Open Facebook page from Android app

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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

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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           lt p gt Intent to open the official Facebook app  If the Facebook app is not installed then the    default web browser will be used  lt  p gt         lt p gt Example usage  lt  p gt          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

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After much testing I have found one of the most effective solutions   private void openFacebookApp         String facebookUrl    www facebook com XXXXXXXXXX       String facebookID    XXXXXXXXX        try           int versionCode   getActivity   getApplicationContext   getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode           if  facebookID isEmpty                     open the Facebook app using facebookID  fb   profile facebookID or fb   page facebookID              Uri uri   Uri parse  fb   page     facebookID               startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri              else if  versionCode  gt   3002850  amp  amp   facebookUrl isEmpty                     open Facebook app using facebook url             Uri uri   Uri parse  fb   facewebmodal f href     facebookUrl               startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri              else                  Facebook is not installed  Open the browser             Uri uri   Uri parse facebookUrl               startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri                    catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException e               Facebook is not installed  Open the browser         Uri uri   Uri parse facebookUrl           startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri

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Here s the way to do it in 2016  It works great  and is very simple to use  I discovered this after looking into how emails sent by Facebook opened the Facebook app     e g  if your URL is https   www facebook com EXAMPLE PAGE  you should    put EXAMPLE PAGE at the end of this URL  after the   String YourPageURL    quot https   www facebook com n  YOUR PAGE NAME quot   Intent browserIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse YourPageURL     startActivity browserIntent

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this is the simplest code for doing this  public final void launchFacebook             final String urlFb    fb   page   yourpageid          Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW           intent setData Uri parse urlFb                If a Facebook app is installed  use it  Otherwise  launch            a browser         final PackageManager packageManager   getPackageManager            List lt ResolveInfo gt  list               packageManager queryIntentActivities intent              PackageManager MATCH DEFAULT ONLY           if  list size      0                final String urlBrowser    https   www facebook com   pageid              intent setData Uri parse urlBrowser                       startActivity intent

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fun getOpenFacebookIntent context  Context  url  String        return try           context packageManager getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0          context startActivity Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   profile  url            catch  e  Exception            context startActivity Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse url

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You can open the facebook app on button click as follows -   Override protected void onCreate Bundle savedInstanceState        super onCreate savedInstanceState       setContentView R layout activity main        this findViewById R id button1  setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener               Override         public void onClick View v                 startNewActivity  com facebook katana                          public void startNewActivity  String packageName        Intent intent   MainActivity this getPackageManager   getLaunchIntentForPackage packageName       if  intent    null                   we found the activity            now start the activity         intent addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK           startActivity intent             else                  bring user to the market            or let them choose an app          intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW           intent addFlags Intent FLAG ACTIVITY NEW TASK           intent setData Uri parse  market   details id   packageName            startActivity intent

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To do this we need the  quot Facebook page id quot   you can get it    from the page go to  quot About quot   go to  quot More Info quot  section    To opening facebook app on specified profile page  you can do this   String facebookId    quot fb   page  lt Facebook Page ID gt  quot     startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse facebookId      Or you can validate when the facebook app is not installed  then open the facebook web page  String facebookId    quot fb   page  lt Facebook Page ID gt  quot   String urlPage    quot http   www facebook com mypage quot         try             startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse facebookId                catch  Exception e             Log e TAG   quot Application not intalled  quot               Open url web page           startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse urlPage

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I have created a method to open facebook page into facebook app  if app is not existing then opening in chrome      String socailLink  https   www facebook com kfc       Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW       String facebookUrl   Utils getFacebookUrl getActivity    socailLink       if  facebookUrl    null    facebookUrl length      0            Log d  facebook Url     is coming as     facebookUrl           return            intent setData Uri parse facebookUrl        startActivity intent     Utils class add these method   public static String getFacebookUrl FragmentActivity activity  String facebook url        if  activity    null    activity isFinishing    return null       PackageManager packageManager   activity getPackageManager        try           int versionCode   packageManager getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode          if  versionCode  gt   3002850      newer versions of fb app             Log d  facebook api    new                return  fb   facewebmodal f href     facebook url            else     older versions of fb app             Log d  facebook api    old                return  fb   page     splitUrl activity  facebook url                   catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException e            Log d  facebook api    exception            return facebook url    normal web url           and this            this method used to get the facebook profile name only   this method split domain into two part index 0 contains https   www facebook com and index 1 contains after   part     param context contain context     param url contains facebook url like https   www facebook com kfc     return if it successfully split then return  kfc        if exception in splitting then return  https   www facebook com kfc          public static String splitUrl Context context  String url        if  context    null  return null      Log d  Split string     url             try           String splittedUrl     url split   com             Log d  Split string     splittedUrl 1                  return splittedUrl length    2   splittedUrl 1    url        catch  Exception ex            return url

