androidfacebookurl-scheme

Open Facebook page from Android app?


from my Android app, I would like to open a link to a Facebook profile in the official Facebook app (if the app is installed, of course). For iPhone, there exists the fb:// URL scheme, but trying the same thing on my Android device throws an ActivityNotFoundException.

Is there a chance to open a Facebook profile in the official Facebook app from code?


Solution

  • In Facebook version 11.0.0.11.23 (3002850) fb://profile/ and fb://page/ no longer work. I decompiled the Facebook app and found that you can use fb://facewebmodal/f?href=[YOUR_FACEBOOK_PAGE]. Here is the method I have been using in production:

    /**
     * <p>Intent to open the official Facebook app. If the Facebook app is not installed then the
     * default web browser will be used.</p>
     *
     * <p>Example usage:</p>
     *
     * {@code newFacebookIntent(ctx.getPackageManager(), "https://www.facebook.com/JRummyApps");}
     *
     * @param pm
     *     The {@link PackageManager}. You can find this class through {@link
     *     Context#getPackageManager()}.
     * @param url
     *     The full URL to the Facebook page or profile.
     * @return An intent that will open the Facebook page/profile.
     */
    public static Intent newFacebookIntent(PackageManager pm, String url) {
      Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
      try {
        ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = pm.getApplicationInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
        if (applicationInfo.enabled) {
          // http://stackoverflow.com/a/24547437/1048340
          uri = Uri.parse("fb://facewebmodal/f?href=" + url);
        }
      } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException ignored) {
      }
      return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    }