Intent to open Instagram user profile on Android

Question

I\'m developing a social networking app and our users can connect their Instagram account to our service. I\'d like to open Instagram profiles directly in their official And

Answer 1

Kotlin Version of @jhondge answer:

            val uriForApp: Uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/_u/xxx")
            val forApp = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uriForApp)

            val uriForBrowser: Uri = Uri.parse("http://instagram.com/xxx")
            val forBrowser = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uriForBrowser)

            forApp("com.instagram.android")

            try {
                startActivity(context, forApp, null)

            } catch (e: ActivityNotFoundException) {
                startActivity(context, forBrowser, null)

            }