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iosfacebookurltextmessenger

Open Facebook Messenger from iOS app

Does anyone know how can I open the Facebook messenger application with a pre-filled text?

For example, to open the messenger app at a specified user, you can write the following:

 NSURL *fbURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"fb-messenger://user-thread/USER_ID"]; 
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: fbURL]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: fbURL];
}

For Whats app is very easy:

NSURL *whatsappURL = [NSURL URLWithString:[NSString stringWithFormat:@"whatsapp://send?text=%@", @"String to post here"]];
if ([[UIApplication sharedApplication] canOpenURL: whatsappURL]) {
    [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: whatsappURL];
}
Solution

  • There is such a function but it exists only in Facebook's SDK.

    Look at this - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/share#message-dialog