Peach,
Thanks for the response 
I actually have used that very same code to test and posting from the Resources directory works but an image saved in the Documents directory does not. I put a comment on that blog post as well.
I am using the code from the Facebook example and an additional piece of code.
--
-- Project: Facebook Connect sample app
--
-- Date: December 24, 2010
--
-- Version: 1.3
--
-- File name: main.lua
--
-- Author: Ansca Mobile
--
-- Abstract: Presents the Facebook Connect login dialog, and then posts to the user's stream
-- (Also demonstrates the use of external libraries.)
--
-- Demonstrates: webPopup, network, Facebook library
--
-- File dependencies: ui.lua, facebook.lua, json.lua libraries (included)
--
-- Target devices: Simulator and Device
--
-- Limitations: Requires internet access; no error checking if connection fails
--
-- Update History:
-- v1.1 Layout adapted for Android/iPad/iPhone4
-- v1.2 Modified for new Facebook Connect API (from build #243)
-- v1.3 Added buttons to: Post Message, Post Photo, Show Dialog, Logout
-- v1.4 Added ...{"publish\_stream"} .. permissions setting to facebook.login() calls.
--
-- Comments:
-- Requires API key and application secret key from Facebook. To begin, log into your Facebook
-- account and add the "Developer" application, from which you can create additional apps.
--
-- Sample code is MIT licensed, see http://developer.anscamobile.com/code/license
-- Copyright (C) 2010 ANSCA Inc. All Rights Reserved.
--
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Comment out the next line when through debugging your app.
io.output():setvbuf('no') -- \*\*debug: disable output buffering for Xcode Console \*\*tjn
-- Load external library (should be in the same folder as main.lua)
local ui = require("ui")
local facebook = require("facebook")
local json = require("json")
display.setStatusBar( display.HiddenStatusBar )
-- Facebook Commands
local fbCommand -- forward reference
local LOGOUT = 1
local SHOW\_DIALOG = 2
local POST\_MSG = 3
local POST\_PHOTO = 4
local GET\_USER\_INFO = 5
local GET\_PLATFORM\_INFO = 6
-- Layout Locations
local ButtonOrigY = 175
local ButtonYOffset = 45
local StatusMessageY = 420 -- position of status message
local background = display.newImage( "facebook\_bkg.png", true ) -- flag overrides large image downscaling
background.x = display.contentWidth / 2
background.y = display.contentHeight / 2
-- This function is useful for debugging problems with using FB Connect's web api,
-- e.g. you passed bad parameters to the web api and get a response table back
local function printTable( t, label, level )
if label then print( label ) end
level = level or 1
if t then
for k,v in pairs( t ) do
local prefix = ""
for i=1,level do
prefix = prefix .. "\t"
end
print( prefix .. "[" .. tostring(k) .. "] = " .. tostring(v) )
if type( v ) == "table" then
print( prefix .. "{" )
printTable( v, nil, level + 1 )
print( prefix .. "}" )
end
end
end
end
local function createStatusMessage( message, x, y )
-- Show text, using default bold font of device (Helvetica on iPhone)
local textObject = display.newText( message, 0, 0, native.systemFontBold, 24 )
textObject:setTextColor( 255,255,255 )
-- A trick to get text to be centered
local group = display.newGroup()
group.x = x
group.y = y
group:insert( textObject, true )
-- Insert rounded rect behind textObject
local r = 10
local roundedRect = display.newRoundedRect( 0, 0, textObject.contentWidth + 2\*r, textObject.contentHeight + 2\*r, r )
roundedRect:setFillColor( 55, 55, 55, 190 )
group:insert( 1, roundedRect, true )
group.textObject = textObject
return group
end
local statusMessage = createStatusMessage( " Not connected ", 0.5\*display.contentWidth, StatusMessageY )
-- New Facebook Connection listener
--
local function listener( event )
--- Debug Event parameters printout --------------------------------------------------
--- Prints Events received up to 20 characters. Prints "..." and total count if longer
---
print( "Facebook Listener events:" )
local maxStr = 20 -- set maximum string length
local endStr
for k,v in pairs( event ) do
local valueString = tostring(v)
if string.len(valueString) \> maxStr then
endStr = " ... #" .. tostring(string.len(valueString)) .. ")"
else
endStr = ")"
end
print( " " .. tostring( k ) .. "(" .. tostring( string.sub(valueString, 1, maxStr ) ) .. endStr )
end
--- End of debug Event routine -------------------------------------------------------
