Intent to open the official Facebook app. - Android Intent

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Description

Intent to open the official Facebook app.

Demo Code


//package com.java2s;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.content.pm.PackageManager;
import android.net.Uri;

public class Main {
    /**/*from w w  w.  ja v a  2  s  .c o m*/
     * Intent to open the official Facebook app. If the Facebook app is not installed then the default web browser will
     * be used.
     *
     * @param pm Instance of the {@link PackageManager}.
     * @return An intent that will open the app's Facebook page.
     */
    public static Intent newFacebookIntent(PackageManager pm) {
        String facebookUrl = "https://www.facebook.com/BowlingCompanion";
        Uri uri;
        try {
            pm.getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
            // http://stackoverflow.com/a/24547437/1048340
            uri = Uri.parse("fb://facewebmodal/f?href=" + facebookUrl);
        } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
            uri = Uri.parse(facebookUrl);
        }
        return new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);
    }
}

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