How to open an https Facebook page from iOS device?

Question

Im trying to open my Facebook app page from iPhone. Im using this:

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://www.facebook.com/(my page name)"]];

Unfortunately, this redirects to https protocol, and because of that the device is unable to open the page.

What can I do to open this page?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 19 '15 at 07:44

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pass your Page ID - xxxxxx not the page Name

 [UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"fb://profile/herepassyourPageID"]];

or

[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://www.facebook.com/herepassyourPageID (id, not name)"]];

answered Jan 19 '15 at 07:44

Anbu.Karthik

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Thanks, i'll see if this works (once i'm home to try this out)! – AlvinfromDiaspar Jan 19 '15 at 19:32
@AlvinfromDiaspar -- Sure Man, if u need assistance i hope with u m have a happy day – Anbu.Karthik Jan 20 '15 at 04:56

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '15 at 07:54

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You are mistaken by using page name instead of page ID. You should use something like below:

NSURL *facebookURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"fb://profile/{pageid}"];
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL:facebookURL]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:facebookURL];
} else {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@""https://www.facebook.com/{pageid}"]];
}

[If desired]: You should check the availability of installed facebook app to open the page, as shown in the above code sample.

answered Jan 19 '15 at 07:54

bllakjakk

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Im curious why the page Id is required? Because when i use the page name in the URL from my desktop browser, it works just fine. – AlvinfromDiaspar Jan 20 '15 at 00:16
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16589367/open-link-to-facebook-page-from-ios-app – AlvinfromDiaspar Jan 22 '15 at 03:26

How to open an https Facebook page from iOS device?

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