Open facebook page in App not the browser

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I have a link to my facebook, on my website, which opens in the phone's browser.

I would like it to open in the facebook app by default, if the app is installed.

Is this possible?

The link is on my website and currently a standard tag. – LeBlaireau May 19 '16 at 10:48 — LeBlaireau, May 19 '16 at 10:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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In general it may not be possible, check this thread: https://android.stackexchange.com/questions/37549/force-link-to-open-in-app-not-my-default-browser

But if you really want to do it, you can follow the same principle as it is proposed on this URL: Open Facebook page from Android app?

In short, try to build an URL of form: fb://profile/pageID. The point of building such URL is because of IntentFilter defined in Facebook app. I am not sure if it will work, but if there is no Facebook app installed this will probably fail.

That should work when you click on a link in browser. It may depend on a browser though.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:25

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answered May 19 '16 at 10:56

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sweet I can detect the device with JS and swap out the src. – LeBlaireau May 19 '16 at 10:59
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the only problem is that you cannot really detect if a user has installed facebook or not – urgas9 May 19 '16 at 11:01

Open facebook page in App not the browser

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