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Twitter Kit

Platforms
Android | iOS
Version
1.8.0
Cost
Free

Get started with Twitter Kit in 5 steps.

Manage your entire toolset without ever having to leave your favorite coding environment. We will deobfuscate code by uploading mapping files, provision an account for you, and walk you through your first example. See it in action.

  • Java
  • Add Twitter to your project
  • Configure Layout
  • Configure Code
  • Configure Proguard
  • Launch your app!

    • 1 of 5

      Add Twitter to your project

    • 2 of 5

      Configure Layout

    • 3 of 5

      Configure Code

    • 4 of 5

      Configure Proguard

    • 5 of 5

      Launch your app!

    • Fabric will will make the following changes

      build.gradle (4 additions)

      buildscript {
    repositories {
        maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
    }

    dependencies {
        classpath 'io.fabric.tools:gradle:1.+'
    }
}
      apply plugin: 'com.android.application'
      apply plugin: 'io.fabric'

repositories {
    maven { url 'https://maven.fabric.io/public' }
}
      android {
    compileSdkVersion 22
    buildToolsVersion "22.0.1"

    defaultConfig {
        applicationId "fabric.twitter.com.twitterkit"
        minSdkVersion 15
        targetSdkVersion 22
        versionCode 1
        versionName "1.0"
    }
    buildTypes {
        release {
            minifyEnabled false
            proguardFiles getDefaultProguardFile('proguard-android.txt'), 'proguard-rules.pro'
        }
    }
}

dependencies {
    compile fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
    compile 'com.android.support:appcompat-v7:22.2.0'
          compile('com.twitter.sdk.android:twitter:1.6.0@aar') {
        transitive = true;
    }
      }

      AndroidManifest.xml (2 additions)

      <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    package="fabric.twitter.com.twitterkit" >

    <application
        android:allowBackup="true"
        android:icon="@mipmap/ic_launcher"
        android:label="@string/app_name"
        android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
        <activity
            android:name=".MainActivity"
            android:label="@string/app_name" >
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>
              <meta-data
            android:name="io.fabric.ApiKey"
            android:value="${fabricApiKey}" />
    </application>
          <uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET" />
      </manifest>

      MainActivity.java (3 additions)

      package fabric.twitter.com.twitterkit;

import android.support.v7.app.ActionBarActivity;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.MenuItem;
      import com.twitter.sdk.android.Twitter;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.TwitterAuthConfig;
import io.fabric.sdk.android.Fabric;
      public class MainActivity extends ActionBarActivity {
          // Note: Your consumer key and secret should be obfuscated in your source code before shipping.
    private static final String TWITTER_KEY = "fakeTwitterKey";
    private static final String TWITTER_SECRET = "fakeTwitterSecret";
          @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
              TwitterAuthConfig authConfig = new TwitterAuthConfig(TWITTER_KEY, TWITTER_SECRET);
        Fabric.with(this, new Twitter(authConfig));
              setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
        // Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
        getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.menu_main, menu);
        return true;
    }

    @Override
    public boolean onOptionsItemSelected(MenuItem item) {
        // Handle action bar item clicks here. The action bar will
        // automatically handle clicks on the Home/Up button, so long
        // as you specify a parent activity in AndroidManifest.xml.
        int id = item.getItemId();

        //noinspection SimplifiableIfStatement
        if (id == R.id.action_settings) {
            return true;
        }

        return super.onOptionsItemSelected(item);
    }
}

    • Add the highlighted code to the Activity or Fragment where you want to use this feature

      View XML (Login with Twitter) (1 additions)

      <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".SampleActivity">
          <com.twitter.sdk.android.core.identity.TwitterLoginButton
        android:id="@+id/twitter_login_button"
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerInParent="true"/>
      </RelativeLayout>

      View XML (Embed Tweets) (1 additions)

      <RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
    xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools"
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    tools:context=".SampleActivity">
          <com.twitter.sdk.android.tweetui.TweetView
        xmlns:twittersdk="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
        android:id="@+id/photo_default_tweet"
        android:layout_width="match_parent"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        twittersdk:tw__tweet_id="20"/>
      </RelativeLayout>

    • Add the highlighted code to the Activity or Fragment where you want to use this feature

      View Class (1 additions)

      package com.example;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.content.Intent;
      import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.Callback;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.Result;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.TwitterException;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.TwitterSession;
import com.twitter.sdk.android.core.identity.TwitterLoginButton;
      public class SampleActivity extends Activity {
          private TwitterLoginButton loginButton;
          @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_sample);
              loginButton = (TwitterLoginButton) findViewById(R.id.twitter_login_button);
        loginButton.setCallback(new Callback<TwitterSession>() {
            @Override
            public void success(Result<TwitterSession> result) {
                // Do something with result, which provides a TwitterSession for making API calls
            }

            @Override
            public void failure(TwitterException exception) {
                // Do something on failure
            }
        });
          }
          @Override
    protected void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
        loginButton.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);
    }
          @Override
    protected void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
    }

    @Override
    protected void onDestroy() {
        super.onDestroy();
    }
}

    • If you use Proguard, add the following lines to your configuration. Otherwise, you can safely skip this step

      Proguard Configuration (1 additions)

      -include ../proguard-com.twitter.sdk.android.twitter.txt

    • Please build and run your application. Once launched we will verify Twitter is configured for your app

Have an iOS version of your app?
We have you covered. Visit the Twitter Kit iOS SDK version.