Android Facebook Video Upload Error Using Android API 4+

Question

I have this code, after logging in to Facebook, I want to upload selected video to Facebook through Facebook Android SDK v4.13.1,

Problem:

The response looks OK to me, but the video is not showing in the Test User's Timeline.

Code:

public void shareVideoFB(String videoPath, final ProgressDialog pd) {
    AccessToken accessToken = AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken();
    GraphRequest request = GraphRequest.newPostRequest(accessToken, "https://graph-video.facebook.com/me/videos", null, new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        @Override
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            try {
                if (pd.isShowing())
                    pd.dismiss();
            } catch (Exception e) {
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
            onFBShareVideoCompleted(response);
        }
    });
    Bundle params = request.getParameters();
    try {
        byte[] data = readBytes(videoPath);
        params.putByteArray("video.mp4", data);
        String albumName = "testFBUpload";
        params.putString("title", albumName);
        params.putString("description", " #SomeTag");
        request.setParameters(params);
        request.executeAsync();
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

Response 1:

 {Response: responseCode:200, graphObject:{"id":"10150481253673034", "url":"https:\/\/graph-video.facebook.com\/me\/videos"}, error:null}

Response 2:

 {Response: responseCode:200, graphObject:null, error:{HTTPStatus:-1,errorCode:-1,errorType:null, errorMessage:"could not construct request body"}}

EDIT 1

I have created a new test user with several permissions like

1. public_profile
2. user_friends,
3. email,
4. user_about_me,
5. user_actions.video,
6. user_likes,
7. user_videos,
8. publish_pages,
9. publish_actions

and upload the video but still getting the same response as Response 1.

Edit 2

I just noticed that for test users the response is same as Response 1 and with the exact Same ID 10150481253673034

Answer 1

In the creation of GraphRequest replace graph path https://graph-video.facebook.com/me/videos by /me/videos.

GraphRequest request = GraphRequest.newPostRequest(accessToken, "/me/videos", null, new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        @Override
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            // your code
        }
    });

Source:

Video Upload with Graph API

Graph API Reference: Video

You can publish videos by using the following edges:

• /{user-id}/videos
• /{event-id}/videos
• /{page-id}/videos
• /{group-id}/videos

Answer 2

Note:

My solution below is only working for Test Users. To post video from actual users refer this for submission process.

Although @Morales Batovski Answer helped me but I want to answer my own Question as no answer was complete, I am posting a complete working solution:

Create Test User:

Create a new test user with permissions (You may exclude some of un-necessary permissions):

1. public_profile
2. user_friends
3. email,
4. user_about_me,
5. user_actions.video,
6. user_likes,
7. user_videos,
8. publish_pages,
9. publish_actions

You will add these permissions here (Screenshot)

build.gradle:

compile 'com.facebook.android:facebook-android-sdk:[4,5)'

MyAbstractFacebookActivity:

import android.annotation.TargetApi;
import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.content.Context;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageInfo;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;
import android.os.AsyncTask;
import android.os.Build;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.util.Base64;
import android.util.Log;
import android.webkit.MimeTypeMap;
import android.widget.Toast;

import com.facebook.AccessToken;
import com.facebook.AccessTokenTracker;
import com.facebook.CallbackManager;
import com.facebook.FacebookCallback;
import com.facebook.FacebookException;
import com.facebook.FacebookSdk;
import com.facebook.GraphRequest;
import com.facebook.GraphResponse;
import com.facebook.Profile;
import com.facebook.ProfileTracker;
import com.facebook.login.LoginManager;
import com.facebook.login.LoginResult;
import com.facebook.share.Sharer;

import org.apache.http.impl.client.DefaultHttpClient;
import org.json.JSONException;
import org.json.JSONObject;

import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.security.MessageDigest;
import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Created by Nadeem Iqbal on 6/20/2016.
 */
public abstract class MyAbstractFacebookActivity extends MyAbstractActivity {

    private static String[] FB_BASIC_PERMISSIONS = new String[]{"public_profile", "email"};

    private CallbackManager callbackManager;
    private FacebookCallback<Sharer.Result> fbCallback;
    private AccessTokenTracker accessTokenTracker;
    private AccessToken accessToken;
    private ProfileTracker profileTracker;
    private Profile profile;
    private String fbId = "";

    byte[] data;

    private boolean LOG_FB_HASH = true;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);


        Log.e("FB HASH", getFBHashKey());
        fbInit();
    }


    public String getFBHashKey() {
        String key = "";
        try {
            PackageInfo info = getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(
                    getApplicationContext().getPackageName(),
                    PackageManager.GET_SIGNATURES);
            for (android.content.pm.Signature signature : info.signatures) {
                MessageDigest md = MessageDigest.getInstance("SHA");
                md.update(signature.toByteArray());
                key = Base64.encodeToString(md.digest(), Base64.DEFAULT);
                if (LOG_FB_HASH) {
                    copyToClipBoard(key);
                }
                log("KeyHash FB:", key);
            }
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException | NoSuchAlgorithmException e) {
        }
        return key;
    }

