Force to open social apps by redirecting page in c# in smart phone and tablet

Question

This is the scenario : The user will go to mydomain.com with a smart phone or tablet

and mydomain.com will be redirected to facebook.com/mypage

It works but doesnt fire the Facebook app. I want Facebook app opens when user goes to my site.

If the user directly goes to facebook.com/mypage, It opens Facebook App. But why not with my redirection...

I have tried...

        Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently";
        Response.AddHeader("Location", "http://www.facebook.com/mypage");
        Response.End();

and

         Response.BufferOutput = true;
         Response.Redirect("http://www.facebook.com/mypage");

But none of the works. What can be the trick here?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

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You'll need to use the Facebook URL schema to open the app. See this previous post for an example: Facebook URL schemes on a mobile website, open app if its installed, otherwise go to the webpage

Essentially, the device recognizes that URIs on the "fb" protocol should open in the app.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:07

Community

answered Apr 25 '16 at 15:16

Ben J. Boyle

Allright Ben, thats a nice point. But my problem is that I need to got that spesific URI with c# .net redirecting from the browser. Thats the problem. When I redirect, It opens the link in the browser again :( – oneNiceFriend Apr 26 '16 at 06:08

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