[Facebooker-talk] Facebook Test Accounts

[Mike Mangino]

Dustin,

You can't use Facebook test accounts in development mode. Test  
accounts end up being relatively worthless, as they are so limited.

Mike

On Apr 20, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Dustin Anderson wrote:

> I apologize if this isn't relevant necessarily to facebooker, but I'm
> trying to figure out what everyone is using as a best practice for
> setting up test apps & test accounts.
>
> Basic question - how can I use Facebook test user accounts to add an
> app that is in Developer Mode (the box is checked in the App Settings
> that says "Check this box to only allow developers of the application
> to install the application.")?
>
> I followed the instructions from this post:
> http://codeintensity.blogspot.com/2008/02/testing-facebook-applications-with-test.html
>
> And it didn't work... the application disappeared completely from the
> original owner's "My Apps" listings after adding the test user as a
> developer and changing the test user to be in the Facebook Test Users
> Network.
>
> The wiki (http://wiki.developers.facebook.com/index.php?title=Test_Accounts 
> )
> has a ton of complaints about this problem - with seemingly no
> resolution, but I'm wondering if anyone has figured it out... or if
> I'm missing something.
>
> Do I have to develop an app in non-Developer Mode if I want to use
> test accounts?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> Dustin
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