Facebook API not available in Corona Simulator?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

I’m working on an app that will have heavy Facebook interactions. As I was beginning to develop the Facebook login integration, I noticed that the Facebook API is not available in Corona Simulator. Is this true? Is the only way to test a Facebook application to build it for Xcode or for device? This will slow down my development process significantly if I can’t quickly test the Facebook functionality. Why is this the case?

Also, is the Facebook Graph API available in Corona? If not, will it be?

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#2

yes you need to build for XCode at least at the moment.

if FB authentication just passes back a unique authentication code, possibly you could hardcode this and bypass the popup but i’m not sure. it may need HTTPS for the net request, which i’m not sure is implemented yet.

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#3

Why is the Facebook API not available in the Corona Simulator? This makes developing Facebook apps very difficult. [import]uid: 26225 topic_id: 6791 reply_id: 27402[/import]

#4

EDIT: I noticed some hints that native UI in the simulator should be coming up; couldn’t find an official announcement though.

I’ve noticed debugging such native functionality is not on the roadmap. Maybe we can find enough interested people to bump the priority for this?

I’m 100% interested in being able to debug facebook stuff in the simulator (well, native stuff - more generally, but I’m more interested facebook, which I presume means the native web popup). [import]uid: 8145 topic_id: 6791 reply_id: 30515[/import]

#5

Anyone know if Facebook API will be available in the Corona Simulator soon? [import]uid: 26225 topic_id: 6791 reply_id: 34096[/import]

#6

I’m noticing that we still have to build to xcode for testing out the facebook API… Is there any chance that we will be able to test this in the simulator soon?

Please :slight_smile: [import]uid: 47361 topic_id: 6791 reply_id: 71113[/import]

#7

Unfortunately the answer to this is no, because Facebook does not have a library which would work for this.

Sorry!

Peach :slight_smile: [import]uid: 52491 topic_id: 6791 reply_id: 71237[/import]