Adding a Facebook “like” button to a Flash/Flex Application
Mission: Add a Facebook “like” button to my experimental Flex social networking site Xuland.
I initially thought, “Boy this must be a piece of cake. Surely thousands of other developers have already figured this out!”. Boy was I wrong.
The best example I could find on this specific topic was http://labs.byhook.com/2010/08/03/facebook-like-button-in-flash/. Spend a good half hour digesting the contents of that blog posting and you’ll be ready to scratch the idea altogether.
I wanted a simple implementation that I could knock out in less than an hour. I figured why not just use an iframe!
Here’s the steps:
First, go to http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like
Fill out the form to get your special iframe code
Next, open up your Flex application’s HTML wrapper (e.g. index.template.html) in FlexBuilder
Copy and paste the iframe code (from above) into the HTML template. I put mine right under the <div id=”flashContent”> section.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 | <div id="flashContent" style="z-index:-1"> ... </div> <iframe src="<< insert your custom facebook like URL here >>" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100px; height:21px; z-index:99; position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 100;" allowTransparency="true"></iframe> |
Notice the iframe style declaration. Make sure z-index=99, then you can use CSS to position your like button exactly where you want it.
Also notice the flashContent div style declaration. Set its z-index = -1.
In the SWFObject section, add a param for “wmode”. Set it to “transparent”.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | var params = {}; params.wmode = "transparent"; swfobject.embedSWF( "${swf}.swf", "flashContent", "${width}", "${height}", swfVersionStr, xiSwfUrlStr, flashvars, params, attributes); |
In the body tag, set the z-index=0
1 | <body style="position:relative;left:0px;top:0px;z-index:0;"> |
That’s it!
The result should look something like this:
Good luck with your implementation!
To read more about Xuland, visit my other blog post regarding this application.
Erich
although iframe is the easiest solusion
yes it is if all HTMLs of the project are completely in your control
you cannot implement an iframe on ad-provider such as fourm, yahoo nor msn
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