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Facebook unveiled Facebook Connect for iPhone, enabling developers to easily make their apps more social with “just a few lines of Objective-C code.” As a result, we’ll see iPhone apps that allow users to login to Facebook from within an app, find their friends, and then share what they do.
Developers using Facebook Connect for iPhone will be able to:
- Make API calls to access users’ profiles and share information on Facebook.
- Publish to Facebook via Feed forms.
- Ask users for extended permissions, like offline access, for interacting with the data even while there’s no Internet connection around.
Right from the start, Facebook made sure there are partners on board. And voila, some of the existing iPhone apps and games have been “socially enabled” or will be in the coming days. Among the titles mentioned are Agency Wars, Binary Game, iBowl, Live Poker, Movies, Sportacular, Tap Tap Revenge 2, Urbanspoon, Who Has the Biggest Brain? and Whrrl.
After the jump, there’s a 5-minute video demoing how to implement Facebook Connect on the iPhone in 5 minutes. Enjoy!
About The Author
Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
