Can a facebook friend request be sent from my own app?

Question

I am creating an app and want to know if my app can send a Facebook friend request (say I know the other users id/name) or does Facebook not allow this?

Answer 1

The short answer is "no."

The Facebook API does not allow you to programmatically send friend requests, but with some work, you may be able to use a WebView to load a Friend Request dialog via Javascript (For info on the request dialog, check https://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/dialogs/requests/).