"shared a link via" is blank using Android FacebookShareDialog

Question

On the user's Facebook wall, when I publish a share using the FacebookShareDialog the top line does not show the Application Name as it should. It just shows USERNAME shared a link via . (note the period and no Application Name). This is not an issue on the feed, but does affect others users if they view my wall directly.

Here is the code I am using:

if (FacebookDialog.canPresentShareDialog(getApplicationContext(), FacebookDialog.ShareDialogFeature.SHARE_DIALOG)) {
                    FacebookDialog shareDialog = new FacebookDialog.ShareDialogBuilder((Activity) context)
                        .setLink(Constants.SHARE_URL)
                        .setName(Constants.SHARE_TITLE)
                        .setCaption(Constants.SHARE_CAPTION)
                        .setApplicationName(getString(R.string.app_name))
                        .build();
                    uiHelper.trackPendingDialogCall(shareDialog.present());
                } else {
                    final Intent shareIntent = BaseUtils.getShareIntentForUrl(Constants.SHARE_URL, Constants.SHARE_TITLE);
                    Intent.createChooser(shareIntent, getResources().getString(R.string.share_intent_title));
                    startActivity(shareIntent);
                }`

So my question is, how do I fill in the Application Name in that line? It fills in appropriately in share posts when other users see it on their wall, so I know the Facebook Share Dialog is "getting" the name.

Answer 1

I have found that this is a known Facebook bug, rather than specific to the Facebook Android SDK, as it happens for other apps as well.

https://developers.facebook.com/x/bugs/640453342670536/

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