print( "event.name", event.name ) -- "fbconnect"
print( "event.type:", event.type ) -- type is either "session" or "request" or "dialog"
print( "isError: " .. tostring( event.isError ) )
print( "didComplete: " .. tostring( event.didComplete) )
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- After a successful login event, send the FB command
-- Note: If the app is already logged in, we will still get a "login" phase
--
if ( "session" == event.type ) then
-- event.phase is one of: "login", "loginFailed", "loginCancelled", "logout"
statusMessage.textObject.text = event.phase -- tjn Added
print( "Session Status: " .. event.phase )
if event.phase ~= "login" then
-- Exit if login error
return
end
-- The following displays a Facebook dialog box for posting to your Facebook Wall
if fbCommand == tag\_friend then
facebook.showDialog( {action="stream.publish"} )
end
-- Request the Platform information (FB information)
if fbCommand == GET\_PLATFORM\_INFO then
facebook.request( "platform" ) -- \*\*tjn Displays info about Facebook platform
end
-- Request the current logged in user's info
if fbCommand == GET\_USER\_INFO then
facebook.request( "me" )
-- facebook.request( "me/friends" ) -- Alternate request
end
-- This code posts a photo image to your Facebook Wall... I updated this code to look at the file I put into the Documents directory after I take the pic from the Camera in the function at the bottom of the page.
--
if fbCommand == POST\_PHOTO then
local attachment = {
message = "LOL.",
source = { baseDir=system.DocumentsDirectory, filename="test.jpg", type="image" }
}
facebook.request( "me/feed", "POST", attachment ) -- posting the photo
end
-- This code posts a message to your Facebook Wall
if fbCommand == POST\_MSG then
local time = os.date("\*t")
local postMsg = {
message = "Posting from Corona SDK! " ..
os.date("%A, %B %e") .. ", " .. time.hour .. ":"
.. time.min .. "." .. time.sec
}
facebook.request( "me/feed", "POST", postMsg ) -- posting the message
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
elseif ( "request" == event.type ) then
-- event.response is a JSON object from the FB server
local response = event.response
if ( not event.isError ) then
response = json.decode( event.response )
if fbCommand == GET\_USER\_INFO then
statusMessage.textObject.text = response.name
printTable( response, "User Info", 3 )
print( "name", response.name )
elseif fbCommand == POST\_PHOTO then
printTable( response, "photo", 3 )
statusMessage.textObject.text = "Photo Posted"
elseif fbCommand == POST\_MSG then
printTable( response, "message", 3 )
statusMessage.textObject.text = "Message Posted"
else
-- Unknown command response
print( "Unknown command response" )
statusMessage.textObject.text = "Unknown ?"
end
--[[
-- Display table of friends (not used at this time) \*\* Currently not used \*\*
local friends = {}
local data = response.data
for i=1,#data do
local name = data[i].name
table.insert( friends, name )
end
local topBoundary = display.screenOriginY + 40
local bottomBoundary = display.screenOriginY + 0
-- create the list of items
myList = tableView.newList{
data=friends,
default="listItemBg.png",
--default="listItemBg\_white.png",
over="listItemBg\_over.png",
-- onRelease=listButtonRelease,
top=topBoundary,
bottom=bottomBoundary,
}
--]]
else
-- Post Failed
statusMessage.textObject.text = "Post failed"
printTable( event.response, "Post Failed Response", 3 )
end
elseif ( "dialog" == event.type ) then
-- showDialog response
--
print( "dialog response:", event.response )
statusMessage.textObject.text = event.response
end
end
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-- NOTE: To create a mobile app that interacts with Facebook Connect, first log into Facebook
-- and create a new Facebook application. That will give you the "API key" and "application secret"
-- that should be used in the following lines:
local appId = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" -- Add your App ID here
local apiKey = nil -- Not needed at this time
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- NOTE: You must provide a valid application id provided from Facebook
if ( appId ) then
-- \*\*\*
-- \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Buttons Functions \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
-- \*\*\*
local function postPhoto\_onRelease( event )
-- call the login method of the FB session object, passing in a handler
-- to be called upon successful login.
