I am creating an android app for my facebook page. The app is supposed to display random statuses(not just the recent ones) from the facebook page. Is there anyway I could do this?
I haven't done anything of that kind ever, but I think you can gran some logic from this and get it to work.
Step 1:
Make a call to the Facebook API, get all Status Updates and in a for loop, add them to an ArrayList<String>. For example, Facebook returns its data in JSON format. I am assuming, you already know how to fetch data. You need to parse the "message" tag from the JSON data returned by your Facebook API call.
For example:
ArrayList<String> arrStatusMessage;
for (int i = 0; i < JAFeeds.length(); i++) {
JSONObject JOFeeds = JAFeeds.getJSONObject(i);
if (JOFeeds.has("message")) {
String strStatusMessage = JOFeeds.getString("message");
arrStatusMessage.add(strStatusMessage );
}
}
Step 2:
Once you have your entire set of Facebook Status Messages, you will now need to use a java.util.Random instance.
For example: (Please note: I have not tested this code and it might result in errors. You may have to play around with it a bit to get it to work. :-( )
private static final Random randomGenerator = new Random();
int intRandom = randomGenerator.nextInt(arrStatusMessage.size());
String strRandomStatus = arrStatusMessage.get(intRandom);
Step 3:
Use the strRandomStatus to set it on a TextView.
For example:
TextView txtRanStatus = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.txtRanStatus);
txtRanStatus.setText(strRandomStatus);
You haven't posted any code, so it is difficult to provide something that fits in your scheme of things. But I think this should get you started. You will, possibly, need to adapt a few things and fit them in your own code.
Hope this helps.
EDIT: As per a comment by th OP, adding some bits of code to fetch Facebook Status Messages:
in your onCreate() method:
Start a new AsyncTask:
new getFacebookFeeds().execute();
I use this method in my app to make the Facebook Call to get all feeds from the Graph API.
private class getFacebookFeeds extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
String URL = "https://graph.facebook.com/me/home&access_token=ACCESS_TOKEN?limit=10";
try {
HttpClient hc = new DefaultHttpClient();
HttpGet get = new HttpGet(URL);
HttpResponse rp = hc.execute(get);
if (rp.getStatusLine().getStatusCode() == HttpStatus.SC_OK) {
String result = EntityUtils.toString(rp.getEntity());
// GET THE INTIAL RESULTS JSON ROOT
JSONObject JORoot = new JSONObject(result);
// GET THE "DATA" TAG FOR FEEDS ROOT
JSONArray JAFeeds = JORoot.getJSONArray("data");
for (int i = 0; i < JAFeeds.length(); i++) {
JSONObject JOFeeds = JAFeeds.getJSONObject(i);
if (JOFeeds.has("message")) {
String strStatusMessage = JOFeeds.getString("message");
arrStatusMessage.add(strStatusMessage );
}
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO: handle exception
}
}
}
You can do the remaining code, where you select a random Status Update, in the onPostExecute() of the AsyncTask shown above:
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
int intRandom = randomGenerator.nextInt(arrStatusMessage.size());
String strRandomStatus = arrStatusMessage.get(intRandom);
txtRanStatus.setText(strRandomStatus);
}
Declare the TextView as a Global Variable and cast it on your onCreate() before calling the AsyncTask. I think this should work just fine. Let me know how it goes. :-)
Related
So my goal is to load a random wikipedia page, get the title from it, and then use the wikipedia api to get the correct title to return for display (titles with special characters need "translated" to be able to display them correctly.) My problem comes when I use my JSONRequest class (Async) to try to execute the api url and create a JSON object. When it tries to execute, it freezes and doesn't go any further (but does not crash.) It isn't a problem with the URL, it is valid and works on desktop and mobile. This method was also used in another non-async class so I know it works there. My guess is that it is an async issue. This may be a stupid question with a simple answer, but any help is greatly appreciated!
public class getRandom extends AsyncTask<String, Void, String> {
private static final String REQUEST_METHOD = "GET";
private static final int READ_TIMEOUT = 15000;
private static final int CONNECTION_TIMEOUT = 15000;
String result, rawTitle;
// Gets random wiki page and returns text to be loaded into search bar
#Override
protected String doInBackground(String... params){
String randomUrl = "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random";
String titleApiUrl = "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&format=json&titles=";
// Get random title
try {
URL url = new URL(randomUrl);
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
//Set method and timeouts
con.setRequestMethod(REQUEST_METHOD);
con.setReadTimeout(READ_TIMEOUT);
con.setConnectTimeout(CONNECTION_TIMEOUT);
// Get status
int status = con.getResponseCode();
// Check for move or redirect and update url
if (status == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_TEMP
|| status == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_MOVED_PERM) {
String location = con.getHeaderField("Location");
URL newUrl = new URL(location);
con = (HttpURLConnection) newUrl.openConnection();
}
// Get name of page
rawTitle = con.toString();
int temp = rawTitle.indexOf("wiki/") + 5;
rawTitle = rawTitle.substring(temp);
con.disconnect();
}
catch(IOException e){
e.printStackTrace();
rawTitle = "Sailboats"; // Very random, totally not hard coded result.
