I need to launch the WP8 facebook app on a certain page, from my code behind, and if the app is not installed open the browser on that page:
right now i'm doing this:
var success = await Windows.System.Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("fb://page/313689422066566"));
and I use success to try open the browser.
the app launches but it show my wall instead of the page, and if the app is not installet the phone ask me to search on the store in search of an app...
anyone can tell how to do this or where i can find some info?
thanks
Hey actually there's an undocumented (I found this by trial and error starting from this question) way to do this.
Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("fb:pages?id=YOUR_PAGE_ID"));
What you're asking to do is not possible.
First, I don't believe it's possible to open the Facebook app to a specific page. I know you can use the fb: URI scheme to open the app and can even use fb:post?text=foo to start a new post, but I don't believe you can open a page.
Even if you could, the way URI schemes work in Windows Phone is that if the URI scheme is registered, it opens the app. If it's not registered, it asks you to install the app from the store. There's no way to send them to a web site instead that I know of.
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I have an ionic app where i can send invitations (share app link), I used firebase dynamic links. When I share it, the person who receive the message can open the link in a device (tested for android) and he is redirected to the play store ( app not found because i am still testing it), but if the link is opened on a pc, then browser opens with page not found.
I am new to all the stuff.
As the first point, the link that should be shared is your website domain name example.com/anypagename that couldn't be direct accessed.
Whwn user click this link from any place it will redirect him to this website page, And in this page for website you will add a function to detect device, and if device is android, it send a response of google play link and same for ios and if desktop will redirect to main website page.
http://mobiledetect.net
Use this library to achieve what i said above...
I had a lot of success for scenario similar to you by using Branch.io service. It is mostly free with advanced features being priced.
Do have a look at their offering. If not i can help out too.
On my client's Fanpage, a third party app is running for a contest. How can I make this FB contest page available on mobile? I read the answer here:
http://facebook.stackoverflow.com/a/10833366/461119
also
Facebook SDK : Page Tab App returns not found in mobile Facebook App
I do not understand it clearly.
Is the query parameter ?ref-ts which we have to add at the end of URL?
What does it mean by "It helps in the browser but not the app itself."?
Will it help to see the App on mobile and click on it to go to the contest page on FB?
Also, I found this answer:
Works as advertised! Thank you. I was getting 404, but simply adding
ref=ts in my redirect URLs (I force users to use my app as a page tab)
fixed it! – Guillaume Boudreau
under the first link above but what is forcing users to use app as a page tab?
How can I set App as a page tab?
little bit confused.
I searched the web vigorously but did not get any clear explanation.
My observations about this issue:
Seems like it's an ANDROID issue, Work OK on iPhone's
Work with the link redirection services like Bit.ly (where the bit.ly link included the ref=ts)
I sent an email to Facebook for ANDROID developers.
Hi,
my iPhone's user colleagues can open links to page tab app with ref=ts
parameters but on Android we can't ;-(
The only way we've been able to do it is when the link to the app is
under a bit.ly redirection link
The problem is only when the links are open through the Facebook App.
Thanks
Let us know
Max*
You can access to your app using the next link https://apps.facebook.com/YOUR-APP-ID
In this way, you can access from a desktop or a mobile with no problem.
I want to launch my application from the url received to user via an sms.
How do I achieve it?
The format of my url is:
https://companyname.net/productname/?some_parameters_for_user
I want to prompt user to open url in safari or my app and depending on his choice, the app will be launched either in safari or directly the native app.
The url opens in safari but how to invoke native app? and take user to a particular page in app?
Please help.
Thanks in advance.
Look at the custom URL scheme. It's described in several places. Here is a link to "Advanced App Tricks"
It's described there, along with many other helpful ideas.
Does anyone of you know if it is possible to open a App which uses sharekit from a Facebook request by clicking on the request either in the facebook app, or in the browser?
I could not find anything about this in the web.
To be more precise i want my app which uses sharekit to send a request to a facebook-friend. This facebook friend should then be able to open the same app by clicking on the request either in the facebook app on his mobile device or by clicking on the request on the facebook browser page which is opened on his mobile device.
I already know how to share things in facebook via sharekit, but to get it "the other way round" seems to be difficult. I could not find anything helpful in the web so far.
Greets and many thanks in advance,
Maverick1st
Yes. Your will will need to register itself as a protocol handler, and the link clicked on from Facebook app would need to use the url scheme you define.
Example:
my-social-app://invite/1234
Keep in mind if the recipient does not have the app installed, or they do this on their desktop machine, they will get a message that the phone is unable to open that URL.
See this tutorial: http://mobileorchard.com/apple-approved-iphone-inter-process-communication/
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launch facebook app from other app
I was wondering if there is anyway I could put a facebook link into a webpage, and, if a facebook app is installed, to get the link to facebook open in the fb app instead of the broswer?
The facebook application link starts with fb://, (according to this site), for the iPhone. So in theory clicking a link that starts with fb:// would launch the facebook app.
The problem is that the web browser application (Safari, or some custom app) decides how to handle that link, and it won't necessarily try to open another app unless it is preprogrammed to do so. If you're planning to put this on a web page, for example, and browse to it from an iPhone, there's no guarantee it will work. Better off putting two links I believe.
Not sure if the same is true for Android.
If you are showing the webpage in a Web View you can intercept the link procedure in its delegate. When a link is pressed, the message is sent to the delegate to check if the request should proceed. If you detect that it is a facebook link, you can alter it to use the fb scheme and open it with UIApplication's openURL:. To check if there is an application that can handle the fb: link you can call canOpenURL:, also of UIApplication.
Facebook applications for handheld devices aren't standard. They mostly use the API and I don't believe any application would provide you a way to open an URL.