Here's some code that successfully shares a link to Facebook after a button click:
public void onClick(View view) {
if (ShareDialog.canShow(ShareLinkContent.class)) {
ShareLinkContent linkContent = new ShareLinkContent.Builder()
.setContentTitle("A title")
.setContentDescription("Some description.")
.setContentUrl(Uri.parse("www.website.com"))
.build();
shareDialog.show(linkContent);
}
}
Using Android Studio, the ".setContentTitle" and ".setContentDescription" are deprecated, with a line through them. When I post the link, it is shared without the title and description. I assume this is because they are deprecated.
How could I add a title and description in? What were the deprecated terms replaced with? This isn't pre-filling a a post, and it wouldn't make sense for Facebook to get rid of these features completely. I have tried a few different links as the URL, none made a difference to this issue.
Many thanks in advance.
Edit: Please note that meta tags aren't an option, because if I were to link to an app in the Google Play Store, I can't control what tags the page has. I am looking to provide a title/description from the app, as was previously possible using the deprecated features mentioned.
I have found a suitable way around this, though not one that specifically replaces title and description. Another way to automatically add text to a post without pre-filling the user's text box is to use .setQuote().
For example with the code I provided above:
public void onClick(View view) {
if (ShareDialog.canShow(ShareLinkContent.class)) {
ShareLinkContent linkContent = new ShareLinkContent.Builder()
.setQuote("This may be used to replace setTitle and setDescription.")
.setContentUrl(Uri.parse("www.website.com"))
.build();
shareDialog.show(linkContent);
}
}
If anyone knows a way to replace the deprecated functions properly, without such a different alternative like the one I just provided, please post it and I'll mark it as solved.
Many thanks.