Apache Cordova Facebook Plugin Fail On Init - Android

Question

I am currently creating an application that will use the Apache Cordova Facebook plugin to communicate and authenticate users.

It worked for me a month ago, and then I was nearing the end of development when I decided to switch to the latest version of Apache Cordova Facebook Plugin and Facebook SDK - now I can not make it work.

I'm not sure if Facebook has changed anything, or if Cordoba Facebook Connect has problems right now - I'm literally stuck :(

Here are the steps I'm taking and my results:

NOTE. I uninstalled all programs and SDKs from my computer every time before trying to fix any problems with the cross-version.

• Create a Facebook app (follow the instructions: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/getting-started#create-app )
  • Add Android platform for the application
  • Create a hash key using "keytool" in OSX
    • keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore | openssl sha1 -binary | openssl base64
• Download the latest SDK for Facebook ( https://developers.facebook.com/resources/facebook-android-sdk-current.zip )
• Facebook APK installed ( https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/getting-started#install )
  • ./adb install ~/facebook-android-sdk-3.14/bin/FBAndroid-7.0.0.apk
• Eclipse Kepler Service Release 2 Installed
• The latest Android SDK is installed (with instructions: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html )
• Installed NodeJS (NPM 1.4.3) for installing Cordova 3.4.1-0.1.0 (Terminal)
  • sudo npm install -g cordova
• Creating a Cordoba Application
  • cordova create hello com.example.hello "HelloWorld"
  • cd hello
  • cordova platform add android
  • cordova build
• Installed Facebook Cordova Plugin
  • Installation using the command line interface (CLI):
    • cordova -d plugin add https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin.git --variable APP_ID="123456789" --variable APP_NAME="myApplication"
    • Fetching plugin "https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin.git" via git clone
    • Installing "com.phonegap.plugins.facebookconnect" for android
  • NOTE. I also tried manual installation using the following instructions: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin
• Open Eclipse> File> Import> + Android> select Existing Android Code in Workspace
  • Import HelloWorld
  • Select Application Properties> Android> add FacebookSDK as a library
  • Copy the “Simple” example that came up with Cordova Facebook Connect ( https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin/tree/master/example/Simple )
  • index.html correctly references:
    • cordova.js
    • Cdv-plugin-fb-connect.js
    • Facebook-JS-sdk.js
• Project> Cleaning
• Launch with Nexus S Simulator

After the appearance of HelloWorld, errors appear:

• Cordova Facebook Connect plugin fail on init
• Cordova Facebook Connect plugin fail on auth.status

As I said - I tried to install manually and install the CLI, no one will work!

Other versions I tried:

• Cordoba 3.3.0, 3.3.1, 3.4.0, 3.4.1
• Facebook SDK 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9
• Android Studio instead of Eclipse

This problem causes a serious delay in our development, and I have seen others on the Internet who have the same problem, but do not answer and do not answer.

Thanks for any help!

Answer 1

Have you tried setting a target for config.xml for Facebook SDK 3.8.0? <config-file target="res/xml/config.xml" parent="/*"> <feature name="org.apache.cordova.facebook.Connect"> <param name="android-package" value="org.apache.cordova.facebook.ConnectPlugin" /> </feature> </config-file>

Answer 2

As of 6/13/14, this is what works for me, so I outlined my steps on PasteBin. http://pastebin.com/WvQvqx6U

Basically, I just brought FacebookConnect back to 0.4.0.