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How do I get the full friend list of a person, using Android Studio and Facebook SDK 4.4.+. I have looked for tutorials everywhere but they are all out dated. I just need a simple code without installing any new libraries and I need some more explanation with the code

Straight from Facebook API Docs - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/reference/v2.4/user/friends
This will only return any friends who have used (via Facebook Login) the app making the request.
If a friend of the person declines the user_friends permission, that friend will not show up in the friend list for this person.
This was something Facebook API did to us when they enforced v2 upon all apps.
Thanks Facebook.

Does that sound like you? Well you found the right question!
What you will need to perform the "Friend getting" is the Facebook Graph API. Facebook has a pretty good explanation on how to use their Graph API + you can test it with their Graph Explorer.
But may be you need more help? Well I can give it to you.
First integrate your Facebook SDK properly and add a log in button, so the person can Login.
From here on now comes the Graph API. I recommend you read the Graph API documentation and the list of permissions after you read this answer to understand this amazing tool even better.
Many say that after a certain update a while ago you cannot get a full friends list. Well they are partially correct. Facebook did change how some commands behave, but others are still at your dispolsal. For example the /taggable_friends
The taggable friends will give you an array of names that are all of your friends, who have not made their profile private. For example I have 409 friends, but this function shows them to me only up to the 406 person, because 3 have private accounts.
How to use the taggable_friends?
In the Log in code add this:
GraphRequest requestet =
new GraphRequest(
accessToken,
"/me/friends",
null,
HttpMethod.GET,
new GraphRequest.Callback() {
public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
JSONObject obj = response.getJSONObject();
JSONObject sum;
try {
sum = obj.getJSONObject("summary");
c=Integer.valueOf(sum.optString("total_count"));
fff.setText(sum.optString("total_count"));
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
);
GraphRequest requestt =
new GraphRequest(
accessToken,
"/me/taggable_friends",
null,
HttpMethod.GET,
new GraphRequest.Callback() {
public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
JSONObject obj = response.getJSONObject();
JSONArray arr;
try {
arr = obj.getJSONArray("data");
JSONObject oneByOne = arr.getJSONObject(1);
lmaYOLO.setText(Integer.toString(c)+" "+oneByOne.opt("name").toString());
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
);
Bundle parameters = new Bundle();
parameters.putString("fields", "name");
requestet.executeAsync();
request.setParameters(parameters);
request.executeAsync();
requestt.setParameters(parameters);
requestt.executeAsync();
The first graph request that we use is the "requestet" what I do in there is get the number of friends of the logged in user, using the friends node.
In order to access any node you need to use JSONObject objname = previousobject.getJSONObject("name of node")
with objname, previousobject and name of node being changable according to your needs.
With taggable_friends it is more tricky, as you will get an Array of objects, each of which will contain a name of a friend. So you can see at the code how I get an Array same as the Object. Now at JSONObject oneByOne = arr.getJSONObject(1), the one is changable to any number of your friends list (REMEMBER arrays start from 0, so the first element will be getJSONObject(0)).
Now from here you can create a while loop, which will go from 0 to the number which we got from the /me/friends
You might have noticed that when I setText I use oneByOne.opt("name"). What opt does is GET the value of that node (in our case the name of the friend), unlike the getJSONObject, which opens the node.
Starting this program I will see on my screen appear:
406 - the number of non-private friends
Biggus Dickus - the second friend in my Facebook list (which is certainly not your Real life second friend).
Changin it to give me my first friend (remember you had to put 0),
I will get
407 (oh I accepted a new friend's request)
Martin Luther King
From here on you can do whatever you want with this code! Have Fund

You cannot get the whole friend list. Only those which are also using your app.
See:
https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/upgrading#upgrading_v2_0_user_ids

get all facebook ids /name of my friends

I have tried using the code below and if add old facebook sdk it workd fine but new sdk I get only the friend who is on app.How can I get the list of all friends in new sdk? .I really appreciate any help .Thanks in Advance.:
new Request(
MainActivity.facebook.getSession(),
"/me/friends",
null,
HttpMethod.GET,
new Request.Callback() {
#Override
public void onCompleted(Response response) {
/* handle the result */
Toast.makeText(activity, response.toString(), 5).show();
}
}
).executeAsync();

Short Answer: You Can´t.
Since v2.0, you can only get the friends who authorized your App too, for privacy reasons. An App should not know about anyone who does not use the App.
If you want the names to tag them, there is taggable_friends. If you want to invite them, use invitable_friends. But check out the docs for their limitations.

