Facebook released their new API v2 with no much new features but we a lot of restrictives policies. Instead of the new Open Graph API I would call it the Close Graph API.
On the old API when you are app needed some permissions from the user using it, like the permission to retrieve a list of friends , a window was popping up during the login process asking for the needed permissions to the user and end of history.
With the new API you first need to ask Facebook for permission to use that feature on your APP and they must approve it. How do you do that? Well Im still not sure…. You are suppose to go these steps that basically ask you for a Logo, a privacy policy, a note explaining why you need each requested scope permission (Eg: friend_lists ), 4 screenshots of your working app?¿ , a valid phone number and the app itself if it’s coded for android or apple.
I did fill a review request to see how it works, but of course until I don’t have their permission to use friend_lists I can’t see if that fits in my non yet developed app. Of course I was rejected because the app is not built and they need a live app to test it by themselves. So basically I need to spend a lot of time building an app that im not sure if it’s going to work the way I want, just to be able to request their permission to use friend_lists …. A very bad procedure in my opinion that reminds me a dog biting his own tail.
How all these affect WordPress social Invitations?
Old apps created before the API was released are working normally (not sure for how long). The new apps created after the API was released are not working at all.
Also chat feature was announced to be deprecated soon, so I will have to change the whole system. Im thinking that the best approach will be to use a simple SEND DIALOG that it won’t be as flexible and cool as the current system, but I don’t see any other solution.
Any ideas?
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