}
// Ensure correct title format (use wiki api)
try{
// Get json from api
JSONRequest wikiRequest = new JSONRequest();
String wikiApiJsonString = wikiRequest.execute(titleApiUrl + rawTitle).get();
// Create json object with returned string
JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(wikiApiJsonString);
// Get correct title from json
result = jsonObj.getString("title");
}
catch(ExecutionException | InterruptedException | JSONException e){
e.printStackTrace();
result = "Sailboats"; // Very random, totally not hard coded result.
}
return result;
}
protected void onPostExecute(String result){
super.onPostExecute(result);
}
}
By default, async tasks all run on the same thread. So it won't actually start a second task until yours finishes. Your options are:
1)Call executeOnExecutor instead of execute and tell it to use a new thread.
2)Architect your code such that you can make the request on this thread directly. You're already on a thread, no reason to launch a new one.
3)Write your code such as you don't need to call .get().
i have generated an app over e-commerce site (magento 2) while i am trying to startup my app it processing very slowly because of many products in my server is there any possible way to speed up my usage of Async task while using JSON feeds.. Please let me for any possible ways
My one of the AsyncTask coding:
private class GetProduct extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
#Override
protected void onPreExecute() {
super.onPreExecute();
// Showing progress dialog
dialog_pro = new ProgressDialog(Healthy_Cat.this);
dialog_pro.setMessage("Please wait...");
dialog_pro.setCancelable(false);
dialog_pro.show();
}
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... arg0) {
HttpHandler sh = new HttpHandler();
String jsonStr = sh.makeServiceCall(url);
if (jsonStr != null) {
try {
JSONArray items = new JSONArray(jsonStr);
for (int i = 0; i < items.length(); i++) {
JSONObject c = items.getJSONObject(i);
pro_name = c.getString("name");
String price = c.getString("price");
JSONArray array = c.getJSONArray("custom_attributes");
for (int k = 0; k < array.length(); k++) {
JSONObject jb = array.getJSONObject(k);
String attr = jb.getString("attribute_code");
if (attr.equalsIgnoreCase("special_price")) {
splprice = jb.getString("value");
}
}
String sku = c.getString("sku");
JSONArray media = c.getJSONArray("media_gallery_entries");
for(int k = 0; k < media.length(); k++) {
JSONObject jb = media.getJSONObject(k);
String imageURL = BaseURL_Helper.MediaBase +jb.getString("file");
media_image = imageURL;
// tmp hash map for single contact
Beanclass dataSet = new Beanclass();
dataSet.setTitle(pro_name);
dataSet.setImage(imageURL);
dataSet.setPrice(price);
dataSet.setSPLPrice(splprice);
dataSet.setSku(sku);
list.add(dataSet);
BeanclassList data = new BeanclassList();
data.setTitle(pro_name);
data.setImage(imageURL);
data.setSku(sku);
data.setSPLPrice(splprice);
data.setPrice(price);
listbean.add(data);
}
}
}catch (final JSONException e) {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
no_list.setVisibility(View.VISIBLE);
}
});
}
} else {
runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),
"May be Network error!!",
Toast.LENGTH_LONG)
.show();
}
});
}
return null;
}
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void result) {
super.onPostExecute(result);
// Dismiss the progress dialog
/**
* Updating parsed JSON data into ListView
* */
if (dialog_pro.isShowing())
dialog_pro.dismiss();
mAdapter = new GridviewAdapter(Healthy_Cat.this,list);
gridlist.setAdapter(mAdapter);
Listadapter = new ListviewAdapter(Healthy_Cat.this,listbean);
listview_pro.setAdapter(Listadapter);
}
}
Thank u in advance..
There are few things you need to update in your code
API Calling lib: I'm using Retrofit for api calling very fast & simple to use. Support Header & Response caching too.
JSON Parsing: You are parsing JSON manually which is a time-consuming process. I'm using Google's JSON parsing Lib Gson. really very fast.
Pagination: If you having lots of data on the server then try to fetch data in small no of pieces. For example in case of "Item Listing API" try to fetch data from the server for 10-15 item at a time rather all the item at a once.
Asyntask performance speed is too low compare to Retrofit.
So For e-commerce app, You must use Retrofit.
There are a few things you can do. For starters, you don't have to parse the whole json, before updating view.
But really you yourself state the issue, which is you have too much data. This is not only a programming issue, it is also a user experience issue, too much data is confusing, especially on a mobile device.
