sending a private message to your friends via Facebook IOS SDK

Question

I saw your post about sending messages to your Facebook friends via the IOS Facebook sdk,

I was wondering if there is a way to send a private message as well to the

Answer 1

No, it is not possible to send private messages using the Graph API.

Yes, it is still possible to post to a friend's wall. I just checked it out just now using the graph API Explorer tool: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/explorer. I used /friendId/feed with an HTTP post of "message" = "testing" and my friend confirmed they saw it on their stream.

Answer 2

let messageDialouge = MessageDialog.init(content: <ShareContent>, delegate: nil)
   if messageDialouge.canShow {
        messageDialouge.show()
    }

And do add fb-messenger-share-api inside the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes in info.plist

Answer 3

It is possible to send a private message via facebook- just not with the SDK. You can get the user's 'username' (ie. http://www.facebook.com/username) and you can send them an email via your app to 'username@facebook.com'.

Shapow!

Major bonus: attach a file and it will be included in the facebook message.

One caveat: the email will not reach the recipient's message inbox unless the sender's email address is affiliated with a valid facebook user account. I would imagine this is in place to thwart spam.