Why this error ' - Read-only application canno

Question

Logcat:

12-05 23:37:01.721:W/System.err(534):  401:Authentication credentials  (https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth) were missing or incorrect. Ensure that you have set valid     conumer key/secret, access token/secret, and the system clock in in sync.
12-05 23:37:01.721: W/System.err(534): 401:Authentication credentials (https://dev.twitter.com/docs/auth) were missing or incorrect. Ensure that you have set valid conumer key/secret, access token/secret, and the system clock in in sync.
12-05 23:37:01.721: W/System.err(534): error - Read-only application cannot POST
12-05 23:37:01.721: W/System.err(534): request - /1/statuses/update.json

Though i can read the screen name by (getScreenName() function) and set read,write permission to my twitter application , it gives the above logcat.And i am using twitter4j jar file.

Answer 1

Go to https://dev.twitter.com/ -> My Applications -> "go to your current application" -> Setting -> Give the permission for "Read, Write and Direct Access" -> Save it. After that uninstall your project from emulator or device, -> Clean project -> Run Project.

Hope it will helpful. try this one:

Answer 2

Stapes to follow for this problem.

Login with

https://dev.twitter.com/apps and goto settings

and Change the permission Read-only to

Read, Write and Access direct messages

and update page. and if in case not able to update then Re-Create the Tocken and try again problem will be solved..

Answer 3

• Login in your app: http://dev.twitter.com/apps
• In the Settings tab, change the Application type to Read, Write and Access direct messages
• In the Reset keys tab, press the Reset button, update the consumer key and secret in your application accordingly.

It looks like that resetting the keys force the change to your application type to take effect.

Answer 4

May be issue with your twitter application: Write Permission may remaining is it creates problem:

Go to https://dev.twitter.com/ -> My Applications -> "go to your current application" -> Setting -> Give the permission for "Read, Write and Direct Access" -> Save it. After that uninstall your project from emulator or device, -> Clean project -> Run Project.

Hope it will helpful:

Answer 5

Have you registered your application with twitter to get your consumer-secret key?

Answer 6

You also have to revoke your old permission after you reset your permission.

1. Go to https://twitter.com/settings/applications
2. Find your app and you will see that it has read permission
3. Revoke the access