What I suggest is breaking down your data into categories or the like. When app starts, download just a list of categories to display. Upon user choosing a category, then you download the data for that category.
When you download data, do it in chunks, so that you can start displaying right away.
There are many similar ideas that you can implement, for a better user experience.
Well, I have been working in a app to display news headings and contents from the site http://www.myagdikali.com
I am able to extract the data from 'myagdikali.com/category/news/national-news/' but there are only 10 posts in this page and there are links to other pages as 1,2,3... like myagdikali.com/category/news/national-news/page/2.
All I need to know is, how do I extract news from every possible pages under /national_news ? Is it even possible using Jsoup ?
Till now my code to extract data from a single page is:
public View onCreateView(LayoutInflater inflater, ViewGroup container,
Bundle savedInstanceState) {
View rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.fragment_all, container, false);
int i = getArguments().getInt(NEWS);
String topics = getResources().getStringArray(R.array.topics)[i];
switch (i) {
case 0:
url = "http://myagdikali.com/category/news/national-news";
new NewsExtractor().execute();
break;
.....
[EDIT]
private class NewsExtractor extends AsyncTask<Void, Void, Void> {
String title;
#Override
protected Void doInBackground(Void... params) {
while (status == OK) {
currentURL = url + String.valueOf(page);
try {
response = Jsoup.connect(currentURL).execute();
status = response.statusCode();
if (status == OK) {
Document doc = response.parse();
Elements urlLists = doc.select("a[rel=bookmark]");
for (org.jsoup.nodes.Element urlList : urlLists) {
String src = urlList.text();
myLinks.add(src);
}
title = doc.title();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
page++;
}
return null;
}
EDIT:
While trying to extract data from single page without loop, I can extract the data. But after using while loop, I get the error stating No adapter attached.
Actually I am loading the extracted data in the RecyclerView and onPostExecute is like this:
#Override
protected void onPostExecute(Void aVoid) {
layoutManager = new LinearLayoutManager(getActivity());
recyclerView.setLayoutManager(layoutManager);
myRecyclerViewAdapter = new MyRecyclerViewAdapter(getActivity(),myLinks);
recyclerView.setAdapter(myRecyclerViewAdapter);
}
Since you know the URL of the pages you need - http://myagdikali.com/category/news/national-news/page/X (where X is the page number between 2 and 446), you can loop through the URLs. You'll also need to use the Jsoup's response, to make sure that the page exists (the number 446 can be changed - I believe that it increases).
The code should be something like this:
final String URL = "http://myagdikali.com/category/news/national-news/page/";
final int OK = 200;
String currentURL;
int page = 2;
int status = OK;
Connection.Response response = null;
Document doc = null;
while (status == OK) {
currentURL = URL + String.valueOf(page); //add the page number to the url
response = Jsoup.connect(currentURL)
.userAgent("Mozilla/5.0")
.execute(); //you may add here userAgent/timeout etc.
status = response.statusCode();
if (status == OK) {
doc = response.parse();
//extract the info. you need
}
page++;
}
This is of course not fully working code - you'll have to add try-catch sentences, but the compiler will help you.
Hope this helps you.
EDIT:
1. I've editted the code - I've had to send a userAgent string in order to get response from the server.
2. The code runs on my machine, it prints lots of ????, because I don't have the proper fonts installed.
3. The error you're getting is from the Android part - something to do with your views. You haven't posted that piece of code...
4. Try to add the userAgent, it might solve it.
5. Please add the error and the code you're running to the original question by editting it, it's much more readable.
I'm trying to get the user's cover photo and show it at the top of a layout. I'm using AsyncTask to run the API call to Facebook. The code I'm using to get the Facebook data is
JSONObject json = null;
response = Utility.facebook.request("me?fields=cover");
json = Util.parseJson(response);
The exception that stops the thread comes from a json error on the next step because the returned json is empty, even though the request clears through. I can get a proper json using just "me" or "me/albums" or anything other than "me?fields=cover". When I comment out the last line, 'try' process finishes with no exceptions/errors.
Is there something wrong with the Facebook API or am I doing something wrong?
I personally prefer using FQL when dealing with User Profile. If you would like to give FQL a try, check the following piece of code. If you would like to stick to Graph API, see this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/12434640/450534
try {
String query = "SELECT pic_cover FROM user where uid = " + PUT_THE_USER_ID_HERE;
Bundle param = new Bundle();
param.putString("method", "fql.query");
param.putString("query", query);
String response = Utility.mFacebook.request(param);
JSONArray JAUser = new JSONArray(response);
for (int i = 0; i < JAUser.length(); i++) {
JSONObject JOUser = JAUser.getJSONObject(i);
// COVER PHOTO
if (JOUser.has("pic_cover")) {
String getCover = JOUser.getString("pic_cover");
if (getCover.equals("null")) {
String finalCover = null;
} else {
JSONObject JOCoverSource = JOUser.optJSONObject("pic_cover");
if (JOCoverSource.has("source")) {
String finalCover = JOCoverSource.getString("source");
} else {
String finalCover = null;
}
}
} else {
String finalCover = null;
}
}
} catch (Exception e) {
// TODO: handle exception
}
The above code already accounts for User's who do not have a Cover Photo set in their profiles and checks for its availability. With this code, you will have the URL to the Cover Photo and can then process it as you prefer.