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Answering this in October 2018  The working code is the one using the pageID  I just tested it and it is functional   public static void openUrl Context ctx  String url       Uri uri   Uri parse url       if  url contains   facebook              try               ApplicationInfo applicationInfo   ctx getPackageManager   getApplicationInfo  com facebook katana   0               if  applicationInfo enabled                    uri   Uri parse  fb   page  lt page id gt                     openURI ctx  uri                   return                          catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException ignored                openURI ctx  uri               return

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As of July 2018 this works perfectly with or without the Facebook app on all the devices   private void goToFacebook         try           String facebookUrl   getFacebookPageURL            Intent facebookIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW           facebookIntent setData Uri parse facebookUrl            startActivity facebookIntent         catch  Exception e            e printStackTrace             private String getFacebookPageURL         String FACEBOOK URL    https   www facebook com Yourpage-1548219792xxxxxx        String facebookurl   null       try           PackageManager packageManager   getPackageManager             if  packageManager    null                Intent activated   packageManager getLaunchIntentForPackage  com facebook katana                 if  activated    null                    int versionCode   packageManager getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode                   if  versionCode  gt   3002850                        facebookurl    fb   page 1548219792xxxxxx                                   else                   facebookurl   FACEBOOK URL                          else               facebookurl   FACEBOOK URL                  catch  Exception e            facebookurl   FACEBOOK URL            return facebookurl

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This has been reverse-engineered by Pierre87 on the FrAndroid forum  but I can t find anywhere official that describes it  so it s has to be treated as undocumented and liable to stop working at any moment   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   intent setClassName  com facebook katana    com facebook katana ProfileTabHostActivity    intent putExtra  extra user id    123456789l    this startActivity intent

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Check out my code for opening Facebook specific Page    ID initialization ImageView facebook   findViewById R id facebookID    facebook setOnClickListener new View OnClickListener              Override         public void onClick View v                 String facebookId    quot fb   page 327031464582675 quot               String urlPage    quot http   www facebook com MDSaziburRahmanBD quot                try                  startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse facebookId                  catch  Exception e                   startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse urlPage

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Best answer I have found  it s working great   Just go to your page on Facebook in the browser  right click  and click on  View source code   then find the page id attribute  you have to use page id here in this line after the last back-slash   fb   page pageID   For example   Intent facebookAppIntent  try       facebookAppIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   page 1883727135173361         startActivity facebookAppIntent     catch  ActivityNotFoundException e        facebookAppIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   facebook com CryOut-RadioTv-1883727135173361         startActivity facebookAppIntent

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Intent intent   null      try           getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0           String url    https   www facebook com   idFacebook          intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   facewebmodal f href   url          catch  Exception e               no Facebook app  revert to browser         String url    https   facebook com   idFacebook          intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW           intent  setData Uri parse url              this startActivity intent

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I implemented in this form in webview using fragment- inside oncreate    webView setWebViewClient new WebViewClient         public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading WebView viewx  String urlx                         if Uri parse urlx  getHost   endsWith  facebook com                                                            goToFacebook                                                      return false                            Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse urlx                        viewx getContext   startActivity intent                       return true                           and outside onCreateView     private void goToFacebook             try               String facebookUrl   getFacebookPageURL                Intent facebookIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW               facebookIntent setData Uri parse facebookUrl                startActivity facebookIntent             catch  Exception e                e printStackTrace                           facebook url load     private String getFacebookPageURL             String FACEBOOK URL    https   www facebook com pg XXpagenameXX            String facebookurl   null           try               PackageManager packageManager   getActivity   getPackageManager                 if  packageManager    null                    Intent activated   packageManager getLaunchIntentForPackage  com facebook katana                     if  activated    null                        int versionCode   packageManager getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode                       if  versionCode  gt   3002850                            facebookurl    fb   page XXXXXXpage id                                           else                       facebookurl   FACEBOOK URL                                  else                   facebookurl   FACEBOOK URL                          catch  Exception e                facebookurl   FACEBOOK URL                    return facebookurl

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try this code   String facebookUrl    https   www facebook com  lt id here gt            try               int versionCode   getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode              if  versionCode  gt   3002850                    Uri uri   Uri parse  fb   facewebmodal f href     facebookUrl                      startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri                  else                   Uri uri   Uri parse  fb   page  lt id here gt                     startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  uri                            catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException e                startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse facebookUrl

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To launch facebook page from your app  let urlString    fb   page your fb page id    To launch facebook messenger let urlString    fb-messenger   user your fb page id   FB page id is usually numeric  To get it  goto Find My FB ID input your profile url  something like www facebook com edgedevstudio then click  Find Numberic ID     Voila  you now have your fb numeric id  replace  your fb page id  with the generated Numeric ID   val intent   Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse urlString    if  intent resolveActivity packageManager     null    check if app is available to handle the implicit intent  startActivity intent

