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 fb:// URL scheme, but trying the same thing on my Android device throws an ActivityNotFoundException.

Is there a chance to open a Facebook profile in the official Facebook app from code?

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

Is this not easier? For example within an onClickListener?

try {
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://profile/426253597411506"));
    startActivity(intent);
} catch(Exception e) {
    startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("http://www.facebook.com/appetizerandroid")));
}

PS. Get your id (the large number) from http://graph.facebook.com/[userName]

Answer 3

For Facebook page:

try {
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://page/" + pageId));
} catch (Exception e) {
    intent =  new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/" + pageId));
}

For Facebook profile:

try {
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://profile/" + profileId));
} catch (Exception e) {
    intent =  new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/" + profileId));
}

...because none of the answers points out the difference

Both tested with Facebook v.27.0.0.24.15 and Android 5.0.1 on Nexus 4

Answer 4

Here's the way to do it in 2016, works great, and is very easy.

I discovered this after looking into how emails send by facebook opened the app.

// e.g. if your URL is https://www.facebook.com/EXAMPLE_PAGE, you should put EXAMPLE_PAGE at the end of this URL, after the ?
String YourPageURL = "https://www.facebook.com/n/?YOUR_PAGE_NAME";
Intent browserIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(YourPageURL));

startActivity(browserIntent);

Answer 5

My answer builds on top of the widely-accepted answer from joaomgcd. If the user has Facebook installed but disabled (for example by using App Quarantine), this method will not work. The intent for the Twitter app will be selected but it will not be able to process it as it is disabled.

Instead of:

context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://profile/620681997952698"));

You can use the following to decide what to do:

PackageInfo info = context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
if(info.applicationInfo.enabled)
    return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://profile/620681997952698"));
else
    return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/620681997952698"));

Answer 6

"fb://page/ does not work with newer versions of the FB app. You should use fb://facewebmodal/f?href= for newer versions.

This is a full fledged working code:

public static String FACEBOOK_URL = "https://www.facebook.com/YourPageName";
public static String FACEBOOK_PAGE_ID = "YourPageName";

//method to get the right URL to use in the intent
public String getFacebookPageURL(Context context) {
        PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
        try {
            int versionCode = packageManager.getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0).versionCode;
            if (versionCode >= 3002850) { //newer versions of fb app
                return "fb://facewebmodal/f?href=" + FACEBOOK_URL;
            } else { //older versions of fb app
                return "fb://page/" + FACEBOOK_PAGE_ID;
            }
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
            return FACEBOOK_URL; //normal web url
        }
    }

This method will return the correct url for app if installed or web url if app is not installed.

Then start an intent as follows:

Intent facebookIntent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
String facebookUrl = getFacebookPageURL(this);
facebookIntent.setData(Uri.parse(facebookUrl));
startActivity(facebookIntent);