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Facebook SDK for Android Reference (v3.14)

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Classes

Name	Description
`AccessToken`	This class represents an access token returned by the Facebook Login service, along with associated metadata such as its expiration date and permissions
`AccessTokenSource`	Indicates where a Facebook access token was obtained from
`AppEventsConstants`	Predefined event and parameter names for logging events common to many apps
`AppEventsLogger`	The AppEventsLogger class allows the developer to log various types of events back to Facebook
`AppEventsLogger.FlushBehavior`	Controls when an AppEventsLogger sends log events to the server
`AppLinkData`	Class to encapsulate an app link, and provide methods for constructing the data from various sources
`AsyncFacebookRunner`	A sample implementation of asynchronous API requests
`DialogError`	Encapsulation of Dialog Error
`Facebook`	THIS CLASS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED DEPRECATED
`FacebookAppLinkResolver`	Provides an implementation for the AppLinkResolver interface that uses the Facebook App Link index to solve App Links, given a Url
`FacebookBroadcastReceiver`	This class implements a simple BroadcastReceiver designed to listen for broadcast notifications from the Facebook app
`FacebookDialog`
`FacebookDialog.MessageDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder which can construct a FacebookDialog instance suitable for presenting the native Message dialog
`FacebookDialog.MessageDialogFeature`	Defines a set of features that may be supported by the native Message dialog exposed by the Facebook Messenger application
`FacebookDialog.OpenGraphActionDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder which can construct a FacebookDialog instance suitable for presenting the native Open Graph action publish dialog
`FacebookDialog.OpenGraphActionDialogFeature`	Defines a set of features that may be supported by the native Open Graph dialogs exposed by the Facebook application
`FacebookDialog.OpenGraphMessageDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder which can construct a FacebookDialog instance suitable for presenting the native Open Graph action message dialog
`FacebookDialog.OpenGraphMessageDialogFeature`	Defines a set of features that may be supported by the native Open Graph Message dialogs exposed by the Facebook application
`FacebookDialog.PendingCall`	Encapsulates information about a call being made to the Facebook application for Android
`FacebookDialog.PhotoMessageDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder which can construct a FacebookDialog instance suitable for presenting the native Message dialog for sharing photos
`FacebookDialog.PhotoShareDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder which can construct a FacebookDialog instance suitable for presenting the native Share dialog for sharing photos
`FacebookDialog.ShareDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder which can construct a FacebookDialog instance suitable for presenting the native Share dialog
`FacebookDialog.ShareDialogFeature`	Defines a set of features that may be supported by the native Share dialog exposed by the Facebook application
`FacebookRequestError`	This class represents an error that occurred during a Facebook request
`FacebookRequestError.Category`	An enum that represents the Facebook SDK classification for the error that occurred
`FbDialog`	This class is deprecated
`FriendPickerFragment`	Provides a Fragment that displays a list of a user's friends and allows one or more of the friends to be selected
`GraphObject.Factory`	Creates proxies that implement GraphObject, GraphObjectList, and their derived types
`HttpMethod`	Enumeration of HTTP methods supported by Request
`InsightsLogger`	This class is deprecated
`LegacyHelper`	LegacyHelper is solely for the use of other packages within the Facebook SDK for Android
`LoggingBehavior`	Specifies different categories of logging messages that can be generated
`LoginActivity`	This Activity is a necessary part of the overall Facebook login process but is not meant to be used directly
`LoginButton`	A Log In/Log Out button that maintains session state and logs in/out for the app
`LoginButton.ToolTipMode`
`NativeAppCallAttachmentStore`	This class works in conjunction with NativeAppCallContentProvider to allow apps to attach binary attachments (e
`NativeAppCallContentProvider`	Implements a ContentProvider that can be used to provide binary attachments (e
`NonCachingTokenCachingStrategy`	Implements a trivial TokenCachingStrategy that does not actually cache any tokens
`OpenGraphAction.Factory`	Exposes helpers for creating instances of OpenGraphAction
`OpenGraphObject.Factory`	Exposes helpers for creating instances of OpenGraphObject
`PickerFragment`	Provides functionality common to SDK UI elements that allow the user to pick one or more graph objects (e
`PlacePickerFragment`
`ProfilePictureView`	View that displays the profile photo of a supplied profile ID, while conforming to user specified dimensions
`Request`	A single request to be sent to the Facebook Platform through either the Graph API or REST API
`RequestAsyncTask`	Defines an AsyncTask suitable for executing a Request in the background
`RequestBatch`	RequestBatch contains a list of Request objects that can be sent to Facebook in a single round-trip
`Response`	Encapsulates the response, successful or otherwise, of a call to the Facebook platform
`Response.PagingDirection`	Indicates whether paging is being done forward or backward
`Session`	Session is used to authenticate a user and manage the user's session with Facebook
`Session.AuthorizationRequest`	Base class for authorization requests Session
`Session.Builder`	Builder class used to create a Session
`Session.NewPermissionsRequest`	A request to be used to request new permissions for a Session
`Session.OpenRequest`	A request used to open a Session
`SessionDefaultAudience`	Certain operations such as publishing a status or publishing a photo require an audience
`SessionLoginBehavior`	Specifies the behaviors to try during openForRead
`SessionState`	Identifies the state of a Session
`Settings`	Allows some customization of sdk behavior
`SharedPreferencesTokenCachingStrategy`
`TestSession`	Implements an subclass of Session that knows about test users for a particular application
`TokenCachingStrategy`	A base class for implementations of a Session token cache
`ToolTipPopup`
`ToolTipPopup.Style`
`UiLifecycleHelper`	This class helps to create, automatically open (if applicable), save, and restore the Active Session in a way that is similar to Android UI lifecycles
`UserSettingsFragment`	A Fragment that displays a Login/Logout button as well as the user's profile picture and name when logged in
`Util`	Utility class supporting the Facebook Object
`WebDialog`	This class provides a mechanism for displaying Facebook Web dialogs inside a Dialog
`WebDialog.Builder`	Provides a builder that allows construction of an arbitary Facebook web dialog
`WebDialog.FeedDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder that allows construction of the parameters for showing the Feed Dialog
`WebDialog.RequestsDialogBuilder`	Provides a builder that allows construction of the parameters for showing the Requests Dialog

