SocialService

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SocialService facilitates social functions that impact relationships made on the Roblox platform. Its primary usage is to show invite prompts to players which allow them to send invitation requests to their friends through SocialService:PromptGameInvite() and leverage signals when such requests are made.

Summary

Properties

Properties inherited from Instance

Methods

HideSelfView(): void

PromptGameInvite(player: Instance, experienceInviteOptions: Instance): void

Prompts the given Player with the invite screen.

PromptIrisInvite(player: Instance, tag: string): void

ShowSelfView(selfViewPosition: SelfViewPosition): void

CanSendGameInviteAsync(player: Instance, recipientId: number): boolean YIELDS

Indicates whether the given Player can invite other players.

CanSendIrisInviteAsync(player: Instance): boolean YIELDS

Methods inherited from Instance

Events

GameInvitePromptClosed(player: Instance, recipientIds: Array): RBXScriptSignal

Fires when a player closes an invite prompt.

IrisInvitePromptClosed(player: Instance): RBXScriptSignal

Events inherited from Instance

Callbacks

OnIrisInviteInvoked(tag: string, irisParticipantIds: Array)

Properties

Properties inherited from Instance

Methods

HideSelfView

void

Returns

void

PromptGameInvite

void

PromptGameInvite() displays an invite prompt to the local player through which they may invite their friends to the current experience. Before calling this method, you should use CanSendGameInviteAsync() to determine whether the player can send an invite, as this ability may vary depending on the platform or player.

See Player Invite Prompts for more details on implementing invite prompts, customizing prompts and notifications, and using launch data.

Parameters

player: Instance

The Player to prompt with the invite popup.

experienceInviteOptions: Instance

Optional ExperienceInviteOptions object for customizing the prompt.

Default Value: "nil"

Returns

void

Code Samples

Sending an Invite

local SocialService = game:GetService("SocialService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer

-- Function to check whether the player can send an invite
local function canSendGameInvite(sendingPlayer)
  local success, canSend = pcall(function()
    return SocialService:CanSendGameInviteAsync(sendingPlayer)
  end)
  return success and canSend
end

local canInvite = canSendGameInvite(player)
if canInvite then
  local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
    SocialService:PromptGameInvite(player)
  end)
end

PromptIrisInvite

void

Parameters

player: Instance

tag: string

Returns

void

ShowSelfView

void

Parameters

selfViewPosition: SelfViewPosition

Default Value: "LastPosition"

Returns

void

CanSendGameInviteAsync

boolean

Yields

CanSendGameInviteAsync() returns true if the given Player can invite other players to the current experience. You should always use the result of this function before calling PromptGameInvite() since the ability to invite players may vary depending on the platform or player.

See Player Invite Prompts for more details on implementing player invite prompts, customizing prompts and notifications, and using launch data.

Parameters

player: Instance

The Player instance of the user potentially sending an invite.

recipientId: number

Optional Player.UserId of the potential recipient, used to check whether the sender can invite that specific recipient.

Default Value: 0

Returns

boolean

Whether the specified player can send an invite.

Code Samples

Sending an Invite

local SocialService = game:GetService("SocialService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer

-- Function to check whether the player can send an invite
local function canSendGameInvite(sendingPlayer)
  local success, canSend = pcall(function()
    return SocialService:CanSendGameInviteAsync(sendingPlayer)
  end)
  return success and canSend
end

local canInvite = canSendGameInvite(player)
if canInvite then
  local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
    SocialService:PromptGameInvite(player)
  end)
end