Facebook iOS SDK - get friends list

Question

Using the Facebook iOS SDK, how can I get an NSArray of all my friends and send them an invitation to my app? I am specifically looking for the graph path to ge

Answer 1

Here is a more complete solution:

In your header file:

@interface myDelegate : NSObject  {
    Facebook *facebook;
    UIWindow *window;
    UINavigationController *navigationController;

    NSArray *items; // to get facebook friends
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UIWindow *window;
@property (nonatomic, retain) IBOutlet UINavigationController *navigationController;

@property (nonatomic, retain) Facebook *facebook;
@property (nonatomic, retain) NSArray *items;
@end

Then in your implementation:

@implementation myDelegate

@synthesize window;
@synthesize navigationController;
@synthesize facebook;
@synthesize items;

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

...


    facebook = [[Facebook alloc] initWithAppId:@"YOUR_APP_ID_FROM_FACEBOOK" andDelegate:self];

    [facebook requestWithGraphPath:@"me/friends" andDelegate:self];

    return YES;
}

Then you need at least the following delegate protocol method:

- (void)request:(FBRequest *)request didLoad:(id)result {
    //ok so it's a dictionary with one element (key="data"), which is an array of dictionaries, each with "name" and "id" keys
    items = [[(NSDictionary *)result objectForKey:@"data"]retain];
    for (int i=0; i<[items count]; i++) {
        NSDictionary *friend = [items objectAtIndex:i];
        long long fbid = [[friend objectForKey:@"id"]longLongValue];
        NSString *name = [friend objectForKey:@"name"];
        NSLog(@"id: %lld - Name: %@", fbid, name);
    }
}