Android Social Buttons
A set of social buttons with shares count, and interactions with native apps, to let the user share links using his favourite social apps.
Social Networks Supported
Features
- No Facebook or Twitter SDK needed
- No tricky WebView
- Native Social App detection
- Can hide shares count baloon if zero
- Shares count in a formatted Facebook style
- Localized in english, french, german, italian and spanish
Android 2.2+ support
Quick Setup
1. Include library
Manual:
- Clone this GIT repository
- Import both library and demo to Eclipse
- In Eclipse, right click on your personal project and go to Properties, then to the Android tab
- Add the library to the dependency list
or
Maven dependency:
<dependency> <groupId>it.gcacace.android.socialbuttons</groupId> <artifactId>library</artifactId> <version>1.0.1</version> </dependency>
2. Android Manifest
<manifest> <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" /> ... <application android:name="MyApplication">
... </application> </manifest>
3. Add view to your application
With URL inside XML:
<LinearLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"> ...
<it.gcacace.android.socialbuttons.FacebookSharesButton
xmlns:socialbutton="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/it.gcacace.android.socialbuttons.demo"
android:id="@+id/sharesButton1"
android:layout_width="wrap_content"
android:layout_height="wrap_content"
socialbutton:fbsharesUrl="http://www.facebook.com/" /> ... </LinearLayout>
or
With URL specified programmatically:
@Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
... // Find the second SharesButton from the inflated layout FacebookSharesButton sharesButton = (FacebookSharesButton) findViewById(R.id.sharesButton2);
// Set sharesUrl to an URL sharesButton.setSharesUrl("http://mobile.fanpage.it/segui-la-diretta-del-google-i-o-2103/");
// Fetch the shares count (this call is asynchronous) sharesButton.fetchShares();
...
}
License
Copyright 2013 Gianluca Cacace Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.