Facebook Settings iOS 6 - App Name not showing in Allow Apps list

Question

In iOS 6, the user can login to Facebook via Settings>Facebook. There is a section on that view where the apps for which the user may choose to allow/disallow use of the Facebook account are listed.

I have integrated the FacebookSDK.framework into my app, and a line appears for the app in this list. Only, the name of my app is not listed, and neither is its app icon.

I have done several searches and can't seem to find a way to get the name/icon added to the list. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

You'll need to use the account store methods to request access:

-(void)authenticateFacebook {
if([UIActivityViewController class] ) {
    NSArray *faceBookPermissions = @[@"publish_stream"];
    ////ACFacebookAppVersionKey: @"1.0",

    NSDictionary *faceBookOptions = @{
ACFacebookAppIdKey: @"xxxxxxxx",
ACFacebookPermissionsKey:faceBookPermissions,
ACFacebookAudienceKey:ACFacebookAudienceFriends
    };

    AppDelegate *del = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];
    if(del.accountStore == nil) {
        del.accountStore = [[ACAccountStore alloc] init];
    }
    if(del.facebookAccount == nil) {
        ACAccountType *facebookAccountType = [del.accountStore accountTypeWithAccountTypeIdentifier:ACAccountTypeIdentifierFacebook];
        [del.accountStore requestAccessToAccountsWithType:facebookAccountType
                                                   options:faceBookOptions
                                                completion:^(BOOL granted, NSError *error)
         {
             if (granted) {
                 NSArray *accounts = [del.accountStore accountsWithAccountType:facebookAccountType];
                 del.facebookAccount = [accounts lastObject];
                 NSLog(@"got an account");
                 [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(gotAnAccount) withObject:self waitUntilDone:NO];
             } else {
                 NSLog(@"No account");
                 //fail gracefully
                 [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(noAccount) withObject:self waitUntilDone:NO];
             }
         }];
    }
}

Once that is done you can post to facebook with your app id as follows:

    -(void)postToFacebook:(NSDictionary *)parameters  {

    AppDelegate *del = (AppDelegate *)[[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

    NSURL *feedURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"https://graph.facebook.com/me/feed"];

    SLRequest *request = [SLRequest requestForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook
                                            requestMethod:SLRequestMethodPOST
                                                      URL:feedURL
                                               parameters:parameters];
    request.account = del.facebookAccount;
    [request performRequestWithHandler:^(NSData *responseData, NSHTTPURLResponse *urlResponse, NSError *error) {
        NSString *alertText;
        if (error) {
            alertText = [NSString stringWithFormat:
                         @"error: domain = %@, code = %d",
                         error.domain, error.code];
            [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(errorWithRequest:) withObject:alertText waitUntilDone:NO];
        } else {
            alertText = @"Posted action, id: %@";
            [self performSelectorOnMainThread:@selector(cancelButtonAction:) withObject:nil waitUntilDone:NO];

        }
        NSLog(@"%@",alertText);
    }];
}

You'll need your app delegate to have the accountStore and account variables and then create the @selector methods used. Note that the completion handlers should run on the main thread if they do anything with the UI or you'll be sat waiting a while for the completion handler UI code to run.