Open Instagram User Profile

Question

I managed to open the Twitter and Facebook user profile from my app. But I can not find any references to Instagram.

Is There a way to open Instagram in order to show a user profile like in twitter or facebook?

For instance, in order to get the Intent to launch the twitter application I do:

public Intent getOpenTwitterIntent(Context context) {

    try {
        return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("twitter://user?screen_name="
                        .concat(twitterUsername)));

    } catch (Exception e) {
        return new Intent(
                Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("https://twitter.com/#!/".concat(twitterUsername)));
    }

}

How can I achive something similar with Instagram? Thanks in advance.

okie np...thanks for your reply... please post if you get anything... — Rushabh Patel, May 06 '13 at 11:17
For anyone looking for the URI to open a specific profile in the instagram app, I found this answer which works fine for me: http://stackoverflow.com/a/23511180/3131147 — AdamMc331, Oct 29 '15 at 20:26
@Blackbelt Tested on 6.0, yes. Initially I was given a chooser dialog because I didn't have a preference set for opening instagram links in the browser or the app, but it allowed me to open the app when I selected that. — AdamMc331, Oct 29 '15 at 20:30
@Blackbelt now that I scrolled further down I see Jared's answer used the same link. I will upvote his. If you think it's preferred, change the accepted answer. — AdamMc331, Oct 29 '15 at 20:31

Jared Rummler · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-04T22:29:52.147

Here is a method to get the Intent to open the Instagram app to the user's profile page:

/**
 * Intent to open the official Instagram app to the user's profile. If the Instagram app is not
 * installed then the Web Browser will be used.</p>
 * 
 * Example usage:</p> {@code newInstagramProfileIntent(context.getPackageManager(), 
 *     "http://instagram.com/jaredrummler");}</p>
 * 
 * @param pm
 *            The {@link PackageManager}. You can find this class through
 *            {@link Context#getPackageManager()}.
 * @param url
 *            The URL to the user's Instagram profile.
 * @return The intent to open the Instagram app to the user's profile.
 */
public static Intent newInstagramProfileIntent(PackageManager pm, String url) {
    final Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    try {
        if (pm.getPackageInfo("com.instagram.android", 0) != null) {
            if (url.endsWith("/")) {
                url = url.substring(0, url.length() - 1);
            }
            final String username = url.substring(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
            // http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21505941/intent-to-open-instagram-user-profile-on-android
            intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/_u/" + username));
            intent.setPackage("com.instagram.android");
            return intent;
        }
    } catch (NameNotFoundException ignored) {
    }
    intent.setData(Uri.parse(url));
    return intent;
}

I'm glad you used the `"http://instagram.com/_u/..."` URI. That worked for me to open a profile in the Instagram app (as long as it was installed) and not the default browser. — AdamMc331, Oct 29 '15 at 20:32

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '13 at 10:31

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So far I couldn't find a way to show user's profile directly.. but there is a way around..

Found this solution from Instagram Manifest from GitHub

 Intent iIntent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.instagram.android");

iIntent.setComponent(new ComponentName( "com.instagram.android", "com.instagram.android.activity.UrlHandlerActivity"));
iIntent.setData( Uri.parse( "http://instagram.com/p/gjfLqSBQTJ/") );

startActivity(iIntent);

This will open particular image post by the user in the app. From the page app user can open the profile with the link inside.

If you want to open recent post or something , you can use Instagram API

This is not we want exactly , but the better option now... i guess :)

answered Nov 15 '13 at 10:31

Dinesh Balu

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@dinesh-balu you solution work just need to change the URL to `iIntent.setData( Uri.parse( "http://instagram.com/p/gjfLqSBQTJ/") );` to `intent.setData( Uri.parse( "http://instagram.com/_u/" + INSTAGRAM_USERNAME) );` **URL** http://instagram.com/_u/ **[USERNAME]** – eOnOe Jul 31 '14 at 23:35
It works only if account is public. For example. First take media link, like this http://instagram.com/p/xxxXXxxx/ but from your own public account after that do your account private and try to launch this code. And it will not work. Instead media you will see blank instagram app page. – raiym Jun 10 '15 at 15:23

score 8 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 24 '13 at 06:44

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After a brief search and trying what we all know "WON'T WORK" I got this to work

 Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/mzcoco2you");
 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
 startActivity(intent);

This should start your default browser and ... there you go. The answer is "instagram.com" + "/UserName".

answered Jun 24 '13 at 06:44

KaSiris

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I tried it, it opens the browser not the app. Is there a way to open the app? – Blackbelt Jun 26 '13 at 12:38
it looks like you can open pictures in the instagram app with an intent, but not (yet) user profiles. details: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/instagram-api-developers/7XUKm9HSAdg/9SrdVmB4trQJ – ryan Jul 30 '13 at 23:50

Kamal · Answer 4 · 2015-06-04T13:35:47.820

To open directly instagram app to a user profile :

String scheme = "http://instagram.com/_u/USER";
String path = "https://instagram.com/USER";
String nomPackageInfo ="com.instagram.android";
    try {
        activite.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo(nomPackageInfo, 0);
        intentAiguilleur = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(scheme));
        } catch (Exception e) {
            intentAiguilleur = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(path));
        }
        activite.startActivity(intentAiguilleur); 

// Use this link to open directly a picture
  String scheme = "http://instagram.com/_p/PICTURE";

Thanks for your contribution. – Blackbelt Jun 04 '15 at 13:34 — Blackbelt, Jun 04 '15 at 13:34

score 2 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 06 '17 at 06:37

try {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/_u/" + "username"));
    intent.setPackage("com.instagram.android");
    startActivity(intent);
    } 
  catch (android.content.ActivityNotFoundException anfe) 
     {
       startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
       Uri.parse("https://www.instagram.com/" + username)));
     }

score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 29 '15 at 18:39

Unfortunately, at this time you cannot open the Instagram app to go directly to a user profile. You can however open a certain photo in the Instagram app.

The following code that I have provided will open a certain photo inside of the Instagram app. If no Instagram app is installed, it will open a user profile inside of the browser.

public void openInstagram (View view) {
    Intent intent = null;
    String pictureId = "p/0vtNxgqHx9";
    String pageName = "d4v3_r34d";
    try {intent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.instagram.android");
        intent.setComponent(new ComponentName("com.instagram.android", "com.instagram.android.activity.UrlHandlerActivity"));
        intent.setData(Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/" + pictureId));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/" + pageName));
    }
    this.startActivity(intent);

I made it very easy for this code to be edited for your own purposes. Set the "String pictureId" to the id of the picture that you want to display and set the "String pageName" to the user name of your Instagram account.

The user name part is obvious but if you need help to get your picture id look at this picture.

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Jan 08 '21 at 21:14

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Check the code below:

Intent instaintent = getPackageManager().getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.instagram.android");
instaintent.setData(Uri.parse("https://www.instagram.com/insta_save_new/"));    
startActivity(instaintent);

edited Jan 08 '21 at 21:14

piotrek1543

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