    @TargetApi(Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB)
    public void copyToClipBoard(String textToCopy) {
        int sdk_Version = Build.VERSION.SDK_INT;
        if (sdk_Version < Build.VERSION_CODES.HONEYCOMB) {
            android.text.ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.text.ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
            clipboard.setText(textToCopy);
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Copied to Clipboard!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        } else {
            android.content.ClipboardManager clipboard = (android.content.ClipboardManager) getSystemService(Context.CLIPBOARD_SERVICE);
            android.content.ClipData clip = android.content.ClipData.newPlainText("Text Label", textToCopy);
            clipboard.setPrimaryClip(clip);
            Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(), "Copied to Clipboard!", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
        }
    }

    ///////// FB Work Start //////////

    @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        ///// FB Work Start //////
        callbackManager.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        ///// FB Work End //////

    }


    void fbInit() {
        FacebookSdk.sdkInitialize(getApplicationContext());
        callbackManager = CallbackManager.Factory.create();

        fbCallback = new FacebookCallback<Sharer.Result>() {
            @Override
            public void onSuccess(Sharer.Result result) {
                log("Post Shared on FB");

                onPostSharedSuccessfully(result);
            }

            @Override
            public void onCancel() {
                toast("Cancelled");

                onPostSharedCancelled();
            }

            @Override
            public void onError(FacebookException e) {
                toast("Error:" + e.getMessage());
                e.printStackTrace();

                onPostSharedError(e);
            }
        };

        profileTracker = new ProfileTracker() {
            @Override
            protected void onCurrentProfileChanged(Profile oldProfile, Profile currentProfile) {
                Profile.setCurrentProfile(currentProfile);
                profile = currentProfile;
            }
        };

        accessTokenTracker = new AccessTokenTracker() {
            @Override
            protected void onCurrentAccessTokenChanged(
                    AccessToken oldAccessToken,
                    AccessToken currentAccessToken) {
                // On AccessToken changes fetch the new profile which fires the event on
                // the ProfileTracker if the profile is different
                Profile.fetchProfileForCurrentAccessToken();
            }
        };

        // Ensure that our profile is up to date
        Profile.fetchProfileForCurrentAccessToken();

        LoginManager.getInstance().registerCallback(callbackManager,
                new FacebookCallback<LoginResult>() {

                    @Override
                    public void onSuccess(LoginResult loginResult) {
                        accessToken = AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken();

                        onFBLoginSuccessfully(loginResult, accessToken);
                        getNewFBId();
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onCancel() {
                        warning("Cancel", "User cancelled the process");

                        onFBLoginCancelled();
                    }

                    @Override
                    public void onError(FacebookException exception) {
                        warning("Error", "" + exception.getMessage());
                        onFBLoginError(exception);
                    }
                });
    }

    protected void getNewFBId() {
        GraphRequest request = GraphRequest.newMeRequest(
                AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
                new GraphRequest.GraphJSONObjectCallback() {
                    @Override
                    public void onCompleted(
                            JSONObject object,
                            GraphResponse response) {
                        try {
                            fbId = object.getString("id");
                            onFbId(fbId);

                        } catch (JSONException e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                    }
                });

        Bundle parameters = new Bundle();
        parameters.putString("fields", "id");
        request.setParameters(parameters);
        request.executeAsync();
    }

    public abstract void onFbId(String fbId);

    public void doLogin() {
        doLogin(FB_BASIC_PERMISSIONS);
    }

    public void doLogin(String[] permissions) {
        try {
            LoginManager.getInstance().logOut();
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        LoginManager.getInstance().logInWithPublishPermissions(this, Arrays.asList(permissions));
    }

    ///////// FB Work End //////////

    public AccessToken getAccessToken() {
        return accessToken;
    }

    public ProfileTracker getProfileTracker() {
        return profileTracker;
    }

    public Profile getProfile() {
        return profile;
    }

    public String getFBId() {
        return fbId;
    }


    public static String getMimeType(String url) {
        String type = null;
        String extension = MimeTypeMap.getFileExtensionFromUrl(url);
        if (extension != null) {
            type = MimeTypeMap.getSingleton().getMimeTypeFromExtension(extension);
        }
        return type;
    }

    private static String getPrivacy(String privacy) {
        String str;
        if (privacy.equalsIgnoreCase("Everyone"))
            str = "EVERYONE";
        if (privacy.equalsIgnoreCase("Friends and Networks"))
            str = "NETWORKS_FRIENDS";
        else if (privacy.equalsIgnoreCase("Friends of Friends"))
            str = "FRIENDS_OF_FRIENDS";
        else if (privacy.equalsIgnoreCase("Friends Only"))
            str = "ALL_FRIENDS";
        else if (privacy.equalsIgnoreCase("Custom"))
            str = "CUSTOM";
        else if (privacy.equalsIgnoreCase("Specific People..."))
            str = "SOME_FRIENDS";
        else
            str = "SELF";

        return str;
    }

    public void shareVideoFB(String videoPath, final ProgressDialog pd) {
        AccessToken accessToken = AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken();