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This works on the latest version    Go to https   graph facebook com  lt user name here   https   graph facebook com fsintents for instance  Copy your id Use this method   public static Intent getOpenFacebookIntent Context context        try       context getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0       return new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   page  lt id here gt           catch  Exception e        return new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  https   www facebook com  lt user name here gt                This will open the Facebook app if the user has it installed  Otherwise  it will open Facebook in the browser   EDIT  since version 11 0 0 11 23  3002850  Facebook App do not support this way anymore  there s another way  check the response below from Jared Rummler

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A more reusable approach    This is a functionality we generally use in most of our apps  Hence here is a reusable piece of code to achieve this     Similar to other answers in terms for facts  Posting it here just to simplify and make the implementation reusable    fb   page  does not work with newer versions of the FB app  You should use fb   facewebmodal f href  for newer versions   Like mentioned in another  answer here   This is a full fledged working code currently live in one of my apps   public static String FACEBOOK URL    https   www facebook com YourPageName   public static String FACEBOOK PAGE ID    YourPageName      method to get the right URL to use in the intent public String getFacebookPageURL Context context            PackageManager packageManager   context getPackageManager            try               int versionCode   packageManager getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode              if  versionCode  gt   3002850      newer versions of fb app                 return  fb   facewebmodal f href     FACEBOOK URL                else     older versions of fb app                 return  fb   page     FACEBOOK PAGE ID                          catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException e                return FACEBOOK URL    normal web url                   This method will return the correct url for app if installed or web url if app is not installed   Then start an intent as follows   Intent facebookIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW   String facebookUrl   getFacebookPageURL this   facebookIntent setData Uri parse facebookUrl    startActivity facebookIntent     That s all you need

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As of March 2020 this works perfectly   private void openFacebookPage String pageId        String pageUrl    https   www facebook com     pageId       try           ApplicationInfo applicationInfo   getPackageManager   getApplicationInfo  com facebook katana   0            if  applicationInfo enabled                int versionCode   getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode              String url               if  versionCode  gt   3002850                    url    fb   facewebmodal f href     pageUrl                else                   url    fb   page     pageId                             startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse url               else               throw new Exception  Facebook is disabled                    catch  Exception e            startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse pageUrl

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Declare constants    private String FACEBOOK URL  https   www facebook com approids       private String FACEBOOK PAGE ID  approids     Declare Method  public String getFacebookPageURL Context context            PackageManager packageManager   context getPackageManager            try               int versionCode   packageManager getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0  versionCode               boolean activated    packageManager getApplicationInfo  com facebook katana   0  enabled              if activated                   if   versionCode  gt   3002850                         Log d  main   fb first url                        return  fb   facewebmodal f href     FACEBOOK URL                    else                       return  fb   page     FACEBOOK PAGE ID                                 else                  return FACEBOOK URL                          catch  PackageManager NameNotFoundException e                return FACEBOOK URL                    Call Function  Intent facebookIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW                   String facebookUrl   getFacebookPageURL MainActivity this                   facebookIntent setData Uri parse facebookUrl                    startActivity facebookIntent

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try          String   parts   url split    www facebook com profile php id            getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0          startActivity new Intent  Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse String format  fb   page  s   parts 1  trim              catch  Exception e           startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse url

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My answer builds on top of the widely-accepted answer from joaomgcd  If the user has Facebook installed but disabled  for example by using App Quarantine   this method will not work  The intent for the Twitter app will be selected but it will not be able to process it as it is disabled   Instead of   context getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0   return new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   profile 620681997952698       You can use the following to decide what to do   PackageInfo info   context getPackageManager   getPackageInfo  com facebook katana   0   if info applicationInfo enabled      return new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   profile 620681997952698     else     return new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  https   www facebook com 620681997952698

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1-to get your id go to your image profile and click right click and take copy link adress           try                   Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW Uri parse  fb   profile id                     startActivity intent                 catch Exception e                    startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  facebook url

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For Facebook page   try       intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   page     pageId      catch  Exception e        intent    new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  https   www facebook com     pageId        For Facebook profile   try       intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   profile     profileId      catch  Exception e        intent    new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  https   www facebook com     profileId           because none of the answers points out the difference  Both tested with Facebook v 27 0 0 24 15 and Android 5 0 1 on Nexus 4

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Is this not easier  For example within an onClickListener   try       Intent intent   new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  fb   profile 426253597411506         startActivity intent     catch Exception e        startActivity new Intent Intent ACTION VIEW  Uri parse  http   www facebook com appetizerandroid          PS  Get your id  the large number  from http   graph facebook com  userName

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open fb on button click event without using facebook sdk   Intent FBIntent   new Intent Intent ACTION SEND       FBIntent setType  text plain        FBIntent setPackage  com facebook katana        FBIntent putExtra Intent EXTRA TEXT   The text you wanted to share        try           context startActivity FBIntent         catch  android content ActivityNotFoundException ex            Toast makeText context   Facebook have not been installed    Toast LENGTH SHORT  show

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