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FacebookException: Failed to get app name


I'm trying to share some content from my react-native app on facebook. The share activity opens and than close with this error response Failed to get app name.

This is my AndroidManifest.xml file

<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId" android:value="@string/facebook_app_id"/>
  <activity
    android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
    android:configChanges="keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
    android:label="@string/app_name" />
  <activity android:name="com.facebook.react.devsupport.DevSettingsActivity" />
  <provider
    android:name="com.facebook.FacebookContentProvider"
    android:authorities="com.facebook.app.FacebookContentProvider${facebook_app_id}"
    android:exported="true" />

I'm using react-native 0.55.2 and react-native-fbsdk 0.7.0


Solution

  • I had encountered the same issue, the error message shown is not correct.

    Your facebook app should be logged in with the user that has the facebook roles as mentioned here

    • Admin
    • Developer
    • Test