of advertiser-id (closes #22)checkHasCorrectPermissions method so that it is now supported on all platforms (closes #25)activateApp method to use the callbacks passed to it (closes #18)showDialog method to fail on iOS if the method property was set to "apprequests" but the actionType property was not defined; actionType is now optional on all platforms (closes #29)objectID property in example configuration object for the checkHasCorrectPermissions method; objectID is required by the Facebook SDK if actionType is non-null (and vice versa)<a name="1.1.1"></a>
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Cordova Facebook SDK Plugin
The npm package cordova-plugin-facebook-connect receives a total of 1,521 weekly downloads. As such, cordova-plugin-facebook-connect popularity was classified as popular.
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