Open Facebook page from Android app?

Question

from my Android app, I would like to open a link to a Facebook profile in the official Facebook app (if the app is installed, of course). For iPhone, there exists the

Answer 1

Intent intent = null;
    try {
        getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.facebook.katana", 0);
        String url = "https://www.facebook.com/"+idFacebook;
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("fb://facewebmodal/f?href="+url));
    } catch (Exception e) {
        // no Facebook app, revert to browser
        String url = "https://facebook.com/"+idFacebook;
        intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW);
        intent .setData(Uri.parse(url));
    }
    this.startActivity(intent);