Explicitly Shared not working for post - Facebook Android SDK Open Graph Story

Question

I am currently using the Facebook Android SDK 3.19.1 to post an Open Graph Story to our user\'s timeline.

The story is added to the user\'s activity log, but does not sh

Answer 1

I contacted Facebook's Support Team and got the following response:

This is By Design. Explicitly refers to the fact that the user made the decision to share a story. The share is guaranteed to be shown on the News Feed of the user, but not on their timeline.

As you mentioned, it does show up in the Activity Log, and they can then select the drop down for a specific story by changing the selected option from "Allowed on Timeline" to "Shown on Timeline".

So, my problem is apparently not a problem after all. :)

But, I would still consider the functionality a little confusing. I would think an "Explicitly Shared" post would show up on the user's Timeline, and it would have the above behavior if the "Explicitly Shared" option was not checked. I guess my problem was just semantics.