Integrating Facebook iOS SDK with your application : optimize the social power of your applications by integrating the popular Facebook iOS SDK

Optimize the social power of your applications by integrating the popular Facebook iOS SDK **Overview** * Effectively promote your Social Applications through Facebook * Invite your friends to use your application * Learn and understand Facebook iOS features with hands-on examples **In Detail** Facebook provides an iOS SDK to third party developers which allows them to develop iOS applications. These applications are then made available on the app store, from which the developers are entitled to 70 percent of sales revenue. Embedding these Facebook iOS SDK features takes applications to the next level of user engagement. Starting with the process of setting up a Facebook developer account, we will use hands-on examples to walk you through developing and integrating social element like inviting others to use your software. This book focuses on detailing and documenting the process of developing an actual application. Through the course of the book, you will learn to use iOS SDK features in your code flawlessly. Aiming to simplify the process of embedding Facebook iOS SDK features in your app, each chapter focuses on a new feature, and as you move through the chapters, you will find yourself embedding more functionality in your application. We begin with the creation of a new Facebook App ID before creating and setting up a project. Through the course of the book, you will use social platforms to authenticate users and fetch their social information to make your project more attractive and engaging. The book emphasizes on sharing functionalities, such as inviting friends through Facebook messages with the sole intention of making the app viral. By the end of the book, you will look at how to use the Facebook News Feed to make your app go viral. By the end of the book you will have built a powerful application using the world's largest social media platform. **What you will learn from this book** * Distribute and promote your application on the social platform * Fetch user information and photos with Graph API * Display Facebook user profiles and friends list * Learn to use Facebook Graph API and API Explorer * Check user credentials against the Social Platform effortlessly **Approach** A tutorial-based guide with chapters focusing on learning and embedding crucial Facebook features. **Who this book is written for** If you are a developer who wishes to develop and monetize your apps on the App store, then this is the book for you. This book assumes you have basic knowledge of iOS programming using Objective-C and XCode, however, prior knowledge of Facebook iOS SDK is not required. Copyright......Page 4 Credits......Page 5 About the Author......Page 6 About the Reviewers......Page 7 www.PacktPub.com......Page 8 Table of Contents......Page 9 Preface......Page 13 Facebook Platform – features......Page 19 Social Graph......Page 20 Graph API......Page 21 Dialogs......Page 22 Functionality – storing and using data from the Platform......Page 23 Facebook App Portal......Page 24 Application permissions......Page 27 New features in Facebook iOS SDK 3.x......Page 29 Facebook integration in iOS 6......Page 30 Native UI controls......Page 32 Mobile analytics......Page 33 Summary......Page 34 Chapter 2: Creating a New iOS Social Project......Page 35 Creating a Facebook App ID......Page 36 Downloading the Facebook iOS SDK......Page 40 Creating a new XCode Project......Page 42 Importing the Facebook SDK into the application project......Page 47 Getting familiar with storyboard to build a better interface......Page 51 Summary......Page 52 Chapter 3: Connecting to a Facebook User Account......Page 53 Login flow......Page 54 Creating the Facebook view controller......Page 55 Login delegates......Page 66 Summary......Page 68 Understanding Facebook Platform......Page 69 Setting up the user profile interface......Page 70 Fetching a user's information......Page 72 Creating the friends view interface......Page 76 Creating the UI......Page 77 Displaying FBFriendPickerViewController......Page 79 Customizing the friends list using a search bar......Page 81 Summary......Page 88 Creating the Post Dialog interface......Page 89 Creating the book model......Page 90 Passing information between controllers......Page 92 Feed Share Dialogs......Page 95 Upload action permission......Page 96 Facebook Web Dialogs......Page 100 Publishing on a friend's wall......Page 103 Facebook Native Dialogs......Page 109 Summary......Page 112 Available features through Graph API......Page 113 Graph API Explorer......Page 114 Using the Graph API with Facebook iOS SDK......Page 115 Fetching user information......Page 117 Fetching a user's friends......Page 118 Fetching a user's photos......Page 119 Posting status update......Page 120 Posting a new photo......Page 123 Summary......Page 125 Social channels......Page 127 App Center......Page 128 Inviting friends......Page 131 Summary......Page 139 Getting to know your users......Page 141 Growing your audience......Page 144 Mobile ads......Page 145 Summary......Page 153 Index......Page 155

In Detail

Facebook provides an iOS SDK to third party developers which allows them to develop iOS applications. These applications are then made available on the app store, from which the developers are entitled to 70 percent of sales revenue. Embedding these Facebook iOS SDK features takes applications to the next level of user engagement.

Starting with the process of setting up a Facebook developer account, we will use hands-on examples to walk you through developing and integrating social element like inviting others to use your software. This book focuses on detailing and documenting the process of developing an actual application. Through the course of the book, you will learn to use iOS SDK features in your code flawlessly.

Aiming to simplify the process of embedding Facebook iOS SDK features in your app, each chapter focuses on a new feature, and as you move through the chapters, you will find yourself embedding more functionality in your application. We begin with the creation of a new Facebook App ID before creating and setting up a project. Through the course of the book, you will use social platforms to authenticate users and fetch their social information to make your project more attractive and engaging. The book emphasizes on sharing functionalities, such as inviting friends through Facebook messages with the sole intention of making the app viral. By the end of the book, you will look at how to use the Facebook News Feed to make your app go viral. By the end of the book you will have built a powerful application using the world's largest social media platform.

Approach

A tutorial-based guide with chapters focusing on learning and embedding crucial Facebook features.

Who this book is for

If you are a developer who wishes to develop and monetize your apps on the App store, then this is the book for you. This book assumes you have basic knowledge of iOS programming using Objective-C and XCode, however, prior knowledge of Facebook iOS SDK is not required.

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