Apache Cordova Facebook Plugin Fail On Init - Android

[wheelz13]

I'm currently building an app the will be using the Apache Cordova Facebook Plugin to communicate and authenticate users.

I had it working about a month ago, and then I was getting close to the end of development when I decided to upgrade to the newest version of Apache Cordova Facebook Plugin and Facebook SDK - now I cannot get it functioning.

I'm not sure if Facebook has changed something, or if Cordova Facebook Connect plugin has issues now - I am literally stuck :(

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

NOTE: I have deleted all programs and SDK's from my computer each time before attempting this to eliminate any cross version issues.

• Create a Facebook App (followed instructions: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/getting-started#create-app)
• Add Android Platform To App
• Create a Key Hash using 'keytool' on OSX
  • keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore | openssl sha1 -binary | openssl base64
• Download latest Facebook SDK (https://developers.facebook.com/resources/facebook-android-sdk-current.zip)
• Installed the Facebook APK (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/getting-started#install)
  • ./adb install ~/facebook-android-sdk-3.14/bin/FBAndroid-7.0.0.apk
• Installed Eclipse Kepler Service Release 2
• Installed the latest Android SDK (followed instructions: http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/installing-adt.html)
• Installed NodeJS (NPM 1.4.3) to install Cordova 3.4.1-0.1.0 (Terminal)
  • sudo npm install -g cordova
• Create Cordova Application
  • cordova create hello com.example.hello "HelloWorld"
  • cd hello
  • cordova platform add android
  • cordova build
• Installed Cordova Facebook Plugin
• Installing 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 have tried manual installing using the following instructions: https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin
• Open Eclipse > File > Import > + Android > select Existing Android Code into Workspace
• Import HelloWorld
• Select App Properties > Android > add FacebookSDK as a library
• Copy the "Simple" example that came with Cordova Facebook Connect (https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin/tree/master/example/Simple)
• index.html is correctly linking to:
  • cordova.js
  • cdv-plugin-fb-connect.js
  • facebook-js-sdk.js
• Project > Clean
• Run with the Nexus S simulator
• Once HelloWorld opens errors comes up:
  • Cordova Facebook Connect plugin fail on init
  • Cordova Facebook Connect plugin fail on auth.status

Like I said - I have tried manual installs and CLI installs, none will work!

Other versions that I have tried:

• Cordova 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 issue is causing major delay in our development and I have seen others online that are having the same problem, but no replies or answers.

Thanks for any help!

Also posted: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23555984/apache-cordova-facebook-plugin-fail-on-init-android

[aogilvie]

Hi, after this step

Select App Properties > Android > add FacebookSDK as a library

You should be done. Don't use anything from /sample use the code from bottom of this README https://github.com/aogilvie/phonegap-facebook-plugin/tree/backwardCompatUpdate

[ghaiat]

Hello I m having the exact same issue. Not sure i understand your response. Should we install your plugin instead of the main one?

[sirlantj]

I did not, I installed your plugin and it has the same mistakes that the other

at ChildProcess.whenDone (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/cordova/src/superspawn.js:126:23) at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17) at maybeClose (child_process.js:743:16) at Process.ChildProcess._handle.onexit (child_process.js:810:5)

[ShimmerGlass]

Hi there, I ran into the same problem and was able to fix it by changing this line https://github.com/phonegap/phonegap-facebook-plugin/blob/master/src/android/ConnectPlugin.java#L337 to return true; The code path hits this line when calling init(), telling the cordova plugin manager that this is an invalid action. I am no java|cordova expert and suspect that a correct fix would be more complex but I have been able to login this way.

[Willshaw]

Are you getting this error in LogCat?:

06-06 15:17:16.750: D/PluginManager(6043): exec() call to unknown plugin: org.apache.cordova.facebook.Connect

[asanka-indrajith]

Yes. I also migrated to old 0.4.0 version last week. it is working for me in both platforms. Though I only using login/logout functionalists.