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Integrate Twitter4j v3.0.3 to android application - Get TimeLine and Post Tweet [Working]
Android 2.3.3
Important Note ::: I am very new to integrating twitter and facebook stuff. I had a requirement of integrating new twitter4j to my application and stumbled on few examples to work out my way. My requirement was to get the tweets from the timeline. However, the example below also contains how to update the tweet from the application.
Note 2 ::: I have used the examples from here and here. All credit goes to the guys of these sites. I made a couple of changes and it worked.
The code is pretty much self explanatory and if you need any other clarifications, please visit the sites above.
Here is what I have done:
Signed up for Dev account at Twitter and got "consumer key" and "consumer secret". Replace them where ever you find the constants for consumer key and consumer secret in the code.
Downloaded twitter4j-3.0.3.zip from here
Extracted the zip file and added the libraries from twitter-3.0.3->lib. I have added all the libraries as I was testing out the integration. You may want to add libraries that are needed for you.
Right Click on the project-> Properties->Java Build Path->Libraries->Add Jars. Go to lib folder in the project and add all libraries.
Please follow these steps and you will have the application integrated with twitter.
For posting tweet on twitter using the application, I have used the example from here. For getting the timeline from twitter, I have used the example from here.
Code:
AndroidManifest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.twitt4jintegrationdemo"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="8"
android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
<!-- Permission - Internet Connect -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
<!-- Network State Permissions -->
<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.twitt4jintegrationdemo.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data
android:host="t4jsample"
android:scheme="oauth" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
ConnectionDetector.java
package com.example.twitt4jintegrationdemo;
import android.content.Context;
import android.net.ConnectivityManager;
import android.net.NetworkInfo;
public class ConnectionDetector {
private Context _context;
public ConnectionDetector(Context context){
this._context = context;
}
/**
* Checking for all possible internet providers
* **/
public boolean isConnectingToInternet(){
ConnectivityManager connectivity = (ConnectivityManager) _context.getSystemService(Context.CONNECTIVITY_SERVICE);
if (connectivity != null)
{
NetworkInfo[] info = connectivity.getAllNetworkInfo();
if (info != null)
for (int i = 0; i < info.length; i++)
if (info[i].getState() == NetworkInfo.State.CONNECTED)
{
return true;
}
}
return false;
}
}
AlertDialogManager.java
package com.example.twitt4jintegrationdemo;
import android.app.AlertDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.DialogInterface;
public class AlertDialogManager {
/**
* Function to display simple Alert Dialog
*
* @param context
* - application context
* @param title
* - alert dialog title
* @param message
* - alert message
* @param status
* - success/failure (used to set icon) - pass null if you don't
* want icon
* */
public void showAlertDialog(Context context, String title, String message,
Boolean status) {
AlertDialog alertDialog = new AlertDialog.Builder(context).create();
// Setting Dialog Title
alertDialog.setTitle(title);
// Setting Dialog Message
alertDialog.setMessage(message);
if (status != null)
// Setting OK Button
alertDialog.setButton(0, "OK",
new DialogInterface.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(DialogInterface dialog, int which) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
}
});
alertDialog.show();
}
}
MainActivity.java
package com.example.twitt4jintegrationdemo;
import java.util.List;
import com.example.twitt4jintegrationdemo.R;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.view.Menu;
import twitter4j.Twitter;
import twitter4j.TwitterException;
import twitter4j.TwitterFactory;
import twitter4j.User;
import twitter4j.auth.AccessToken;
import twitter4j.auth.RequestToken;
import twitter4j.conf.Configuration;
import twitter4j.conf.ConfigurationBuilder;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.SharedPreferences;
import android.content.SharedPreferences.Editor;
import android.content.pm.ActivityInfo;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.text.Html;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.Button;
import android.widget.EditText;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
// Constants
/**
* Register your here app https://dev.twitter.com/apps/new and get your
* consumer key and secret
* */
static String TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY = "o4YaT3H0SgmjQFSkGJy1A";
static String TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET = "uxCIVsaPSsvckIBpSfZCLYGli0jHus4xMkE5sgk";
// Preference Constants
static String PREFERENCE_NAME = "twitter_oauth";
static final String PREF_KEY_OAUTH_TOKEN = "oauth_token";
static final String PREF_KEY_OAUTH_SECRET = "oauth_token_secret";
static final String PREF_KEY_TWITTER_LOGIN = "isTwitterLogedIn";
static final String TWITTER_CALLBACK_URL = "oauth://t4jsample";
// Twitter oauth urls
static final String URL_TWITTER_AUTH = "auth_url";
static final String URL_TWITTER_OAUTH_VERIFIER = "oauth_verifier";
static final String URL_TWITTER_OAUTH_TOKEN = "oauth_token";
// Login button
Button btnLoginTwitter;
