Facebook asmack xmpp client returns random numbers for roster

Question

I followed the guidlines given in the following SO question to connect to facebook chat using xmpp and I am able to connect to facebook and pull the correct number of contacts but when it prints the contacts they are all random numbers @chat.facebook.com and all return offline.

Android Facebook chat example project

public void connectToFb() throws XMPPException {

        ConnectionConfiguration config = new ConnectionConfiguration("chat.facebook.com", 5222);
        config.setSASLAuthenticationEnabled(true);
        config.setSecurityMode(SecurityMode.required);
        config.setRosterLoadedAtLogin(true);
        config.setTruststorePath("/system/etc/security/cacerts.bks");
        config.setTruststorePassword("changeit");
        config.setTruststoreType("bks");
        config.setSendPresence(false);
        try {
            SSLContext sc = SSLContext.getInstance("TLS");
            sc.init(null, MemorizingTrustManager.getInstanceList(this), new java.security.SecureRandom());
            config.setCustomSSLContext(sc);
        } catch (GeneralSecurityException e) {
            Log.w("TAG", "Unable to use MemorizingTrustManager", e);
        }
        XMPPConnection xmpp = new XMPPConnection(config);
        try {
            xmpp.connect();
            xmpp.login("user.name", "password"); // Here you have to used only facebookusername from [email protected]
            Roster roster = xmpp.getRoster();
            Collection<RosterEntry> entries = roster.getEntries();
            System.out.println("Connected!");
            System.out.println("\n\n" + entries.size() + " buddy(ies):");
            // shows first time onliners---->
            String temp[] = new String[50];
            int i = 0;
            for (RosterEntry entry : entries) {
                String user = entry.getUser();
                Log.i("TAG", user);
            }
        } catch (XMPPException e) {
            xmpp.disconnect();
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        }

Robin Robin · Accepted Answer · 2012-10-30T16:22:07

It sounds like you just want to readable name, so try using

rosterEntry.getName()

which returns the users name, instead of

rosterEntry.getUser()

which returns the JID.

Not sure about your offline problem though. How are you checking? You have to set up a roster listener to get changes in presence.

Facebook asmack xmpp client returns random numbers for roster

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