Getting incorrect facebook friend id

I am getting a wrong Facebook Friend Id: I am getting some long alphanumeric value in id which, among the other things, is also not unique (e.g. it changes on each call).
Actually I want to use this id as a unique identifier to login, but since it changes every time is not so helpful.
So what's wrong here? What else can I do for unique identification? Any suggestion will be appreciated.
I am using this code to get friend list:
Bundle required = new Bundle();
required.putString("fields", "uid, name, picture.type(square), gender, email");
//Request for friendlist from facebook
Request req = new Request(session, "me/taggable_friends", required, HttpMethod.GET,
new Callback() {
#Override
public void onCompleted(Response response)
{
is2=response.getGraphObject();
JSONObject json = is2.getInnerJSONObject();
readResponse(json);
String str = json.toString();
saveFileOnSD("data", str);
// generateNoteOnSD("frinedresponse", str);
Log.v(TAG, str);
}
});
Request.executeBatchAsync(req);

The problem is that you are using taggable_friends. Taggable_friends are for if you want to tag friends. It is by design that the id changes every single time you call it.
If you want friends you should use /me/friends but it will only return friends that are already using the app.
Depending on what you need all friends for some solutions can be found here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/faq

On 30th April 2014 facebook make so many changes, so if you create you facebook APP ID after this date you can't get facebook id of your friend with taggable_friend, so for getting facebook id of your friend you need to use "me/friends instead of me/taggable_friend", but you get only those friend list who are using your app.

facebook realtime updates from android

How do I get facebook realtime updates with android .Basically everytime the user's friendlist changes I need to update the count.I used the code below but I get error msg :
{This method must be called with an app access_token.}, isFromCache:false}
I really appreciate any help.Thanks in Advance.
code:
Bundle params = new Bundle();
params.putString("object", "user");
params.putString("callback_url", "http://example.com/callback/update.php");
params.putString("fields", "friends");
params.putString("verify_token", "1234");
/* make the API call */
new Request(
session,
"/12345/subscriptions",
params,
HttpMethod.POST,
new Request.Callback() {
public void onCompleted(Response response) {
/* handle the result */
}
}
).executeAsync();
Note: session =fb.getsession();

This error:
"This method must be called with an app access_token."
is quite straight-forward. You just need to make this API call with an App access token, instead of a normal access token (user token). To use it with your call simply add another parameter: access_token and make the call.
The App Access token is nothing but, APP_ID|APP_SECRET, or you can make the call (ref.)-
GET /oauth/access_token?
client_id={app-id}
&client_secret={app-secret}
&grant_type=client_credentials
But beware, its not recommended to expose app access token on the client side, since its like a password of your app.

Facebook Android Checkins

Ok so I have been researching the facebook api and Noticed that they released a new SDK. I have been trying to implement a checkin to a known place id.
I have seen posts that use the facebook.request("me/checkins", params, "POST"); to checkin using the facebook instance.
I realize that checkins are depreciated and that i should be posting with a location/place id instead. The problem comes when i want to search for all of my friends that have been to that location within that past 24 hours. I do not want to filter through all of my friends posts to retrieve the ones with my known locations.
With checkins i simply made a call to the placeid/checkins and filtered out all checkins that were too old to matter.
Has anyone gotten checkins to work using Request?
Is there a graphpath that will allow me to post a checkin to a place? me/checkins perhaps?
I am trying to use something like Request(session, "me/checkins", parameters, POST) But i have been unsuccessful so far.
If there is not a way to do this with Session and Request then do Facebook and asyncFacebook runners work well with SSO?Can they be mixed?

This is my code to post a checkin.
params.putString("place", "166793820034304");
params.putString("message", "checking in "
params.putString("coordinates", "{\"longitude\":-122.1477782,\"latitude\":37.48566}");
Request.Callback callback6 = new Request.Callback() {
public void onCompleted(Response response) {
// response here
}
};
Request request6 = new Request(session, "me/checkins", params, HttpMethod.POST, callback6);
RequestAsyncTask task6 = new RequestAsyncTask(request6);
task6.execute();