Android Facebook API and ShareLinkContent

Question

for my Android App Game I have implemented a Button that allows the user to share the result of a game.

I have integrated the Facebook SDK, so all classes are known to my project. The manifest contains the following tags:

<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId"
        android:value="@string/app_id" />

    <provider android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider16..."
        android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider"
        android:exported="true"/>

When I run the app I can share the result of the game with the code below.

public void onShareResult(View view){
    FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());
    callbackManager = CallbackManager.Factory.create();
    final ShareDialog shareDialog = new ShareDialog(this);

    shareDialog.registerCallback(callbackManager, new FacebookCallback<Sharer.Result>() {

        @Override
        public void onSuccess(Sharer.Result result) {
            Log.d(LOG_TAG, "success");
        }

        @Override
        public void onError(FacebookException error) {
            Log.d(LOG_TAG, "error");
        }

        @Override
        public void onCancel() {
            Log.d(LOG_TAG, "cancel");
        }
    });


    if (shareDialog.canShow(ShareLinkContent.class)) {

        ShareLinkContent linkContent = new ShareLinkContent.Builder()
               .setContentTitle("Game Result Highscore")
               .setContentDescription("My new highscore is " + sum.getText() + "!!")
               .setContentUrl(Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ginkoboy.flashcards"))

               //.setImageUrl(Uri.parse("android.resource://de.ginkoboy.flashcards/" + R.drawable.logo_flashcards_pro))
               .setImageUrl(Uri.parse("http://bagpiper-andy.de/bilder/dudelsack%20app.png"))
               .build();

        shareDialog.show(linkContent);
    }


}

However there are some things I do not understand.

• The shared link looks different from what I see in the dialog before I post.
• Images seem to have been available via internet. i.e. It is not possible to set an image of a resource from my project.

Furthermore I have some trouble understanding what Facebook is requiring.

This is how Facebook displays my posting:

And this is how my App seem to post the content

So the question is: Where is my title and description gone???

Best regards

Oliver

Answer 1

So, I have found out the reason why my title and description was not visible in facebook.

First of all thanks @mustafasevgi but your solution refers to SDK 3.5.x where I tried to use SDK 4.0

Coming back to the solution...

I have found out that I have set up my content Url to my App inside the Google Play Store. If you set up a content Url outside of Google Play Store the title and description will not be overwritten.

Answer 2

you can use setQuote("Any Description String") method of ShareContent.Builder to set the quote to display for your link. Something like that

if (shareDialog.canShow(ShareLinkContent.class)) {

    ShareLinkContent linkContent = new ShareLinkContent.Builder()
           .setQuote("My new highscore is " + sum.getText() + "!!")
          .setContentUrl(Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.ginkoboy.flashcards"))
           .build();

    shareDialog.show(linkContent);
}

P.S. setTitle , setDescription and setImageUrl methods are deprecated now in Latest Facebook SDK