Interfaces

Name	Description
`AppLinkData.CompletionHandler`	Interface to asynchronously receive AppLinkData after it has been fetched
`AsyncFacebookRunner.RequestListener`	Callback interface for API requests
`CreateGraphObject`	Use this annotation setters in an interface that derives from GraphObject, if you wish to provide a setter that takes a primitive data type (e
`Facebook.DialogListener`	Callback interface for dialog requests
`Facebook.ServiceListener`	Callback interface for service requests
`FacebookDialog.Callback`	Defines a callback interface that will be called when the user completes interacting with a Facebook dialog, or if an error occurs
`GraphLocation`	Provides a strongly-typed representation of a Location as defined by the Graph API
`GraphMultiResult`	Defines a GraphObject that represents the result of a query that returns multiple GraphObjects nested under a "data" property
`GraphObject`	GraphObject is the primary interface used by the Facebook SDK for Android to represent objects in the Facebook Social Graph and the Facebook Open Graph (OG)
`GraphObjectList`	GraphObjectList is the primary representation of a collection of graph objects in the Facebook SDK for Android
`GraphPlace`	Provides a strongly-typed representation of a Place as defined by the Graph API
`GraphUser`	Provides a strongly-typed representation of a User as defined by the Graph API
`LoginButton.OnErrorListener`	Callback interface that will be called when a network or other error is encountered while logging in
`LoginButton.UserInfoChangedCallback`	Specifies a callback interface that will be called when the button's notion of the current user changes (if the fetch_user_info attribute is true for this control)
`OpenGraphAction`	Provides a strongly-typed representation of an Open Graph Action
`OpenGraphObject`	Provides a strongly-typed representation of an Open Graph Object
`PickerFragment.GraphObjectFilter`	Callback interface that will be called to determine if a graph object should be displayed
`PickerFragment.OnDataChangedListener`	Callback interface that will be called when the underlying data being displayed in the picker has been updated
`PickerFragment.OnDoneButtonClickedListener`	Callback interface that will be called when the user clicks the Done button on the title bar
`PickerFragment.OnErrorListener`	Callback interface that will be called when a network or other error is encountered while retrieving graph objects
`PickerFragment.OnSelectionChangedListener`	Callback interface that will be called when the user selects or unselects graph objects in the picker
`ProfilePictureView.OnErrorListener`	Callback interface that will be called when a network or other error is encountered while retrieving profile pictures
`PropertyName`	Use this annotation on getters and setters in an interface that derives from GraphObject, if you wish to override the default property name that is inferred from the name of the method
`Request.Callback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of the Request class can implement in order to be notified when a particular request completes, either successfully or with an error
`Request.GraphPlaceListCallback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of Request
`Request.GraphUserCallback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of Request
`Request.GraphUserListCallback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of Request
`Request.OnProgressCallback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of the Request class can implement in order to be notified when a progress is made on a particular request
`RequestBatch.Callback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of the RequestBatch class can implement in order to be notified when the entire batch completes execution
`RequestBatch.OnProgressCallback`	Specifies the interface that consumers of the RequestBatch class can implement in order to be notified when the batch makes progress
`Session.StatusCallback`	Provides asynchronous notification of Session state changes
`WebDialog.OnCompleteListener`	Interface that implements a listener to be called when the user's interaction with the dialog completes, whether because the dialog finished successfully, or it was cancelled, or an error was encountered

Exceptions

Name	Description
`FacebookAuthorizationException`	An Exception indicating that a Session failed to open or obtain new permissions
`FacebookDialogException`	Represents an error condition relating to displaying a Facebook Web dialog
`FacebookError`	Encapsulation of a Facebook Error: a Facebook request that could not be fulfilled
`FacebookException`	Represents an error condition specific to the Facebook SDK for Android
`FacebookGraphObjectException`	Represents an error specific to the GraphObject class
`FacebookOperationCanceledException`	An Exception indicating that an operation was canceled before it completed
`FacebookServiceException`	Represents an error returned from the Facebook service in response to a request

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