Facebook deep linking target_url parameter missing iOS

Question

I am posting links and photos using me/photos and me/feed of the GraphAPI on Facebook from my iOS App. I specify the link parameter when posting to Facebook. This should return a target_url field when parsing the url parameter in the - (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application openURL:(NSURL *)url sourceApplication:(NSString *)sourceApplication annotation:(id)annotation callback when tapping the AppName in the native Facebook App post.

However, I only get fbXXXXXXXXXX://authorize/#access_token=XXXXXXX&expires_in=3600 . Why is there no target_url field? The following link explains that it should be returned if the link parameter is specified when creating the post on Facebook.

https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/app-links

I know this has been replaced by AppLinks but I am using an older SDK of Facebook(3.2) which should cater for this.

Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

This sounds like a bug with Facebook. A bug report was submitted to Facebook with the same symptoms:

https://developers.facebook.com/bugs/651932701585804/

It has since been fixed and is awaiting release.