Facebook deep links
A ZRO Facebook deep link opens pages, profiles, posts in the Facebook app, on iPhone and Android, even when the tap starts inside another app’s browser.
What a Facebook deep link opens
- Pages
- Profiles
- Posts
- Videos
- Links on facebook.com, fb.com, fb.me and fb.watch
Facebook decides what its app can show. Anything it cannot open lands on the website.
What happens on each device
- iPhone
- On an iPhone, ZRO hands the link to the Facebook app, which opens the page inside it.
- Android
- ZRO opens the Facebook app by its package name, com.facebook.katana. If the app is not installed, the visitor gets the website.
- Computer
- There is no app to open, so the visitor gets the Facebook website. The tap is still counted.
The Facebook deep link ZRO builds
This is generated from a sample Facebook address by the same code that handles real taps.
Address you paste
https://www.facebook.com/example.pageiPhone app link
fb://facewebmodal/f?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fexample.pageAndroid intent
intent://www.facebook.com/example.page#Intent;scheme=https;package=com.facebook.katana;action=android.intent.action.VIEW;S.browser_fallback_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fexample.page;endFacebook deep link questions
How do I make a Facebook deep link?
Paste any Facebook link into ZRO and share the short link it gives you. When someone taps it on an iPhone or an Android phone, it opens in the Facebook app. On a computer it opens the website.
Does a Facebook deep link work from inside Instagram, TikTok or Facebook?
Yes. ZRO recognises the in-app browser and steps out of it. On an iPhone it opens the Facebook app first and falls back to Safari. On Android it opens the app through its package.
What happens if Facebook is not installed?
The visitor lands on the Facebook website instead of an error. ZRO records the tap, so you can see how many people could not open the app.
What can a Facebook deep link open?
Pages, Profiles, Posts, Videos, Links on facebook.com, fb.com, fb.me and fb.watch. Facebook decides what its app can show. Anything it cannot open lands on the website.
Can I see how many people opened the Facebook app?
Yes. Your dashboard shows Yield, the share of taps on phones that ended with the app open, along with where each tap came from and which outcome it had.
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