New social services?

[Planet_Dad]

I noticed in a recent update there were some new social services/methods added to allow players to invite their friends into the game they are playing. I can’t seem to find a wiki entry or more info on this and I am very curious how these might work. Anytime have more info?

[RuizuKun_Dev (Kitsune)]

There is no info nor API for it but you can detect if the player follow someone into a game by checking

Player.FollowId

[chesse20 (ChesseThe FluffyWasp)]

https://developer.roblox.com/resources/release-note/Release-Note-for-370
I think this is what your talking about, the update is still pending and not live yet so we can’t use it yet.

[Kampfkarren (boyned)]

It’s not released yet, but you can see the API here:

SocialService - Roblox API Reference

[Planet_Dad]

Marked as solution because first, but thanks @Kampfkarren for linking the API reference, looking forward to this feature!

[be_nj (benjj)]

The SocialService is something I’ve been working on. It’s currently undergoing some additional testing and will likely be enabled sometime within the next coming weeks!

Edit:

I can’t seem to find a wiki entry or more info on this and I am very curious how these might work.

I’ve been working with the relevant wiki teams to make sure this service is documented when it is enabled.

[Planet_Dad]

YAY! looking forward to it!

[berezaa (Bereza)]

@be_nj so there’s api to allow developers to prompt players to invite their friends…

I’d like to build a referral system to reward players for inviting friends to the game. Is there going to be a way for the server to confirm that an invite has been sent?

[be_nj (benjj)]

I’d like to build a referral system to reward players for inviting friends to the game. Is there going to be a way for the server to confirm that an invite has been sent?

Yup. This is one of the potential usecases for this api.

[TheRings0fSaturn (SaturianNightmare)]

Any possibility of this service allowing players to follow their friends into a non-start place of a universe?

[berezaa (Bereza)]

Will you be able to invite your friends to purchase a paid access game?

[be_nj (benjj)]

Heads up; this guy is now live

[ENABLED as of May 28] SocialService Game Invites are Live

EDIT: Thursday, May 28th Good evening Robloxia, Earlier today, we have enabled the SocialService API and its members. Players have been able to invite their friends into games for a while now through the ESC menu, and now this new API allows you to prompt your players to invite their friends into your games! But wait; there’s more! You may even connect to the GameInvitePromptClosed event and receive details when users close the invitation dialog. (Side note: This event will still fire eve…

[Planet_Dad]

This is an amazing addition that I am sure is going to help a lot of developers increase engagment!

THANK YOU!!!

[LostPast]

Why does the SocialService api force you to use a core ui? When I found this I was planning on using it with my own lobby tp ui-system as it would be a great feature on mobile. When I found out that the api is restricted to the use of a roblox core gui it makes it unusable for my use case.

@be_nj do you plan on implementing something in social service where developers can send an invite to a userid?

[colbert2677 (Dreamseeker)]

Almost definitely for the same reason why any other interface for a service is a CoreGui: security purposes. Allowing developers to modify CoreGuis is not a wise idea; been asked for many times for other features, been denied every time.

If you want an addition to the SocialService, please file an engine feature request.