ios bundle id questions to start first facebook app
bundle, facebook, ios, ios5, iphone
Solution
There's no need to worry about submitting the app to iTunes yet.
In order to get your app working with Facebook, you'll need to access https://developers.facebook.com/apps.
From there, click "Create New App"
Simply specify App Name. App Namespace is not needed at this point and is optional.
Click Continue and you're new Facebook app will have been created. From there, you will be provided your App Id. Use your Facebook App Id in this line of code:
[[Facebook alloc] initWithAppId:@"<APP ID GOES HERE>" andDelegate:self];
Problem
I've been trying to learn how to do my first facebook app. The directions at developers.facebook.com/apps/407656052586647/summary?web_hosting=0 asks for my ios bundle id. I've looked on this website, and Bundle ID Suffix? What is it?, discusses it (assuming bundle id and bundle suffix id are the same), and it sounds like it's linked to the apple id. I'm just developing the app and don't have an apple id yet, assuming it's tied to distributing the app to itunes. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? I haven't even written the app so how could I have an id for itunes? I saw this Bundle ID for App submission iOS, but I'm absolutely not ready to submit it to itunes. I read somewhere on this site that I need to go to xcode ->resource->settings bundle to create a bundle for the project. Would I put every file for the project in the bundle in the finder window? Also, the hackbook example, referred to in http://thinkdiff.net/facebook/how-to-develop-facebook-application-for-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-293743, in step 3 (it's calling it demoApp, but the name I found is Hackbook, but it's working as an example so far anyway) refers to setting the kAppId. Their link to create an app id doesn't work. Would it be the same as what I'm doing at developers.facebook.com in the first paragraph of this question above? Would this app id be what I get from a successful submision at developers.facebook.com/apps/407656052586647/summary?save=1 ? I see they are listing an app id and app secret code there, but it's not working because I don't have an ios bundle id? Would the bundle id be my bundle name (drag contents of xcode project in)? Thanks for any help you can provide... Mich