How to install facebook sdk for iOS using cocoapods?

Question

In the facebook's documentation: Here: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/getting-started

It's written that we could use:

pod \'Facebook-iOS-SDK\'

For installing pods in our project. But I added it in the pod file at line 10 and try to run pod install, it shows following error on terminal:

[!] Oh no, an error occurred.

It appears to have originated from your Podfile at line 10.

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Pennington

Changing the pod link to pod "Facebook-iOS-SDK". Solved it why do they put \' in documentation? What's it for ? – Pennington

You should delete this comment and instead post it as the answer to your own question and mark it as correct. – Marlite

Answer 1

Facebook-iOS-SDK has been deprecated (see the message cocoapods give you when you use pod install).

According to Facebook You should use:

pod "FBSDKCoreKit";
pod "FBSDKLoginKit";
pod "FBSDKShareKit";
pod "FBSDKMessengerShareKit";

Dioptometer

Yes it has changed from when i have asked. This is the correct answer now. – Pennington

nice - couldn't find the messenger pod anywhere..thanks – Dibucaine

and how to import the pod library written in objective c headers in swift? – Thermopile

Got it. import FBSDKMessengerShareKit import FBSDKCoreKit import FBSDKLoginKit import FBSDKShareKit – Thermopile

here is the link from facebook: developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/getting-started#delegate – Sprag

why fb not mention this pod in FB developer documentation ? – Frawley

is this still the correct way? this answer has been here a long while.. – Collaborate

Answer 2

Changing the pod link to

pod "Facebook-iOS-SDK"

solved it why do they put \' in documentation is the question now?

EDIT: This answer is now outdated. The correct way to install facebook Pod is as @aramusss described above.

Pennington

Guessing it’s a mistake. Might want to see if you can report a bug. – Chrystalchryste

This has been superceded by FBSDKCoreKit – Lump

[!] Facebook-iOS-SDK has been deprecated in favor of FBSDKCoreKit – Sprag