Is it possible to open a facebook group link in facebook app from android webview application build by android studio

Question

I want to know is it possible to open a facebook group link in facebook app from android webview application build by android studio.

is there any html and JavaScript for that.

Answer 1

With webview in android studio, you can only open links inside your app and not outside.

In your case, you want a facebook group link to be opened in the facebook app which may not be possible using Webview.

That's why you need to use WebViewClient. You need to override shouldOverrideUrlLoading method and start an intetn with the package "com.facebook"

Check this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50293855/12802591

You may need to test if the user already had facebook app installed then open the group link there, if not it will open the group link inside the web view.

Another useful link:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/54589702/12802591

Let me know if it works !