Open Facebook page from Android app?

Question

from my Android app, I would like to open a link to a Facebook profile in the official Facebook app (if the app is installed, of course). For iPhone, there exists the

Answer 1

This works on the latest version:

1. Go to https://graph.facebook.com/<user_name_here> (https://graph.facebook.com/fsintents for instance)
2. Copy your id

3. Use this method:

   public static Intent getOpenFacebookIntent(Context context) {
   
      try {
       context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
       return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://page/<id_here>"));
      } catch (Exception e) {
       return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/<user_name_here>"));
      }
   }
   

This will open the Facebook app if the user has it installed. Otherwise, it will open Facebook in the browser.

EDIT: since version 11.0.0.11.23 (3002850) Facebook App do not support this way anymore, there's another way, check the response below from Jared Rummler.

Answer 2

Answering this in October 2018. The working code is the one using the pageID. I just tested it and it is functional.

public static void openUrl(Context ctx, String url){
    Uri uri = Uri.parse(url);
    if (url.contains(("facebook"))){
        try {
            ApplicationInfo applicationInfo = ctx.getPackageManager().getApplicationInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
            if (applicationInfo.enabled) {
                uri = Uri.parse("fb://page/<page_id>");
                openURI(ctx, uri);
                return;
            }
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException ignored) {
            openURI(ctx, uri);
            return;
        }
    }

Answer 3

I implemented in this form in webview using fragment- inside oncreate:

 webView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()
{
    public boolean shouldOverrideUrlLoading(WebView viewx, String urlx)
                {
     if(Uri.parse(urlx).getHost().endsWith("facebook.com")) {
                        {
                            goToFacebook();
                        }
                        return false;
                    }
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(urlx));
                    viewx.getContext().startActivity(intent);
                    return true;
                }

});

and outside onCreateView :

 private void goToFacebook() {
        try {
            String facebookUrl = getFacebookPageURL();
            Intent facebookIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
            facebookIntent.setData(Uri.parse(facebookUrl));
            startActivity(facebookIntent);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    //facebook url load
    private String getFacebookPageURL() {
        String FACEBOOK_URL = "https://www.facebook.com/pg/XXpagenameXX/";
        String facebookurl = null;

        try {
            PackageManager packageManager = getActivity().getPackageManager();

            if (packageManager != null) {
                Intent activated = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.facebook.katana");

                if (activated != null) {
                    int versionCode = packageManager.getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0).versionCode;

                    if (versionCode >= 3002850) {
                        facebookurl = "fb://page/XXXXXXpage_id";
                    }
                } else {
                    facebookurl = FACEBOOK_URL;
                }
            } else {
                facebookurl = FACEBOOK_URL;
            }
        } catch (Exception e) {
            facebookurl = FACEBOOK_URL;
        }
        return facebookurl;
    }

Answer 4

As of July 2018 this works perfectly with or without the Facebook app on all the devices.

private void goToFacebook() {
    try {
        String facebookUrl = getFacebookPageURL();
        Intent facebookIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        facebookIntent.setData(Uri.parse(facebookUrl));
        startActivity(facebookIntent);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
}

private String getFacebookPageURL() {
    String FACEBOOK_URL = "https://www.facebook.com/Yourpage-1548219792xxxxxx/";
    String facebookurl = null;

    try {
        PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();

        if (packageManager != null) {
            Intent activated = packageManager.getLaunchIntentForPackage("com.facebook.katana");

            if (activated != null) {
                int versionCode = packageManager.getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0).versionCode;

                if (versionCode >= 3002850) {
                    facebookurl = "fb://page/1548219792xxxxxx";
                }
            } else {
                facebookurl = FACEBOOK_URL;
            }
        } else {
            facebookurl = FACEBOOK_URL;
        }
    } catch (Exception e) {
        facebookurl = FACEBOOK_URL;
    }
    return facebookurl;
}

Answer 5

I have created a method to open facebook page into facebook app, if app is not existing then opening in chrome

    String socailLink="https://www.facebook.com/kfc";
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
    String facebookUrl = Utils.getFacebookUrl(getActivity(), socailLink);
    if (facebookUrl == null || facebookUrl.length() == 0) {
        Log.d("facebook Url", " is coming as " + facebookUrl);
        return;
    }
    intent.setData(Uri.parse(facebookUrl));
    startActivity(intent);

Utils.class add these method

public static String getFacebookUrl(FragmentActivity activity, String facebook_url) {
    if (activity == null || activity.isFinishing()) return null;

    PackageManager packageManager = activity.getPackageManager();
    try {
        int versionCode = packageManager.getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0).versionCode;
        if (versionCode >= 3002850) { //newer versions of fb app
            Log.d("facebook api", "new");
            return "fb://facewebmodal/f?href=" + facebook_url;
        } else { //older versions of fb app
            Log.d("facebook api", "old");
            return "fb://page/" + splitUrl(activity, facebook_url);
        }
    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
        Log.d("facebook api", "exception");
        return facebook_url; //normal web url
    }
}

and this

 /***
 * this method used to get the facebook profile name only , this method split domain into two part index 0 contains https://www.facebook.com and index 1 contains after / part
 * @param context contain context
 * @param url contains facebook url like https://www.facebook.com/kfc
 * @return if it successfully split then return "kfc"
 *
 * if exception in splitting then return "https://www.facebook.com/kfc"
 *
 */
 public static String splitUrl(Context context, String url) {
    if (context == null) return null;
    Log.d("Split string: ", url + " ");
    try {
        String splittedUrl[] = url.split(".com/");
        Log.d("Split string: ", splittedUrl[1] + " ");
        return splittedUrl.length == 2 ? splittedUrl[1] : url;
    } catch (Exception ex) {
        return url;
    }
}

Answer 6

this is the simplest code for doing this

public final void launchFacebook() {
        final String urlFb = "fb://page/"+yourpageid;
        Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent.setData(Uri.parse(urlFb));

        // If a Facebook app is installed, use it. Otherwise, launch
        // a browser
        final PackageManager packageManager = getPackageManager();
        List<ResolveInfo> list =
            packageManager.queryIntentActivities(intent,
            PackageManager.MATCH_DEFAULT_ONLY);
        if (list.size() == 0) {
            final String urlBrowser = "https://www.facebook.com/"+pageid;
            intent.setData(Uri.parse(urlBrowser));
        }

        startActivity(intent);
    }