Open page in Twitter app from other app - Android

Question

I was looking for some way to launch Twitter app and open a specified page from my application, without webview. I found the solution for Facebook here: Opening facebook app on specified profile page

I need something similar.

EDIT I just found a solution:

try {     Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,     Uri.parse("twitter://user?screen_name=[user_name]"));     startActivity(intent); } catch (Exception e) {     startActivity(new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW,     Uri.parse("https://twitter.com/#!/[user_name]")));  } 

Answer 1

Based on fg.radigales answer, this is what I used to launch the app if possible, but fall back to the browser otherwise:

Intent intent = null; try {     // get the Twitter app if possible     this.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.twitter.android", 0);     intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("twitter://user?user_id=USERID"));     intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); } catch (Exception e) {     // no Twitter app, revert to browser     intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://twitter.com/PROFILENAME")); } this.startActivity(intent); 

UPDATE

Added intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK); to fix an issue where twitter was opening inside my app instead of as a new activity.

Answer 2

This worked for me: twitter://user?user_id=id_num