Post link to Facebook including app URL scheme - iOS 6

Question

I'm using the UIActivityViewController to share an image and url from within my app. I'm having trouble formatting the facebook post. I attach an image using a subclassed UIActivityItemProvider and provide the text for the post in the same way.

I want to add a url, but it needs my apps custom url scheme in front of it like this myurl://image?url=http://imageurl.com

The problem is, when this is posted, only the last half of the url is clickable (from http:// onwards). Which means it doesn't open my app with the url.

Is there another way to do this? I know I can create an app on Facebook, but how can I tie the two together using the UIActivityViewController?

Thanks

Answer 1

You have 2 options :

1. Create a simple server-side web service that will redirect from http://yourserver.com/linkToApp/image to myurl://image .
   It could even show a different page/preview if the app is not installed/if you're not on an ios device.

2. Create a facebook app and use "Deep linking" (it will basically do the same for you..)