App Development with Meta

Customize the Launch a Game on Facebook Use Case

This document shows you how to customize the Launch a Game on Facebook use case you added to your app during the app creation process.

Use case customization

Under Launch a game on Facebook use case, you can see that the following have been added to your use case:

  • Facebook Login for Gaming
  • Instant Games
  • The gaming_profile permission
  • The gaming_user_picture permission

Click the Customize button to the right of Launch a game on Facebook to customize the following items for your use case:

  • Details – Add a tagline, description, images and icons, game preview videos, and more
  • Localize – Translate your game content in up to 104 languages
  • Web hosting – Upload your game client code directly to Facebook instead of hosting it on your own servers
  • Login settings – Add more permissions to ask users for access
  • Feedback – Get all feedback submitted from players within the last 90 days

Facebook Login for Gaming

Settings

Facebook Login for Gaming allows you to control oAuth settings, and add a deauthorization callback URL and redirect URI validator.

Quickstart

The Facebook Login for Gaming quickstart allows you to quickly implement Facebook Login for Gaming in your app.

Permissions

You will see a list of permissions that are available in the Instant Games use case with a full description and requirements for each.

  • email – Can be added if your app needs a person's email address
  • gaming_profile – Automatically added and can not be removed
  • gaming_user_locale – Can be added if your app needs a person's locale
  • gaming_user_picture – Automatically added and can not be removed

After you add a permission to your app, you can see the status for that permission:

  • Ready for live mode – This permission has been approved in App Review
  • Ready to Testing – You can test API calls to endpoints that require this permission
  • Verification Required – This permission has not yet been approved in App Review

You can also see the number of successful API calls you have made to endpoints that require each permission.

Next Steps

Now that you have successfully customized your Launch a game on Facebook use case, you can add additional use cases or update the settings for your app in the app Dashboard.

See Also

To learn more about the concepts, endpoints, and permissions mentioned in this document, please visit the following guides: