android - Is uploading videos from an SD Card to Facebook possible with the Facebook SDK?

Question

Can we upload videos from an Android device's SD Card to a Facebook account via the Facebook SDK?

If so, what are some simple examples?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible! After two days of trying and researching, I was able to do it. Here's the code:

byte[] data = null;
String dataPath = "/mnt/sdcard/KaraokeVideos/myvideo.3gp";
String dataMsg = "Your video description here.";
Bundle param;
facebook = new Facebook(FB_APP_ID);
AsyncFacebookRunner mAsyncRunner = new AsyncFacebookRunner(facebook);
InputStream is = null;
try {
    is = new FileInputStream(dataPath);
    data = readBytes(is);
    param = new Bundle();
    param.putString("message", dataMsg);
    param.putString("filename", dataName);
    param.putByteArray("video", data);
    mAsyncRunner.request("me/videos", param, "POST", new fbRequestListener(), null);
}
catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (IOException e) {
   e.printStackTrace();
}

where fbRequestListener() is an implementation of AsyncFacebookRunner.RequestListener() and readBytes() is a function of converting your video file to byte[]. The dataName string should include a valid file extension (3gp, mp4, etc.). The code is as follows:

public byte[] readBytes(InputStream inputStream) throws IOException {
    // This dynamically extends to take the bytes you read.
    ByteArrayOutputStream byteBuffer = new ByteArrayOutputStream();

    // This is storage overwritten on each iteration with bytes.
    int bufferSize = 1024;
    byte[] buffer = new byte[bufferSize];

    // We need to know how may bytes were read to write them to the byteBuffer.
    int len = 0;
    while ((len = inputStream.read(buffer)) != -1) {
        byteBuffer.write(buffer, 0, len);
    }

    // And then we can return your byte array.
    return byteBuffer.toByteArray();
}

I got this function from this answer.

Of course, you need to have the latest Facebook SDK, but we need to apply this patch to fix the {"error":{"type":"OAuthException","message":"(#352) Video file format is not supported"}} string response error.

And that's it! I hope this helps!