I have a Facebook app built with canvas. We have made the app playable thru the Gamesroom via browser. I am aware that FB has deprecated support for Canvas applications on the mobile FB native app. I would like for when people click my app via mobile FB native app (android for now) to be redirected to a certain domain (web browser version of the game). Is it possible to do this, if so how can we?
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We've a website without facebook login and we've the correspondent mobile apps for these website (Android and iOS).
Now, we will build a new feature as a standalone app and for this new feature we would like to use social login (Facebook for now). In the future, this feature will also be available on the website (using either the facebook login or the login from the website).
Should we share the same app id from facebook between these three applications (Website, Mobile app, NewFeatureStandAloneApp)?
I'm trying to have my html5 site open the native iPhone Facebook app to authenticate users.
The site currently uses OAuth 2 on the server side - so it redirects everyone to the web version of Facebook. This is a problem because I dont want to force people to log in on a tiny keyboard.
Can you get the html5 app to open in Safari and authenticate through the native FB app?
If this is not possible with Facebook is it possible with Twitter apps? What is the experience like on android?
I do know that you can authenticate between a native iPhone app and the native Facebook app.
Yes you can do this just use the boilerplate code in facebook developers section of the site and following the guide exactly... I have tried this and it worked for me you just need to find a way to connect your oAuth to this...
can an app in Facebook have desktop page for Facebook Canvas and a page for Facebook mobile at the same time? Current I have a desktop app but if I create mobile pages on the same URL can I point the "Mobile Web" section of Facebook apps to that too?
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can an app in Facebook have desktop page for Facebook Canvas and a
page for Facebook mobile at the same time?
Yes, sort of. There is no mobile canvas, if that's what you mean. However, you can have a mobile web page and a desktop canvas app for the same app.
Current I have a desktop app but if I create mobile pages on the same
URL can I point the "Mobile Web" section of Facebook apps to that too?
Yes you can use the same URL for both, then just detect the user agent to determine which to show.
User agent sniffing is always a bad idea. In the entry point of your application you should determine if it's desktop or mobile by checking for the 'signed request' variable that Facebook sends if the user is loading the app via a page tab within Facebook (i.e. a desktop user). If the user is accessing the app on mobile, outside of Facebook, then this variable won't be sent.
php:
if(isset($_REQUEST['signed_request']))
//load desktop version
else
//load mobile version
Im wondering if its possible to link my app with the native facebook iphone-app without using iOS at all.
It was pretty easy to create a mobile version and connect it with the m.facebook.com (so it appears in the broswer) through the Developer > Mobile Web URL but it doesnt work/recognize with the native app of facebook.
Is there a way to connect the native iOS FB to my app without creating an app? So it redirects automatically to the browser?
Im trying to avoid to create an iOS app.
Thanks a lot!
If the Application is linked to in news story or post then the App will open in in a browser.
For full integration you'll need a App.
(I don't have a iOS app to test, only pure web app and after posting the apps.facebook.com link to a wall, that link in App opened in the in built web browser).
Basically, I'm doing some thesis.
A facebook application that is playable on Mobile Devices.
The idea is,
1. I'll create an application.
2. It will be playable on Facebook. http://apps.facebook.com/[name]
3. It will be accessible and playable on Mobile Web Browser through http://apps.facebook.com/[name]
If you have any idea on developing an application on facebook that is playable on Mobile Web Browser as well. It will be much appreciated if you shared it with me.
Things that I've researched so far:
1. Not all flash game are playable on Mobile Devices.
Flash-lite can't handle all apps, like Farmville.
2. Server-side games work pretty well. Mafia Wars and the like..
Solution I think so far:
HTML5 Canvas.
Problem:
I don't know what kind of framework that will work pretty well for the Desktop browser and Mobile Web Browser as well.
Thanks for reading.. ><
You can't run game or any other mobile web app on url http://apps.facebook.com/[name] because facebook will load you app in iframe and currenty facebook layout when displaying canvas apps is't made for phones only desktop.
I had the same problem recentry but it wasn't the game but some forum like app. My solution was to have the mobile app on domain myapp.com and when it's load I detect if device is mobile or desktop.
If it's a desktop browser I redirect user to fb canvas app on http://apps.facebook.com/name which runs the same app from the same domain myapp.com but uses different visual templates for displaying it self.
And if it's a mobile phone I leave user on myapp.com and display app with visual templates for mobile version.
So I have same app with two visual interfaces, one for desktop that runs inside facebook and one on mobile. And mobile version uses facebook connect to login user. Database in background is the same and basically everything is the same except interface.
And it work really well.