Question

I have a simple question here. What is the need for integrating FB sdk to android app.

I can open the facebook url in web view and login and do whatever to be done on FB. Then what will be the scenario where FB need to be integrated with my app .

Answer 1

With Facebook sdk, you can upload photos directly to your Facebook albums, and also you can get all the user likes, friends and many more.

Compared to work with webview, the use of sdk saves time for your app user – he don’t need to login every time he want’s to enter his profile (Using sso – Single Sign On) or any other thing, that requires Facebook.

In my case, I activate the native Facebook app directly from my app, with my app page. In my opinion, if you don’t need something more sophisticated, just showing page, you can use it.

In case there is no native Facebook app, activate it with the user browser (catch block).

try{

Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://profile/" + PROFILE_FACEBOOK_APP_ID));
startActivity(intent);

}catch(Exception e){

startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.facebook.com/UserNamePage")));
}