Fb.getloginstatus Always Returns Status='unknown'

If I am logged into facebook.com, I expect a call to FB.getLoginStatus will return a status='not_authorized'. Instead it returns status='unknown', even if I pass true for the 'forc

Solution 1:

Maybe you have third party cookies disabled.

Solution 2:

And to elaborate slightly on David's answer, Facebook describes this as a "by design" result when 3rd party cookies are disabled.

Unfortunately, I'm not sure of the most graceful way of handling this -- at least in my site, I need an oath token to load some data.

Solution 3:

I had similar issue, even when the 3rd party cookie is not disabled. What I did to bypass is: if I get 'unknown' response, I will call FB.login and inside that call the FB.loginStatus again. This time, FB returned correct value.

Solution 4:

Are you use http or https?

DO NOT use http be your DEV HOST!

Just use https and it works for me.