        Uri fileUri = Uri.parse(videoPath);
        String fileName = videoPath.substring(videoPath.lastIndexOf('/') + 1, videoPath.length());
        String mimeType = getMimeType(videoPath);

        try {
            data = readBytes(videoPath);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }

        int videoSize = data.length;

        String privacy = getPrivacy("Friends Only");

        GraphRequest request = GraphRequest.newPostRequest(accessToken, "/me/videos", null, new GraphRequest.Callback() {
            @Override
            public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
                try {
                    if (pd.isShowing())
                        pd.dismiss();
                } catch (Exception e) {
                }

                onFBShareVideoCompleted(response);
            }
        });

        Bundle params = request.getParameters();

        params = request.getParameters();
        params.putByteArray(fileName, data);

        params.putString("title", fileName);
        params.putString("description", "Some Description...");

//        params.putString("upload_phase", "start");
        params.putInt("file_size", data.length);

        request.setParameters(params);
        request.executeAsync();

    }


    public byte[] readBytes(String dataPath) throws IOException {
        InputStream inputStream = new FileInputStream(dataPath);
        ByteArrayOutputStream byteBuffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

        byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];

        int len;
        while ((len = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
            byteBuffer.write(buffer, 0, len);
        }

        return byteBuffer.toByteArray();
    }

    protected abstract void onFBShareVideoCompleted(GraphResponse response);    

    protected abstract void onFBLoginError(FacebookException exception);

    protected abstract void onFBLoginCancelled();

    protected abstract void onFBLoginSuccessfully(LoginResult loginResult, AccessToken accessToken);

    protected abstract void onPostSharedError(FacebookException e);

    protected abstract void onPostSharedCancelled();

    protected abstract void onPostSharedSuccessfully(Sharer.Result result);

}

Share:

(This activity implements MyAbstractFacebookActivity and requires string path value from intent, My FB Share button listener is onFacebookShareButtonClick() )

import android.app.ProgressDialog;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.v7.app.ActionBar;
import android.text.TextUtils;
import android.view.LayoutInflater;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.TextView;

import com.facebook.AccessToken;
import com.facebook.FacebookException;
import com.facebook.GraphResponse;
import com.facebook.login.LoginResult;
import com.facebook.share.Sharer;

public class Share extends MyAbstractFacebookActivity {

    String path = "";

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_share);
        setHeader("Share");

        path = getIntent().getStringExtra("path");
        if (TextUtils.isEmpty(path)) {
            toast("Path is null, Exiting Activity");
            finish();
        }
    }

    public void setHeader(String header_title) {
         // ... My Implementation
    }

    public void back(View v) {
        finish();
    }

    public void onFacebookShareButtonClick(View view) {
        // Facebook Share button Click Listener...
        String[] FB_BASIC_PERMISSIONS = new String[]{"publish_actions"};

        doLogin(FB_BASIC_PERMISSIONS);
    }

    @Override
    protected void onFBLoginError(FacebookException exception) {

    }

    @Override
    protected void onFBLoginCancelled() {

    }

    @Override
    protected void onFBLoginSuccessfully(LoginResult loginResult, AccessToken accessToken) {
//        getNewFBId();

        ProgressDialog pd = new ProgressDialog(this);

        pd.setMessage("Uploading Video, Please wait...");
        pd.setCancelable(false);
        pd.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
        pd.show();

        shareVideoFB(path, pd);

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostSharedError(FacebookException e) {

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostSharedCancelled() {

    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostSharedSuccessfully(Sharer.Result result) {

    }

    boolean isCalledEarlier = false;

    @Override
    public void onFbId(String fbId) {
        if (!isCalledEarlier) {
            ProgressDialog pd = new ProgressDialog(this);

            pd.setMessage("Uploading Video, Please wait...");
            pd.setCancelable(false);
            pd.setCanceledOnTouchOutside(false);
            pd.show();

            shareVideoFB(path, pd);

            isCalledEarlier = true;
        }
    }

    @Override
    protected void onFBShareVideoCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
        // Here the  video share response will come...
        toast(response.toString());
        log(response.toString());
    }

}

Result:

Answer 3

You got 2 responses.

Response 1 is from test user.i.e. video is shared successfully. -> So you need to login to facebook using test user's credentials provided from Facebook developer console and check in timeline. If you don't find it in timeline then check it out in profile. You will definitely find it out there.

Sometimes it doest not shows shared post on timeline due to some privacy settings set in that account.

Response 2 is from another account. -> It is failed because unless Facebook approves your app, it will not allow you to share video using another account except test account. So when you application will get approval of publish_actions from Facebook submission process then you can test using different accounts. So it is okay for this case.

Refer https://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/submission-process for submission process.