Facebook link do not open about android-about-box HOT 5 CLOSED

Is anyone else seeing this? Is there a reference to Facebook's change?

I don't want to change it and then have it fail in other scenarios, so any other input would be helpful. Thanks!

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Thanks @agos74

This makes sense now that I have looked at the links. Sorry for taking so long to research this. Most of my test devices do not have Facebook installed, so it just opens the web browser which works as expected.

We are currently updating the library, so I will add this to the list of things to change and will use one of the suggestions given in that first link: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34564211/open-facebook-page-in-facebook-app-if-installed-on-android?noredirect=1&lq=1

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@AlexDibrivnyy I think this might be the best one to copy. The other answers seem fairly old:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/44309106/19506

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In my app i used this similar code:

//method to get the right URL to use in the intent
public static String getFacebookPageURL(Context context) {
    String FACEBOOK_URL = "https://www.facebook.com/AppSpiaggeSardegna";
    String FACEBOOK_PAGE_ID = "101578071197617";

    PackageManager packageManager = context.getPackageManager();
    try {
        boolean activated = packageManager.getApplicationInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0).enabled;
        if (activated) {
            return "fb://page/" + FACEBOOK_PAGE_ID;
        } else {
            return FACEBOOK_URL; //normal web url
        }
    } catch (PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e) {
        return FACEBOOK_URL; //normal web url
    }
}

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I dont know where to find references to facebook's change but on stackoverflow i founded many posts with similar issues and solutions... like this:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/34564211/open-facebook-page-in-facebook-app-if-installed-on-android?noredirect=1&lq=1
or
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54611453/how-to-open-profile-on-facebook-app-from-android-app

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