How to post image from drawable folder to facebook with graph api?

Question

I'd like to post an image to facebook by using their graph api. But my image is in drawable folder. So far:

public static void postToFacebook() {

    Bundle params = new Bundle();

    // shared with this
    params.putString("caption", activityContext.getString(R.string.app_name));
    // description of the program
    params.putString("description", "bla bla bla bla bla bla"); 
    // header of the description
    params.putString("name", "train");
    // callback url
    params.putString("link","http://www.google.com.tr");
    // put a personal message
    params.putString("message", "my message");
    // to put a photo
    params.putByteArray("picture", getImageAsData());

    try {
        String response = FacebookUtility.mFacebook.request("/me/feed",
                params, "POST");
        if (response == null || response.equals("")
                || response.equals("false"))
            Toast.makeText(activityContext, "Error.",
                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
    } catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (MalformedURLException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    } catch (IOException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }

}

public static byte[] getImageAsData() {

Drawable d = activityContext.getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.icon);
Bitmap bitmap = ((BitmapDrawable) d).getBitmap();
    ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
    bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
    byte[] bitmapdata = stream.toByteArray();
    return bitmapdata;
}

But this is not working... It's not posting my icon, but it gets google icon from site. I try to comment out link part, but this time it didn't send anything but message.

I also try to get bitmap as:

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(activityContext.getResources(), R.drawable.icon);

But this also didn't work out.

I've seen:

Bitmap bi = BitmapFactory.decodeFile(pathonsdcard);

But i couldn't use this method to get bitmap, because i have no pathonsdcard?

Any suggestion? So how can i post image which is located in res/drawable folder ? Thanks in advance.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 17:52

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This is the correct way to upload a photo from a drawable. Note that the only parameters you need is "photo" and "caption".

Bundle params = new Bundle();
params.putByteArray("photo", getImageAsData());
params.putString("caption", "Test caption lololol");
mAsyncRunner.request("me/photos", params, "POST", new PhotoUploadListener(), null);

answered Sep 06 '12 at 17:52

Jesse Chen

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But i don't want to post only photo, i need also some info about my application and user's comment too. So i can't use "me/photos"... – yahya Sep 07 '12 at 06:24
then you need to POST to me/feed but with a "picture" parameter that supplies an URL instead of a byte array. You can then customize the post with the "caption", "description", "name" and "message" parameters. – Jesse Chen Sep 07 '12 at 18:25
It's already like that in my question... But the problem is i want to send picture from drwable folder, i do not have any url for this picture... – yahya Sep 10 '12 at 06:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 06 '12 at 10:39

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Bundle b=new Bundle();
b.putString("Picture","// Byte array value of ur image");

facebook.request("username/photos",b,"POST");

answered Sep 06 '12 at 10:39

Aditya Nikhade

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params.putString("link","http://www.google.com.tr"); try removing this and run... – Aditya Nikhade Sep 06 '12 at 11:36
what is actually happening??? the post u are posting is appearing or not??? and where do u want that icon of urs to show up!?? – Aditya Nikhade Sep 06 '12 at 11:44
if i post with url ( params.putString("picture", "http://www.facebookmobileweb.com/hackbook/img/facebook_icon_large.png"); ), it posts like this: http://www.2shared.com/photo/gYOC-gfV/Untitled.html I want that image to be from my drawable folder... – yahya Sep 06 '12 at 11:51

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 17 '12 at 03:51

Instead of using BitmapDrawable you can directly get the image from drawable to bitmap then convert it to bytearray. Some times bitmapdrawable causes unexpected problem.

Bitmap bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(ctx.getResources(),
R.drawable.image);
ByteArrayOutputStream stream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
bitmap.compress(Bitmap.CompressFormat.JPEG, 100, stream);
byte[] bitMapData = stream.toByteArray();

now use this to post --

parameters.putByteArray("picture", bitMapData);
mAsyncFbRunner.request("me/feed", params, "POST", new WallPostListener());

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