fbCommand = POST\_PHOTO
facebook.login( appId, listener, {"publish\_stream"} )
end
local function getInfo\_onRelease( event )
-- call the login method of the FB session object, passing in a handler
-- to be called upon successful login.
fbCommand = GET\_USER\_INFO
facebook.login( appId, listener, {"publish\_stream"} )
end
local function postMsg\_onRelease( event )
-- call the login method of the FB session object, passing in a handler
-- to be called upon successful login.
fbCommand = POST\_MSG
facebook.login( appId, listener, {"publish\_stream"} )
end
local function showDialog\_onRelease( event )
-- call the login method of the FB session object, passing in a handler
-- to be called upon successful login.
fbCommand = SHOW\_DIALOG
facebook.login( appId, listener, {"publish\_stream"} )
end
local function tag\_onRelease( event )
-- call the login method of the FB session object, passing in a handler
-- to be called upon successful login.
fbCommand = SHOW\_DIALOG
facebook.login( appId, listener, {"publish\_stream"} )
end
local function logOut\_onRelease( event )
-- call the login method of the FB session object, passing in a handler
-- to be called upon successful login.
fbCommand = LOGOUT
facebook.logout()
end
-- \*\*\*
-- \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* Create Buttons \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*
-- \*\*\*
-- "Post Photo with Facebook" button
local fbButton = ui.newButton{
default = "fbButton184.png",
over = "fbButtonOver184.png",
onRelease = postPhoto\_onRelease,
text = " Post Photo",
x = 160,
y = ButtonOrigY
}
-- "Post Message with Facebook" button
local fbButton = ui.newButton{
default = "fbButton184.png",
over = "fbButtonOver184.png",
onRelease = postMsg\_onRelease,
text = "Post Msg",
x = 160,
y = ButtonOrigY + ButtonYOffset \* 1
}
-- "Get User Info with Facebook" button
local fbButton = ui.newButton{
default = "fbButton184.png",
over = "fbButtonOver184.png",
onRelease = getInfo\_onRelease,
text = "Get User",
x = 160,
y = ButtonOrigY + ButtonYOffset \* 3
}
-- "Logout with Facebook" button
local fbButton = ui.newButton{
default = "fbButton184.png",
over = "fbButtonOver184.png",
onRelease = logOut\_onRelease,
text = "Logout",
x = 160,
y = ButtonOrigY + ButtonYOffset \* 4
}
else
-- Handle the response from showAlert dialog boxbox
--
local function onComplete( event )
if event.index == 1 then
system.openURL( "http://developers.facebook.com/docs/guides/canvas/" )
end
end
native.showAlert( "Error", "To develop for Facebook Connect, you need to get an API key and application secret. This is available from Facebook's website.",
{ "Learn More", "Cancel" }, onComplete )
end
-- "Save Picture" button
local fbButton2 = ui.newButton{
default = "fbButton184.png",
over = "fbButtonOver184.png",
onRelease = saveImage,
text = "Take Pic",
x = 160,
y = ButtonOrigY + ButtonYOffset \* 2
}
local sessionComplete = function(event)
local t = event.target
print( "Camera ", ( not t and "returned an image" ) or "session was cancelled" )
print( "event name: " .. event.name )
print( "target: " .. tostring( t ) )
local baseDir = system.DocumentsDirectory
display.save( t, "test.jpg", baseDir )
--testImage = display.newImage("test.jpg",system.DocumentsDirectory);
end
local saveImage = function( event )
media.show( media.Camera, sessionComplete )
return true
end
fbButton2:addEventListener('tap', saveImage)
I apologize for any messy code here as I just trying to test getting the image from the Documents directory posted…
My app id has been replaced by x’s above.
Testing this on iPhone 4.
Thanks,
Tony [import]uid: 107466 topic_id: 22486 reply_id: 89909[/import]
