I want to send users from my website to a group on Facebook. I do not want the group to be opened in a browser, but in the Facebook App. I am using the following Javascript:
<script>
userAgent = navigator.userAgent || navigator.vendor || window.opera;
if(/iPad|iPhone|iPod/.test(userAgent) && !window.MSStream) {
window.location = "fb://profile/123456789101112";
} else if(/android/i.test(userAgent)) {
window.location = "fb://profile/123456789101112";
} else {
window.location = "https://www.facebook.com/groups/groupname";
}
</script>
This works fine on iOS (i.e. opens the Facebook group in the Facebook app), but not on Android ("Content not available").
Any idea how I can achieve this on Android?
iOS and Android links does not have the same syntax (don't ask me why...)
For iOS it's "profile" (or "group"), and for Android it's "page" if you want to send to a page, or "group" if you want to redirect to a group.
For your question, it will be like this :
window.location = "fb://group/328556620888617";
Edit : Note that for iOS, you can use this syntax :
window.location = "fb://group?id=328556620888617";
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I am trying to implement Facebook app invite with this plugin in my ionic application. The implemented codes are following as below:
$scope.appInviteToFriend = function(user){
var url = "";
if (ionic.Platform.isAndroid())
{
url = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.example.application";
}
else if (ionic.Platform.isIOS())
{
url = "https://itunes.apple.com/nl/app/example-by-ionicapplication/id1983838444?l=en&mt=8";
}
var option = {
url: url,
picture : ""
};
facebookConnectPlugin.appInvite(
option,
function(obj){
if(obj) {
if(obj.completionGesture == "cancel") {
// user canceled, bad guy
} else {
// user really invited someone :)
}
} else {
// user just pressed done, bad guy
}
},
function(obj){
// error
console.log(obj);
}
);
}
When I executed these codes, the Facebook Invite Dialog opens and displayed app information correctly. But after click next button, select friend and also click send button, The error occurs. It says "Missing App Link URL. The app link used with this invite does not contain an Android or iOS URL.Developers are required to enter URl for at least one platform.". I've attached the error details with part of screenshot. Are these wrong the URLs which are store URL? How can I set the URLs?
You need to provide an App Link instead of a web URL. This link can be statically generated using Facebook's own tools, or you can generate them dynamically server-side. You can read more about these in the documentation.
Here's a tutorial that walks through setting up an Android app.
Here is my situation:
User request an email of forgot password.
User use their Android/iPhone to open email and tap on the link inside the email
When the link is tapped (clicked), it'll call the Ionic app.
I spend the whole morning to research and found this solution: using a plugin of Cordova named Custom-URL-scheme.
I also found out a tutorial from sysgears that I need to add this code into my app.js file:
.run(['$state', '$window',
function($state, $window) {
$window.addEventListener('LaunchUrl', function(event) {
// gets page name from url
var page =/.*:[/]{2}([^?]*)[?]?(.*)/.exec(event.detail.url)[1];
// redirects to page specified in url
$state.go('tab.'+ page, {});
});
}
]);
function handleOpenURL(url) {
setTimeout( function() {
var event = new CustomEvent('LaunchUrl', {detail: {'url': url}});
window.dispatchEvent(event);
}, 0);
}
I've done everything, however it does not work. I tried to type my URL_SCHEME (http://myapp://) into the Chrome browser in Android phone but Chrome just display an error message:
This webpage is not available. ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED.
Please help me. Thanks.
Try to remove the "http://" from your sheme, href and browser
If still not working, can you precise your cordova version, and the plugin version you use. Did you install the plugin with the sheme in --variable URL_SCHEME=myapp
Also, note its "SHEME", not SHEMA
I have three buttons on my website, that link to Facebook, Twitter & vk.com pages. I want to open native app, if it is installed on user device. Otherwise, I want URL fallback to be opened.
First of all, I tried to use native app schemes directly with deep-link.js plugin. But, when I tried to open native app URL scheme, when native app was not installed, Safari has shown an error, but opened URL fallback page finally. Default Android browser said that he does not know how to handle such URL scheme:
<a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://www.facebook.com/warpcompany" data-app-ios="fb://profile/838619192839881" data-app-android="fb://page/838619192839881">Facebook</a>
Then I tried to use App Links "standard", that that has so much promotion from Facebook. I even tried to use their hosted app links, to make sure I've generated everything right way. It does not work, it always redirect to website fallback. You can easily test it by yourself from https://fb.me/746134728830806
Is it possible to provide deep link on website, that will open native app without errors at least in default os browsers, or fallback silently to URL?