// Update status button
Button btnUpdateStatus;
Button btnGetTimeLine;
// Logout button
Button btnLogoutTwitter;
// EditText for update
EditText txtUpdate;
// lbl update
TextView lblUpdate;
TextView lblUserName;
// Progress dialog
ProgressDialog pDialog;
// Twitter
private static Twitter twitter;
private static RequestToken requestToken;
// Shared Preferences
private static SharedPreferences mSharedPreferences;
// Internet Connection detector
private ConnectionDetector cd;
// Alert Dialog Manager
AlertDialogManager alert = new AlertDialogManager();
@Override
public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
setRequestedOrientation(ActivityInfo.SCREEN_ORIENTATION_PORTRAIT);
cd = new ConnectionDetector(getApplicationContext());
// Check if Internet present
if (!cd.isConnectingToInternet()) {
// Internet Connection is not present
alert.showAlertDialog(MainActivity.this,
"Internet Connection Error",
"Please connect to working Internet connection", false);
// stop executing code by return
return;
}
// Check if twitter keys are set
if (TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY.trim().length() == 0
|| TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET.trim().length() == 0) {
// Internet Connection is not present
alert.showAlertDialog(MainActivity.this, "Twitter oAuth tokens",
"Please set your twitter oauth tokens first!", false);
// stop executing code by return
return;
}
// All UI elements
btnLoginTwitter = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnLoginTwitter);
btnUpdateStatus = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnUpdateStatus);
btnGetTimeLine = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnGetTimeLine);
btnLogoutTwitter = (Button) findViewById(R.id.btnLogoutTwitter);
txtUpdate = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.txtUpdateStatus);
lblUpdate = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lblUpdate);
lblUserName = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.lblUserName);
// Shared Preferences
mSharedPreferences = getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences(
"MyPref", 0);
/**
* Twitter login button click event will call loginToTwitter() function
* */
btnLoginTwitter.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// Call login twitter function
loginToTwitter();
}
});
/**
* Button click event to Update Status, will call updateTwitterStatus()
* function
* */
btnUpdateStatus.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// Call update status function
// Get the status from EditText
String status = txtUpdate.getText().toString();
// Check for blank text
if (status.trim().length() > 0) {
// update status
new updateTwitterStatus().execute(status);
} else {
// EditText is empty
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"Please enter status message", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
}
}
});
/**
* Button click event for logout from twitter
* */
btnLogoutTwitter.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View arg0) {
// Call logout twitter function
logoutFromTwitter();
}
});
/**
* Button click event for getting timeline from twitter *
**/
btnGetTimeLine.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
// call getTimeLine function
new getTimeLine().execute();
}
});
/**
* This if conditions is tested once is redirected from twitter page.
* Parse the uri to get oAuth Verifier
* */
if (!isTwitterLoggedInAlready()) {
Uri uri = getIntent().getData();
if (uri != null && uri.toString().startsWith(TWITTER_CALLBACK_URL)) {
// oAuth verifier
String verifier = uri
.getQueryParameter(URL_TWITTER_OAUTH_VERIFIER);
try {
// Get the access token
AccessToken accessToken = twitter.getOAuthAccessToken(
requestToken, verifier);
// Shared Preferences
Editor e = mSharedPreferences.edit();
// After getting access token, access token secret
// store them in application preferences
e.putString(PREF_KEY_OAUTH_TOKEN, accessToken.getToken());
e.putString(PREF_KEY_OAUTH_SECRET,
accessToken.getTokenSecret());
// Store login status - true
e.putBoolean(PREF_KEY_TWITTER_LOGIN, true);
e.commit(); // save changes
Log.e("Twitter OAuth Token", "> " + accessToken.getToken());
// Hide login button
btnLoginTwitter.setVisibility(View.GONE);
// Show Update Twitter
lblUpdate.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
txtUpdate.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
btnUpdateStatus.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
btnGetTimeLine.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
btnLogoutTwitter.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
// Getting user details from twitter
// For now i am getting his name only
long userID = accessToken.getUserId();
User user = twitter.showUser(userID);
String username = user.getName();
// Displaying in xml ui
lblUserName.setText(Html.fromHtml("<b>Welcome " + username
+ "</b>"));
} catch (Exception e) {
// Check log for login errors
Log.e("Twitter Login Error", "> " + e.getMessage());
}
}
}
}
/**
* Function to login twitter
* */
private void loginToTwitter() {
// Check if already logged in
if (!isTwitterLoggedInAlready()) {
ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
builder.setOAuthConsumerKey(TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY);
builder.setOAuthConsumerSecret(TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET);
Configuration configuration = builder.build();
TwitterFactory factory = new TwitterFactory(configuration);
twitter = factory.getInstance();
try {
requestToken = twitter
.getOAuthRequestToken(TWITTER_CALLBACK_URL);
this.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri
