ShareKit - posting linked image to facebook wall

Question

( this is really the same as this question, but the answer given was not relevant

add image and description on facebook with sharekit )

How do I send a link to an image with ShareKit, so that when shared, it appears like so:

enter image description here

Or, alternatively, can I set the FB app to always show the big icon when something is posted?

What I am seeing and read on couple of posts is FB Share Kit is not working properly.. — k-thorat, Aug 19 '11 at 14:36

cannyboy · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-31T15:40:44.703

(answering my question)

I changed the file SHKfacebook.m changing the dialog.attachment line to read:

dialog.attachment = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{\"name\":\"%@\",\"href\"
:\"%@\",\"media\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"src\":\"http://example.com/example.png\"
,\"href\": \"http://example.com/\"}]} ",item.title == nil ? SHKEncodeURL(item.URL) 
SHKEncode(item.title),SHKEncodeURL(item.URL)];

(make it one line after you paste in)

You can see there is an image url - http://example.com/example.png - which should be about 76 X 90px, and a link url - http://example.com/

You may also need to explicitly set the sharetype. I've noticed on 3G/3GS iPhones then it doesn't work unless you do this:

item.shareType = SHKShareTypeURL;
[SHKFacebook shareItem:item];

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 10 '12 at 17:15

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SHKFacebook * sharer = [ [ [ SHKFacebook alloc ] init] autorelease ];
SHKItem * item = [ SHKItem URL:[ NSURL URLWithString:@"http://google.com" ]
                         title:@"my title"
                   contentType:SHKURLContentTypeUndefined ];
item.facebookURLShareDescription = @"my description";
item.facebookURLSharePictureURI = @"http://www.userlogos.org/files/logos/pek/stackoverflow.png";
[ sharer loadItem:item ];
[ sharer share ];

answered Aug 10 '12 at 17:15

Alexandr Hotko

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this doesn't seem to work in the latest sharekit.. It pops up the post but doesn't post.... – lakshmen Dec 06 '12 at 11:09

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 25 '12 at 05:58

Here is my amendment for the answer and it can share the title, image and the description when share to facebook. Enjoy it

dialog.attachment = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{\"name\":\"%@\",\"href\":\"%@\",\"description\":\"%@\",\"media\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"src\":\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-77BXdZj0M6o/Tr0t9pndpOI/AAAAAAAAAQ4/j3KWIE9ov1E/s1600/Blue_Eye_by_SapphiraBlue.jpg\" ,\"href\": \"%@/\"}]} ",item.title == nil ? SHKEncodeURL(item.URL) : SHKEncode(item.title),SHKEncodeURL(item.URL), @"Testing Description Comes Here", SHKEncode(SHKMyAppURL)];

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 25 '12 at 06:30

Or another solution comes here for editing the image and description as parameters

dialog.attachment = [NSString stringWithFormat:@"{\"name\":\"%@\",\"href\":\"%@\",\"description\":\"%@\",\"media\":[{\"type\":\"image\",\"src\":\"%@\" ,\"href\": \"%@/\"}]} ",item.title == nil ? SHKEncodeURL(item.URL) : SHKEncode(item.title),SHKEncodeURL(item.URL), item.text, item.filename, SHKEncode(SHKMyAppURL)];
dialog.userMessagePrompt = SHKLocalizedString(@"Enter your message:");
dialog.defaultStatus = @"";

By passing the parameters simply like this:

SHKItem *itemfb = [SHKItem image:@"" title:@"TITLE" url:url2];
        itemfb.shareType = SHKShareTypeURL;
        itemfb.text = @"DESCRIPTION COME HERE"; 
        itemfb.filename = @"IMAGE PATH";
        [SHKFacebook shareItem:itemfb];

ShareKit - posting linked image to facebook wall

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