Meanwhile Apple just "UPGRADED" my iTunes without asking or permission. Nice. Bastards.
Oh right, I had to re-install the entire OSX because the 'new' Safari 6.1 can't be uninstalled. I guess update is default automatic. On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Gerry Orkin <gerry.or...@gmail.com> wrote: > Mark, thanks. I've pretty much come to the same conclusion - I got it to > work but it was slow and unreliable :) I'll roll my own email-based > authentication method, I think. > > > > > > Gerry > > — > Sent from Mailbox for iPad > > On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 1:41 AM, Mark Wilcox <m_p_wil...@yahoo.co.uk> > wrote: > > > Hi Gerry, > > I don't know how Andre Garcia's library works but assume it's not using > an external that wraps the Facebook SDK for iOS. From painful personal > experience I'd advise against any attempt to access Facebook other than > through the official SDKs or platform native interfaces (e.g. for sharing > on iOS). I'd also suggest avoiding using the web/JavaScript SDK unless > you're building a web app. Facebook has a "move fast and break things" > culture and they regularly break their APIs. When you're using an official > SDK (even wrapped) you share the pain with everyone else and it usually > gets fixed very quickly. If you've got some community generated solution > with a minimal number of users then you're almost on your own and every > time it breaks you need to rush through an update to your app to fix it. > Not even slightly fun. > > My experience came through trying to integrate with Facebook via native > apps on platforms they don't provide official SDKs for - it was a mandatory > requirement from the client and I didn't have a choice. If you have any > other choice - take it. Either go down the external route or just don't use > Facebook auth. > > FWIW, this is almost unique to Facebook, we didn't have similar problems > integrating with other services. > > Hope that helps, > > Mark > > ________________________________ > > From: Gerry Orkin <gerry.or...@gmail.com> > > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com>; LiveCode > Developer List <livecode-...@lists.runrev.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 1:50 > > Subject: Facebook authorisation on iOS > > > > Hi all > > As you know lots of sites and apps use Facebook authentication to verify > user identities. I'm trying to get that working in iOS using Andre Garcia's > Facebook library. I can get the FB sign on screen but the app always > crashes after I enter my log in details. I'm having no luck debugging the > problem :( > > Has anyone got this to work? Is it work persisting? > > Cheers > > Gerry > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
