Getting Facebook links to open in mobile app (if a user has one)

Hey guys,

Thanks for a great theme and support so far. Simply amazing.

I have an issue with my social counters, in that when mobile user clicks on the Facebook tab it opens a webpage and not the app. (website here: caughtreport.com.au)

Is there a simple way I can make it so clicking on the link opens the Facebook app and only the website if the user does not have the app?

Thanks again,

Shaun

Thanks Lucian,

So the social counter will open the mobile app but the social icons won’t? Is there a way to get the social icons to open in the mobile app?

Thanks again.

Hi Lucian,

I’m still having issues with getting the Facebook app to open from my websit – caughtreport.com.au

I have a “Follow The Caught Report” option under each post – (example: http://caughtreport.com.au/ants-about-to-turn-your-home-into-caliphate/ and see photo below)

When I click on the Facebook option it opens in the browser, not the Facebook application.

The Twitter and Google+ options open in their respective apps, but I can’t work out why the Facebook one doesn’t. This happens on all plug-ins or areas of the website I try.

I’ve tried looking for a solution, and have tried solutions such as using different links (fb://profile etc) but these don’t work and other solutions require coding for both Android and iOS, which I am a beginner at, and therefore attempting this may cause further problems. My main issues with this is where exactly to place the code.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I think not having the Facebook application open is losing me subscribers as many people are not logged into FB on their browsers.

Cheers,

Shaun