Open another App from a GameSalad App (Specifically Facebook)

coojam

Hi guys,

Just wondering if anybody knows how to achieve this?

I have a button in iOS Duck Up that I'd like to open the Facebook app straight to the game's Facebook Page, allowing players to then 'Like' the page if they wish.

I have the Pro membership and have it currently set to go to the Facebook fan page within Safari. However, I have seen reference to being able to open apps directly from within a GS app, specifically in the following thread: http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/17938/link-game-to-post-scores-on-facebook

It basically says to use the url "fb://profile "

However, I can't get any variation of the "fb://" function to work. It just tries to open it in Safari.

Any ideas?

coojam

Sorry guys but I'm going to have to bump this as it's slipping down the list of threads

dmilinovichiii

Do you have the Facebook app downloaded? If you don't then it won't work. Maybe this will help?

http://iphonedevtools.com/?p=302

coojam

Yeh I have the FB app installed. I've seen reference to using code, such as in the link on that page. It says use the following:

NSURL *theURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@fb://];

[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:theURL];

But how are you supposed to use that in GS?

GLGAMES

try ticking embedded browser when using url rule.

tenrdrmer

At one point you could use the fb:// stuff in the openURL behavior Not sure if it still works. But you would need Pro to access the behavior if it does still work.

Cheers

coojam

Yeh the fb:// stuff is what I meant, that's what I found reference to on the forums. Why would that functionality have been dropped?

veibhav

Can I open safari from game app and open url in that ??

mickeyd

i just updated my app QuickWordz. I used open url to open my website which has a redirect to fb://profile/profileID#

It works perfectly! Hope that helps.