NOTE: If you are fetching the logged in users cover photo, this piece of code SELECT pic_cover FROM user where uid = " + PUT_THE_USER_ID_HERE; can also be written as: SELECT pic_cover FROM user where uid = me()"; For the non-logged in user's cover photo, the above can be used as is.
Couple of things as a side note.
I use Fedor's Lazy Loading technique to load images in almost exclusively.
I recommend running the code block, mine or any other solution you choose, in an AsyncTask.
The reason for not getting any result can be found in the javadoc of request(String graphPath) method:
(...) this method blocks waiting for a network response, so do not
call it in a UI thread.
In your case, you should probably do the following synchronous call:
Bundle params = new Bundle();
params.putString("fields", "cover");
String result = Utility.facebook.request("me/", params);
Siddharth Lele is very correct in his answer, but I wanted to specify the actual reason for not getting any response in this case.
Note: Fetching Cover Photo using Facebook API and endpoint https://graph.facebook.com/me?fields=cover no longer works as on 20th Dec 2014.
It was supposed to give following response:
{
"cover": {
"cover_id": "10151008748223553",
"source": "http://sphotos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/391237_10151008748223553_422785532_n.jpg",
"offset_y": 0
},
"id": "19292868552"
}
But now it just gives User's id:
{
"id": "19292868552"
}
Verified this using Graph Tool explorer v2.2 using me?fields=cover.
I want to show Facebook Page's Notes items with those comments and likes using Graph API.
To do that, I'm using the asyncFacebookRunner in Facebook SDK.
Steps are like this:
call asyncFacebookRunner.request to get Note Item with PageId
mAsyncRunner.request(sAPIString, new NotesRequestListener(), null);
Response has come. ( I can't highlight function call. Sorry for inconvenient to find it.)
public class NotesRequestListener implements com.facebook.android.AsyncFacebookRunner.RequestListener
{
/**
* Called when the request to get notes items has been completed.
* Retrieve and parse and display the JSON stream.
*/
#Override
public void onComplete(String response, Object state) {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
Log.i("My_TAG", "onComplete with response, state");
try
{
// process the response here: executed in background thread
final JSONObject json = new JSONObject(response);
JSONArray arrNotesItems = json.getJSONArray("data");
int l = (arrNotesItems != null ? arrNotesItems.length() : 0);
// !!!!
// This has another request call
// !!!!
final ArrayList<WordsItem> newItems = WordsItem.getWordsItems(arrNotesItems,getActivity());
WordsActivity.this.runOnUiThread(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
wordsItems.clear();
wordsItems.addAll(newItems);
aa.notifyDataSetChanged();
}
}); // runOnUiThread
} // try
catch (JSONException e)
{
Log.i("My_TAG", "JSON Error in response");
} // catch
} // onComplete
... other override methods ...
} // Request Listener
< Another Class >
public static ArrayList<WordsItem> getWordsItems(JSONArray arrJSON, Activity activity) {
ArrayList<WordsItem> wordsItems = new ArrayList<WordsItem>();
int l = (arrJSON != null ? arrJSON.length() : 0);
try {
WordsItem newItem;
for (int i=0; i<l; i++) {
JSONObject jsonObj = arrJSON.getJSONObject(i);
String sTitle = jsonObj.getString("subject");
String sNoteID = jsonObj.getString("id");
... get another fields here ...
newItem = new WordItem(...);
// !!!!
// This has request call for comments
// !!!!
ArrayList<CommentItem> arrComment = getUserComments(sNoteID);
wordsItems.add(newItem);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
return wordsItems;
} // getWordsItems
call another asyncFacebookRunner.request to get comments of item(with NoteID)
in getUserComments
mAsyncRunner.request(sAPIString, new CommentRequestListener(), null);
Before getting comments(OnComplete in CommentRequestListener has not called), getWordsItems returns item array.
So I can't see the comments.
How can I wait to update UI till getting comments?
(It's so ironic to synchronize asynchronized calls.)
Thanks in advance.
Use facebook object which has non-asynchronous request method.
You need not implement listener method.
So, I suggest below means.
use mAsyncRunner.request for first request call.
use mFacebookRunner.request for second request call.
I hope it may help you:-)
Using FQL - Facebook Query Language you can easily get all this information about any particular note info
, Also to get likes on that and comments over it as like examples given in the links.