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I'm trying to link to the Facebook android app from the browser but can't find the right scheme. I looked at the suggestion from this post here and I changed some stuff around. When I try it in the browser it always takes me to the Play Store for Facebook and not the actual app, even though I have it installed. Also, when I try running the samples from the above post, they take me right to the QR scanner.

Here is my best attempt: 

<a href="intent://fb/#Intent;package=com.facebook.katana;end">test me</a>
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Ok so it turns out I needed to edit the scheme to get to the app. Apparently, this works:

<a href="intent://fb/#Intent;scheme=fb;package=com.facebook.katana;end">test me</a>

I guess my next question would be how can I bring up the publish screen so a user can share to their profile.

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Based on How do I pass parameters to android Intent in new scheme on chrome it was possible to share a profile by adding an extra user id parameter like this:

<a href="intent://fb/#Intent;scheme=fb;package=com.facebook.katana;l.extra_user_id=100001529066447;end">Launch Facebook</a>

Unfortunately Facebook confirmed that this is not possible anymore since a security exception: Security exception when opening ProfileTabHostActivity through intent

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