AndroidSetup.md

Android Setup

• Install Plugin.FacebookClient package into your Android project.

• Make sure your Android project is setup to be compiled using 8.1+ as target framework (Project must compile against 27+ as plugin is using API 26 specific things. Here is a great breakdown: http://redth.codes/such-android-api-levels-much-confuse-wow/)

MainActivity.cs

• On OnCreate just after calling base.OnCreate:

     FacebookClientManager.Initialize(this);

• Override OnActivityResult:

  protected override void OnActivityResult(int requestCode, Result resultCode, Intent intent)
  {
		base.OnActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
		FacebookClientManager.OnActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, intent);
  }

Resources/values/strings.xml

<string name="facebook_app_name">MyFacebookAppName</string>
<string name="facebook_app_id">xxxxxxxxxxxxx</string>
<string name="facebook_client_token">xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</string>
<string name="fb_login_protocol_scheme">fbxxxxxxxxxxxxx</string>

Note: Replace xxxxxxxxxxxxx with your facebook app id.

AndroidManifest.xml

Add this permission.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

Also define this within the application tag

    <meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId"  android:value="@string/facebook_app_id"/>
    <meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ClientToken" android:value="@string/facebook_client_token"/>
    <activity android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
        android:configChanges=
                "keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
        android:label="@string/facebook_app_name" />
    <activity
        android:name="com.facebook.CustomTabActivity"
        android:exported="true">
        <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:scheme="@string/fb_login_protocol_scheme" />
        </intent-filter>
    </activity>

If you are sharing content (video, images, etc.) also need to add the following:

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

Note: Replace {APP_ID} for your Facebook Application Id

Keystore Auto Signing

This step is optional, but highly recommended. The reason is because in order to test facebook you have to use the apk signed with the keystore of the hash that was generated for facebook portal.

Enable keystore auto signing, so that you are able to test within the same keystore on Debug and Release.

On your Android .csproj inside: <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' "> and <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">

    <AndroidKeyStore>True</AndroidKeyStore>
    <AndroidSigningKeyStore>KeystoreFullPath</AndroidSigningKeyStore>
    <AndroidSigningStorePass>KeystorePassword</AndroidSigningStorePass>
    <AndroidSigningKeyAlias>KeystoreAlias</AndroidSigningKeyAlias>
    <AndroidSigningKeyPass>KeystorePassword</AndroidSigningKeyPass>

Replace KeystoreFullPath with your keystore full path. If you save your keystore on the same android project location, then is just the keystore name. Replace KeystorePassword with your keystore password. Replace KeystoreAlias with your keystore alias.

If you have different facebook apps for testing on debug and release then put this different on each correspondant to the keystore for that configuration

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