Posting on facebook with cocos2d

This is another quick tutorial, showing how to post / email what you need.
We will use the social.framework (don’t forget to add it to your library list, or you won’t be able to use
the SLComposeViewController.

I was using ShareKit (i should say trying to use) for all my needs (facebook, emails, tweeter, instagram etc….), the install setup is imho too heavy and time consuming. I also had several strange bugs like window not appearing every time (first button tap: no window, second: FB window appeared, then never appear….). Posting is usually some lines of code, i think it’s easier than using sharekit …

The code is pretty simple, it speaks by itself. The screenshot is taken as usual, using the ccrendertexture (see previous tutorial).

don’t forget to #import <Social/Social.h>

-(void) postFaceBook
{
    [[CCDirector sharedDirector] pause];
    [[CCDirector sharedDirector] stopAnimation];

    AppController *app = (AppController*) [[UIApplication sharedApplication] delegate];

    UIImage * screenshot = [self takeScreenShot];

    SLComposeViewController *faceBookPost = [SLComposeViewController composeViewControllerForServiceType:SLServiceTypeFacebook];

    [faceBookPost setInitialText:@"blablablabla"];
    [faceBookPost addImage:screenshot];
    [faceBookPost addURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.yourlink.com"]];

    [[app navController] presentModalViewController:faceBookPost animated:YES];
    faceBookPost.completionHandler = ^(SLComposeViewControllerResult result)
    {
        [[CCDirector sharedDirector] resume];
        [[CCDirector sharedDirector] startAnimation];
        [[app navController] dismissModalViewControllerAnimated:YES];

    };
}