problem with gallery when posting picture to facebook

[AC Question]

When trying to post a photo to facebook the fb app opens gallery but i have several folders in gallery which do not appear although they do if i open gallery normally. result is i cannot find the pictures i want and cannot post to fb. any help?

 

[Lodingi]

Hello and welcome to Android Central. As I was troubleshooting your question, I noticed the Facebook app didn't allow me to choose a specific folder to attach a photo. I was able to get around this by doing the following.

1. Go in to the Gallery.
2. Choose folder where photo is stored.
3. Select photo
4. Select the share icon. This will show a list of social and message apps.
5. Hit the Facebook icon and it will post the photo to your Facebook page. From there you can add comments and post.

If you want to post more than one photo at a time, select all your photos in step 3 and go to steps 4 & 5. Let me know if this helps.

 

[mikenixon59]

tried this, doesnt work with galaxy tabs 10.5 photo comes up but then disappears and doesnt post.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! Merged duplicate threads.

Are you using the Facebook app, or the Facebook mobile browser site?

 

[mikenixon59]

facebook app

 

[B. Diddy]

Try going to the App Manager, select Facebook, and Clear Cache/Clear Data, then Force Stop. Now open it again and log back in. Still the same problem? If so, then do the same for Gallery as well (don't worry, the Gallery's database will repopulate as soon as you open it again).

 

[mikenixon59]

still no joy

 

[B. Diddy]

Have you tried using the Google Photos app, instead of the stock Gallery app?

 

[mikenixon59]

the problem is how facebook calls up gallery. from facebook app i can post a photo from gallery but onlyffom what is visible. if i try to scroll through the photos to find the one i want then it (gallery) goes haywire and does not seem to be ordering the photos in any logical fashion and is not showing any sub folders. if i try to 'share' from gallery or from auickpic then it opens facebook but the facebook page no longer shows the photo for posting.

 

[B. Diddy]

Ok, but what about the Google Photos app? Same issue there?

This is probably not the case, but you might try uninstalling QuickPic temporarily, to see if it's the culprit. QuickPic used to be really good when the dev was independent, but then it got bought by Cheetah Mobile, who proceeded to add extra stuff in the app. I trust Cheetah about as far as I can throw their collective staff, so who knows--maybe something in there is causing problems.

 

[mikenixon59]

OK posting with google photos app. Thanks. Can use this way of doing things. Pity facebook call on gallery is such a mess though.