.parse(requestToken.getAuthenticationURL())));
} catch (TwitterException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
// user already logged into twitter
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"Already Logged into twitter", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
}
}
/**
* Function to update status
* */
class updateTwitterStatus extends AsyncTask<String, String, String> {
/**
* Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
* */
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
pDialog.setMessage("Updating to twitter...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();
}
/**
* getting Places JSON
* */
protected String doInBackground(String... args) {
Log.d("Tweet Text", "> " + args[0]);
String status = args[0];
try {
ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
builder.setOAuthConsumerKey(TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY);
builder.setOAuthConsumerSecret(TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Access Token
String access_token = mSharedPreferences.getString(
PREF_KEY_OAUTH_TOKEN, "");
// Access Token Secret
String access_token_secret = mSharedPreferences.getString(
PREF_KEY_OAUTH_SECRET, "");
AccessToken accessToken = new AccessToken(access_token,
access_token_secret);
Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory(builder.build())
.getInstance(accessToken);
// Update status
twitter4j.Status response = twitter.updateStatus(status);
Log.d("Status", "> " + response.getText());
} catch (TwitterException e) {
// Error in updating status
Log.d("Twitter Update Error", e.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
/**
* After completing background task Dismiss the progress dialog and show
* the data in UI Always use runOnUiThread(new Runnable()) to update UI
* from background thread, otherwise you will get error
* **/
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
// dismiss the dialog after getting all products
pDialog.dismiss();
// updating UI from Background Thread
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"Status tweeted successfully", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
// Clearing EditText field
txtUpdate.setText("");
}
});
}
}
/**
* Function to logout from twitter It will just clear the application shared
* preferences
* */
private void logoutFromTwitter() {
// Clear the shared preferences
Editor e = mSharedPreferences.edit();
e.remove(PREF_KEY_OAUTH_TOKEN);
e.remove(PREF_KEY_OAUTH_SECRET);
e.remove(PREF_KEY_TWITTER_LOGIN);
e.commit();
// After this take the appropriate action
// I am showing the hiding/showing buttons again
// You might not needed this code
btnGetTimeLine.setVisibility(View.GONE);
btnLogoutTwitter.setVisibility(View.GONE);
btnUpdateStatus.setVisibility(View.GONE);
txtUpdate.setVisibility(View.GONE);
lblUpdate.setVisibility(View.GONE);
lblUserName.setText("");
lblUserName.setVisibility(View.GONE);
btnLoginTwitter.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
/**
* Check user already logged in your application using twitter Login flag is
* fetched from Shared Preferences
* */
private boolean isTwitterLoggedInAlready() {
// return twitter login status from Shared Preferences
return mSharedPreferences.getBoolean(PREF_KEY_TWITTER_LOGIN, false);
}
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
}
/**
* Function to get timeline
* */
class getTimeLine extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, String> {
/**
* Before starting background thread Show Progress Dialog
* */
@Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
pDialog = new ProgressDialog(MainActivity.this);
pDialog.setMessage("Getting Timeline from Twitter...");
pDialog.setIndeterminate(false);
pDialog.setCancelable(false);
pDialog.show();
}
/**
* getting Places JSON
* */
protected String doInBackground(Void... args) {
try {
ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder();
builder.setOAuthConsumerKey(TWITTER_CONSUMER_KEY);
builder.setOAuthConsumerSecret(TWITTER_CONSUMER_SECRET);
// Access Token
String access_token = mSharedPreferences.getString(
PREF_KEY_OAUTH_TOKEN, "");
// Access Token Secret
String access_token_secret = mSharedPreferences.getString(
PREF_KEY_OAUTH_SECRET, "");
AccessToken accessToken = new AccessToken(access_token,
access_token_secret);
Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory(builder.build())
.getInstance(accessToken);
//Twitter twitter = new TwitterFactory().getInstance();
User user = twitter.verifyCredentials();
List<twitter4j.Status> statuses = twitter.getHomeTimeline();
System.out.println("Showing @" + user.getScreenName()
+ "'s home timeline.");
for (twitter4j.Status status : statuses) {
Log.d("Twitter","@" + status.getUser().getScreenName()
+ " - " + status.getText());
}
} catch (TwitterException e) {
// Error in updating status
Log.d("Twitter Update Error", e.getMessage());
}
return null;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String file_url) {
// dismiss the dialog after getting all products
pDialog.dismiss();
// updating UI from Background Thread
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"Retrieving TimeLine Done..", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT)
.show();
}
});
}
}
}
If you have any doubts, you can probably refer this question and ask your doubts and experts at SO can answer your doubts.
Hope this helps!!!
Thanks...
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Solution
The Question itself has the answer. I am adding this answer, just to close the question. Please check the question, for proper working code on how to integrate.