How to open Facebook profile in Android app with numerical user-id

Question

I want to open a person's Facebook profile in the native Android app with a given numerical user ID. Note that I am not referring to the vanity URL like www.facebook.com/person.name.7.

I've tried seemingly every URL scheme including the following with no luck:
fb://page/426253597411507
fb://profile/426253597411507
fb://facewebmodal/f?href=https://www.facebook.com/426253597411507
https://www.facebook.com/n/?426253597411507

Does anyone know a URL scheme that currently works? Or a way to get the vanity URL from the profile ID?

Brother, Have you solve this issue. I need this solution. Thanks in advance — Md. Sajedul Karim, Jun 13 '17 at 17:58
I have not. The project requirements have changed so at this time I am not looking for it. — Eric B., Jun 23 '17 at 23:33

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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Try launching an explicit intent per this answer

Intent intent = null;
try {
    // get the Facebook app if possible
    this.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://page/{id}"));
    intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
} catch (Exception e) {
    // no Facebook app, revert to browser
    intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://facebook.com/PROFILENAME"));
}
this.startActivity(intent);

edited May 23 '17 at 10:33

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answered Sep 07 '16 at 18:02

kira_codes

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Thanks for the answer, but no luck. `fb://page/{id}` opens the app with an empty profile, and `fb://profile/{id}` opens the app with a "Content not available" error message – Eric B. Sep 07 '16 at 22:09

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 07 '16 at 17:19

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In my case i am loading users profile picture using below code hope may be it will help to you.

Picasso.with(Main.this).load("https://graph.facebook.com/" + facebookuserid
                                + "/picture?type=small").resize(80, 80)
                        .into(fbpicImageView);

answered Sep 07 '16 at 17:19

Chandrama Prasad

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Thanks, but I need to open the user's profile in the app itself. – Eric B. Sep 07 '16 at 22:10

How to open Facebook profile in Android app with numerical user-id

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