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Hi, when users are viewing my website on their mobile, is it possible to link my Facebook buttons directly to the Facebook Mobile App.

Normally when you click on a 'Post To Facebook' button etc... it opens up Facebook in your mobile browser.

I understand that several Apps can link and open other Apps etc, but is it possible to open an App from a link on a website?
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Yes.  When you created your facebook app you created a unique url for it.  Just link to that url.
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Sorry, when I refer to app I mean Facebook iOS App or Android App
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Thanks Padas, i'll look into these...

It is very annoying when someone clicks LIKE, TWEET or SHARE on your website via mobile and then they are brought to a mobile web version of Twitter or Facebook instead of their respective iOS apps...
Do you have a native app?  Or do you have a mobile version of a website and you to send people to the facebook/twitter app from the mobile site?    

If they are your native apps, this might be possible.  If you are sending people to another app you don't control, that might not work.  If somebody is already on mobile web, it might be best to keep them on mobile web.  I might not have installed facebook or twitter.  

Keep us posted.
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I have a responsive website and i want to send people to the native Facebook and Twitter iOS / Android app if the click Share, Tweet, Like etc...

As of now... if Share, Tweet, Like is clicked, Facebook and Twitter open their respective web versions in which the user has to then log into their social media account... however i want it to load the respective native app so that they don't need to log in etc...
I think the problem with doing this could be if they do not have the app although if they have the service, more then likely they have the app.

Give it a try using fb://

Is this something you can build into your web app?  https://developers.facebook.com/docs/facebook-login/getting-started-web/
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ok cool, will give that a try, thanks Padas