iOS 9 not opening Instagram app with URL SCHEME

Question

The following URL opens on iOS 8.3 and lower, but it does not work and iOS 9

let instagramURL = NSURL(string: \"instagram://app\")

Why won\

Answer 1

Swift 3.1, Swift 3.2, Swift 4

if let urlFromStr = URL(string: "instagram://app") {
    if UIApplication.shared.canOpenURL(urlFromStr) {
        if #available(iOS 10.0, *) {
            UIApplication.shared.open(urlFromStr, options: [:], completionHandler: nil)
        } else {
            UIApplication.shared.openURL(urlFromStr)
        }
    }
}

Add these in Info.plist :

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
    <string>instagram</string>
</array>

Answer 2

As said above, you want to add a key in the info plist, here is the list for most social networks

<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
    <array>
     <string>fb</string>
     <string>fbapi</string>
     <string>fbauth2</string>
     <string>fbshareextension</string>
     <string>fb-messenger-api</string>
     <string>twitter</string>
     <string>viber</string>
     <string>whatsapp</string>
     <string>wechat</string>
     <string>line</string>
     <string>instagram</string>
     <string> instagram-stories</string>
     <string>kakaotalk</string>
     <string>mqq</string>
     <string>vk</string>
     <string>comgooglemaps</string>
     <string>googlephotos</string>
     <string>ha</string>
     <string>yammer</string>
    </array>

* The first 3 match Facebook (FBSDK 4.6): fbapi, fbauth2, fbshareextension. "Ha" is for snapchat

Answer 3

Apple changed the canOpenURL method on iOS 9. Apps which are checking for URL Schemes on iOS 9 and iOS 10 have to declare these Schemes as it is submitted to Apple.

Answer 4

It doesn't seem anyone has addressed how to specify URLs with embedded parameters. Any URL that contains parameters it won't possible to specify the specific URL in LSApplicationsQueriesSchemes. For example, assume I have an email app that passes the the senders email address:

myemail://mailto?bob@gmail.com

The only way it seems to get it to work in iOS9 is to remove any parameters.

Answer 5

In Swift 4.2 and Xcode 10.1

In info.plist need to add CFBundleURLSchemes and LSApplicationQueriesSchemes.

--> Select info.plist in your project,

--> right click,

--> Select Open As Source Code

See the below screen shot

--> xml file will be opened

--> copy - paste below code and replace with your ID's

CFBundleURLSchemes and LSApplicationQueriesSchemes for gmail, fb, twitter and linked in.

<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
    <array>
    <dict>
        <key>CFBundleTypeRole</key>
        <string>Editor</string>
        <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
        <array>
            <string>li5****5</string>
            <string>com.googleusercontent.apps.8***************5f</string>
            <string>fb8***********3</string>
            <string>twitterkit-s***************w</string>
        </array>
    </dict>
</array>
<key>FacebookAppID</key>
<string>8*********3</string>
<key>FacebookDisplayName</key>
<string>K************ app</string>
<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
    <string>fbapi</string>
    <string>fb-messenger-share-api</string>
    <string>fbauth2</string>
    <string>fbshareextension</string>

    <string>twitter</string>
    <string>twitterauth</string>

    <string>linkedin</string>
    <string>linkedin-sdk2</string>
    <string>linkedin-sdk</string>

</array>

See below screen your final info.plist file is

Answer 6

Facebook sharing from a share dialog fails even with @Matthieu answer (which is 100% correct for the rest of social URLs). I had to add a set of URL i reversed from Facebook SDK.

<array>
        <string>fbapi</string>
        <string>fbauth2</string>
        <string>fbshareextension</string>
        <string>fb-messenger-api</string>
        <string>twitter</string>
        <string>whatsapp</string>
        <string>wechat</string>
        <string>line</string>
        <string>instagram</string>
        <string>kakaotalk</string>
        <string>mqq</string>
        <string>vk</string>
        <string>comgooglemaps</string>
        <string>fbapi20130214</string>                                                    
        <string>fbapi20130410</string>                                                     
        <string>fbapi20130702</string>                                                    
        <string>fbapi20131010</string>                                                    
        <string>fbapi20131219</string>                                                    
        <string>fbapi20140410</string>                                                     
        <string>fbapi20140116</string>                                                     
        <string>fbapi20150313</string>                                                     
        <string>fbapi20150629</string>
    </array>