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I have been trying to use the facebook URL Schemes on stackoverflow which reference to here http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes#Facebook (and similar sites).

I am having trouble sending the app user to another user's profile in the facebook app. I have the other users screenName (and id, but prefer to use screenName).

I have tried

  • fb://profile/id
  • fb://profile/screenname
  • fb://profile?id=id

I am unsure the difference here with (initWithUID) and (fbid) of these and similiar calls:

  • fb://profile/(initWithUID:)
  • fb://profile/(initWithUID:)/addfriend
  • fb://profile/(fbid)
  • fb://profile/(fbid)/addfriend

All of these seem not to open the user who owns the screenname/id profile view in the facebook app.

By screenname I mean that in a browser:

  • facebook.com/screenname sends you to their profile page and
  • graph.facebook.com/screenname gives you their id
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It's not possible. For Android it is known to work, but it is not officially supported. For iOS it doesn't work.

Roemer
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    Can you provide a link to the Facebook docs or another reputable source to back up your claim that "It's not possible?" – JAL Aug 05 '15 at 14:23
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    Yes; I work at Facebook :) And it's not documented since it's not supported; we don't document all the things that can't be done. – Roemer Aug 05 '15 at 14:26
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I just succeeded in opening the profile in the Facebook app with:

UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL(NSURL(string: "https://www.facebook.com/whitehouse")!)
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