It is still possible, but on newer versions of the Android default browser you have to use intents instead of just trying to open the deep link. For example replace your fb://page/838619192839881 with
intent://page/838619192839881#Intent;scheme=fb;package=com.facebook.katana;end
This will fallback to Google play by default, but you can override the fallback adding a S.browser_fallback_url:
intent://page/838619192839881#Intent;scheme=fb;package=com.facebook.katana;S.browser_fallback_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2F;end
The fallback should be url encoded.
Of course you'll have issues if the user is not on an Android phone or with an old version of the default browser (or strange browser). You can setup a bunch of conditions and replace your HTML with the correct code for each case.
The accepted answer will only work on Chrome v28 and default browsers for Android 5.0. If you want this to work on other browser like Facebook/Twitter webviews, Firefox, UC and older default browsers than 5.0, you'll need to use some code that's a little more complicated.
Add this function to your JS snippet:
var openSesame = function() {
var method = 'iframe';
var fallbackFunction = function() {
if (method == 'iframe') {
window.location = "market://details?id=com.facebook.katana";
}
};
var addIFrame = function() {
var iframe = document.createElement("iframe");
iframe.style.border = "none";
iframe.style.width = "1px";
iframe.style.height = "1px";
iframe.src = "fb://page/838619192839881";
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
};
var loadChromeIntent = function() {
method = 'intent';
document.location = "intent://page/838619192839881#Intent;scheme=fb;package=com.facebook.katana;end";
};
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Chrome/) && !navigator.userAgent.match("Version/")) {
loadChromeIntent();
}
else if (navigator.userAgent.match(/Firefox/)) {
window.location = "fb://page/838619192839881";
}
else {
addIFrame();
}
setTimeout(fallbackFunction, 750);
};
Then your button will look like this:
Open the App
Or you can use a service like branch.io which does exactly what you're looking for automatically.
Yes it is! Have a look to this training:
https://developer.android.com/training/app-indexing/deep-linking.html
Is this the information you needed? lmk
I am developing a webview app with android and I have a link which when clicked a call is made. Currently I have the following:
if (tablet == false) {
html += '<a rel="external" href="tel:21212121">';
}
else {
html += '<a rel="external" href="facetime:\\21212121">';
}
From the code above I am checking if the device is a tablet or not. If it is a normal mobile I use the tel link if it is a table I use facetime. Now I know that facetime is used only on IoS so I can change it to skype etc.
What I would like to is to prevent the Message "Protocol isn't supported" from showing.
Thanks
We are trying to implement a simple solution to our website developed via Flex and mobile apps developed using Adobe Air.
1) Our users would like to import their facebook friends onto website via www.ourwebsite.com and also via the Ourwebsite android, ios & blackberry apps.
2) We want to use the Facebook Requests dialog which allows users to select their friends and send multiple invitations at a time
3) When the recepient clicks on the notification he receives
in case of web, it should direct the notification recipient to www.ourwebsite.com
in case of mobile app, it should re-direct to respective appstore to download our app.
We tried several configurations but it's not working for us.
As previously said we have developed our website using Adobe Flex and our Mobiles apps run using Adobe Air. Do we need to install the Facebook native SDK's into our code?
Strangely the exact same requirement is working for www.naaptol.com and 9lessons.info.
But we're unable to achieve the same technique.
Can anyone guide us or advise if we're missing any important aspect of Facebook App & its policies.
Thank you.
Sai Krishna
So if I think I am understanding this right, you want to be able to open a link differently based upon the platform they are on. Here is some js that will do it for ios and android. If they have your app installed it will launch the app, otherwise it will send them to the app store
// if iPod / iPhone, display install app prompt
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/(iPhone|iPod|iPad);?/i) || navigator.userAgent.match(/android/i)) {
var store_loc = "itms://itunes.com/apps/youriOSApp";
var href = "yourPrefix://";
var is_android = false;
if (navigator.userAgent.match(/android/i)) {
store_loc = "https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.your.app";
is_android = true;
}
var app_loc = href;
if (is_android) {
var w = null;
try {
w = window.open(app_loc, '_blank');
} catch (e) {
// no exception
}
if (w) {
window.close();
} else {
window.location = store_loc;
}
} else {
var timeout = null;
window.location.replace(app_loc);
timeout = setTimeout(function () {
"use strict";
window.location = store_loc;
}, 300);
onblur = function () {
"use strict";
clearTimeout(timeout);
};
}
}