Cannot resolve logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground method while integrating Facebook signup/login with Parse

Question

I am using parse for backend. I was trying to integrate my app with Facebook. I am following the tutorial given on parse.com. However, when I try to set up login using Facebook, I start having problems. In the tutorial, this small piece of code is given:

ParseFacebookUtils.logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground(this, permissions, new LogInCallback() {
 @Override
 public void done(ParseUser user, ParseException err) {
 if (user == null) {
   Log.d("MyApp", "Uh oh. The user cancelled the Facebook login.");
 } else if (user.isNew()) {
   Log.d("MyApp", "User signed up and logged in through Facebook!");
 } else {
   Log.d("MyApp", "User logged in through Facebook!");
 }
 }
});

However,when I copied this code in my application, I get an error which says " cannot resolve symbol 'logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground'". When I opened ParseFacebookUtils class in Android studio, it does not have any method called "logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground", but on the website ParseFacebookUtils class does have it. Why am I not getting this method ? I am using ParseFacebookUtilsV4-1.9.1.jar, which is the latest one. Please help me.

https://github.com/ParsePlatform/ParseUI-Android re-check instructions — Robert Rowntree, Apr 17 '15 at 12:45

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:48

Those are the steps I followed to do the signup / login / linking of users with ParseUsers according to Parse documentation and some tips I found on the web.Please check that you didn't miss any step because I had the same problems with you and did all the steps all over again:

First, I went to this website and created a new application.
I downloaded the Facebook SDK, I did the steps 4 and 5 and I added my package name and the default class name
I added the key hashes:

Development Key:

cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05\bin keytool -exportcert -alias androiddebugkey -keystore C:\Users\'YOUR NAME'.android\debug.keystore | C:\OpenSSL\bin\openssl sha1 -binary | C:\OpenSSL\bin\openssl base64

Release Key:

cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_05\bin keytool -exportcert -alias 'NAME YOU GAVE AS ALIAS' -keystore | C:\OpenSSL\bin\openssl sha1 -binary | C:\OpenSSL\bin\openssl base64

In parse.com inside Settings and Authentication, I added in Facebook Application the APP ID that was created in Facebook.
According to this, I did all the steps until Using Login or Share (including this).
I went here and I added my development hash key.
In the Settings of the application that I created in Facebook, I checked that in the Key Hashes field, there were both Development and Release Keys.
I used the tutorial from the correct answer to make my application live.
I downloaded the latest SDK of Parse (1.9.1) from QuickStart because 1.8 it's not working.
I added the new .jar file of the SDK and the ParseFacebookUtilsV4-1.9.1 inside the libs folder of my project and syncronized the build.gradle file.
I added this line in strings.xml :
<string name="facebook_app_id">1421******</string>

I added this in my AndroidManifest.xml inside Application tag:

<activity android:name="com.facebook.FacebookActivity"
    android:configChanges=
        "keyboard|keyboardHidden|screenLayout|screenSize|orientation"
    android:theme="@android:style/Theme.Translucent.NoTitleBar"
    android:label="@string/app_name" />

and this:

<meta-data android:name="com.facebook.sdk.ApplicationId"
    android:value="@string/facebook_app_id"/>

In build.gradle of the app I added these inside the android because of some errors with Diamond (I am sorry I can't remember the exact error):

compileOptions {
    sourceCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
    targetCompatibility JavaVersion.VERSION_1_7
}

and I changed the SDK version to be numbers because of some error of undefined variables:

minSdkVersion 14
targetSdkVersion 19

The related dependencies inside the same file:

compile fileTree(include: 'Parse-*.jar', dir: 'libs')
compile fileTree(include: 'ParseFacebookUtilsV4-*.jar', dir: 'libs')
compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.0.0'

In the activity in which I want to do all those things with facebook I did the below things:

   Parse.initialize(this, "hoMaK", "wWV193mE");

    FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());

    ParseFacebookUtils.initialize(getApplicationContext());

    final List<String> permissions = Arrays.asList("public_profile", "email");

    fb.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener()
    {
        public void onClick(View view)
        {
            proDialog.show();

            ParseFacebookUtils.logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground(HomeActivity.this, permissions, new LogInCallback() {
                @Override
                public void done(final ParseUser user, ParseException err) {
                    if (user == null) {
                        Log.d("MyApp", "Uh oh. The user cancelled the Facebook login.");

                        Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Log-out from Facebook and try again please!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                        ParseUser.logOut();

                        proDialog.hide();
                    }
                    else if (user.isNew()) {
                        Log.d("MyApp", "User signed up and logged in through Facebook!");

                        if (!ParseFacebookUtils.isLinked(user)) {
                            ParseFacebookUtils.linkWithReadPermissionsInBackground(user, HomeActivity.this, permissions, new SaveCallback() {
                                @Override
                                public void done(ParseException ex) {
                                    if (ParseFacebookUtils.isLinked(user)) {
                                        Log.d("MyApp", "Woohoo, user logged in with Facebook!");

                                        proDialog.hide();
                                    }
                                }
                            });
                        }
                        else{
                            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "You can change your personal data in Settings tab!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        }
                    } else {
                        Log.d("MyApp", "User logged in through Facebook!");

                        if (!ParseFacebookUtils.isLinked(user)) {
                            ParseFacebookUtils.linkWithReadPermissionsInBackground(user, HomeActivity.this, permissions, new SaveCallback() {
                                @Override
                                public void done(ParseException ex) {
                                    if (ParseFacebookUtils.isLinked(user)) {
                                        Log.d("MyApp", "Woohoo, user logged in with Facebook!");

                                        proDialog.hide();
                                    }
                                }
                            });
                        }
                        else{
                            proDialog.hide();
                        }
                    }
                }
            });
        }
    });

With all the above steps, I can sign up or login using my Facebook account and I am getting a new line in _User object in Parse.com in which I can change the data any time I want to (I handle it as a normal sign-up user)

Great work Marialena. The line `final List permissions = Arrays.asList("public_profile", "email");` was exactly what I was looking for — Ojonugwa Jude Ochalifu, Aug 02 '15 at 15:21

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 16 '15 at 03:59

I ran into the same problem but my issue was supplying an invalid context for the first parameter for logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground. Since I am calling it from inside the OnClickListener class, the first parameter should be MyActivity.this rather than this. You might have the same case.

button.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            final List<String> permissions = null;
            ParseFacebookUtils.logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground(SignInActivity.this, permissions, new LogInCallback() { ... }

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 17 '15 at 04:29

0

"cannot resolve symbol" usually happen from missing dependencies in the gradle file of the app.

As ParseFacebookUtils.jar became a separate jar file, you need to add dependency for it directly, not only add dependency for Parse.jar as before.

Here is what I added.

compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include:'ParseFacebookUtilsV4-*.jar')

Hope this solve your problem. Cheers.

answered Apr 17 '15 at 04:29

Khanin Chomphusri

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I am doing it, but I still face the same problem. – user2709885 Apr 17 '15 at 17:33

score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 02 '15 at 15:32

If you copy the ParseFacebookUtilsv4-1.9.4.jar file to the libs folder of your project:

and your dependecies look like this:

dependencies {
   compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
   compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
   compile 'com.parse.bolts:bolts-android:1.+'
   compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:4.1.0'
   compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: 'Parse-*.jar')
 }

I don't see any reason why logInWithReadPermissionsInBackground shouldn't be resolved.

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Oct 10 '15 at 17:45

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If you use the parse latest version then change to:

Parse-1.9.2.

edited Oct 10 '15 at 17:45

Bartłomiej Semańczyk

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answered Oct 10 '15 at 17:22

Gopi Cg

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