Launch Social Media App or browser from another Activity (Android)

Question

Currently when user click the button , they will directly launch the Facebook and Twitter app. However I want to let user able to choose use browser or application to view the profile. Another problem is I can't find Instagram Protocol to launch the app to view the profile, I only can view on webpage. Anyone Got Idea?

        btnFb.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            String uri = "fb://page/80829078894";
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri));
            startActivity(intent);

        }
    });

    btnTwitter.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            String uri = "twitter://user?user_id=87114940";
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri));
            startActivity(intent);

        }
    });

    btnInstagram.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {
            String uri = "http://instagram.com/plaza_semanggi";
            Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse(uri));
            startActivity(intent);

        }
    });

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

Change your code to the following

    btnFb.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            openFacebookIntent(ActivityMain.this, "80829078894");


        }
    });

    btnTwitter.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            openTwiterIntent(ActivityMain.this, "87114940");

        }
    });

    btnInstagram.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
        @Override
        public void onClick(View v) {

            openInstagramIntent(ActivityMain.this, "plaza_semanggi");

        }
    });

And had the following methods.

public static void openFacebookIntent(Context context, String facebookID) {

    Intent intent;

    try {
        context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://page/facebookID"));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://www.facebook.com/facebookID"));
    }

    context.startActivity(intent);
}

public static void openTwiterIntent(Context context, String twitterID) {

    Intent intent;

    try {
        context.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.twitter.android", 0);
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("twitter://user?user_id=twitterID"));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://twitter.com/twitterID"));
    }

    context.startActivity(intent);
}

public static void openInstagramIntent(Context context, String instagramID) {

    Uri uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/_u/instagramID");
    Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri);

    intent.setPackage("com.instagram.android");

    try {
        context.startActivity(intent);
    } catch (ActivityNotFoundException e) {
        context.startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,
                Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/instagramID")));
    }
}

Check if the facebook is installed.

private boolean isAppInstalled(String uri)
{
    PackageManager pm = getPackageManager();
    boolean app_installed = false;
    try
    {
        pm.getPackageInfo(uri, PackageManager.GET_ACTIVITIES);
        app_installed = true;
    }
    catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e)
    {
        app_installed = false;
    }
    return app_installed ;
}

boolean appInstalled = isAppInstalled("com.facebook.katana");

credits to Find out if app is installed

Hi, it's work well. However, possible to give option for user to choose web browser or app instead of directly launch the app ? — beginnerK, Oct 27 '15 at 15:21
That unusual, but you can check if the app is installed with the method I had to the answer, and let the user choose to open the app or the browser. — Bruno Coelho, Oct 27 '15 at 15:34

Launch Social Media App or browser from another Activity (Android)

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