strange openURL with Facebook and Twitter

latyl1 · July 4, 2017, 9:24am

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local fbPageID&nbsp; = "1044933568990607" -- your page id : STRING MANDATORY &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local fbPageURL = "https://m.facebook.com/"..fbPageID &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local platform = system.getInfo( "platform" ) &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if platform == "android" then -- android &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local fbPageURL\_androidApp = "fb://page/"..fbPageID &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ( system.canOpenURL(fbPageURL\_androidApp) ) then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; system.openURL(fbPageURL\_androidApp) -- open in native app &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; system.openURL(fbPageURL) -- open in browser &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; elseif platform == "ios" then -- ios &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; local fbPageURL\_iosApp = "fb://profile/"..fbPageID &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; if ( system.canOpenURL(fbPageURL\_iosApp) ) then &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; system.openURL(fbPageURL\_iosApp) -- open in native app &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; system.openURL(fbPageURL) -- open in browser &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; else &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; system.openURL(fbPageURL) -- open in browser &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; end

Hi created this code and it works for me, opening my fb page in the native fb app on ios or android.

This is my contribution, hope it helps someone