SLServiceTypeFacebook setInitialText is not working

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birdcage picture birdcage · Apr 28, 2015 · Viewed 14.2k times · Source

I am trying to share a text on Facebook with SLServiceTypeFacebook on IOS 8.3. But the popup text box displayed empty. I want it to be displayed with text in it. Below you can see the code I use for that.

 if([SLComposeViewController isAvailableForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook]) 
 {
       SLComposeViewController *controller = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];

       [controller setInitialText:@"First post from my iPhone app"];
       [self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:Nil];
  }

Answer

nnarayann picture nnarayann · Apr 29, 2015

It seems to be a problem having installed the latest Facebook app update (v29). Removing it "fixes" the problem.

https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/1632385646995079/ https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/962985360399542/

Update (Jun. 3, 2015)

Well. It seems that the new Facebook policy says that prefilling a message through setInitialText: is a prefill violation.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/review/prefill

So I guess the only way to share content from now on is the FBSDKShareDialog

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/sharing/ios

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