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The document discusses checking if the Facebook app is installed on an Android device. The question asks about checking the package name to determine if Facebook is installed. The top answer explains that the package name for the Facebook SDK is different than the package name for the actual Facebook app, and provides both package names. A second answer suggests additional package names that could be used but the best approach is to use the Facebook package name. A third response provides code to open the Facebook app store page if it is not installed.

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How To Check If Facebook Is Installed Android - Stack Overflow PDF

The document discusses checking if the Facebook app is installed on an Android device. The question asks about checking the package name to determine if Facebook is installed. The top answer explains that the package name for the Facebook SDK is different than the package name for the actual Facebook app, and provides both package names. A second answer suggests additional package names that could be used but the best approach is to use the Facebook package name. A third response provides code to open the Facebook app store page if it is not installed.

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How to check if Facebook is installed Android


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facebook

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I am modifying my app to be able to catch if a user tries to publish without having the facebook app installed (required for SSO). Here is the code I am
using:
try{
ApplicationInfo info = getPackageManager().
getApplicationInfo("com.facebook.android", 0 );
return true;
} catch( PackageManager.NameNotFoundException e ){
return false;
}

The problem is, it is always catching an error. According to the question here, I need to request the appropriate permission but I don't know what
permissions I need to request.
Is my problem a permission one or something else?

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com.facebook.android is the package name for the Facebook SDK. The Facebook app is com.facebook.katana.

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Jul 15 '11 at 18:06

Best Approach is to pick the package name including com.facebook but anyway you may use following packages:
com.facebook.orca
com.facebook.katana
com.example.facebook
com.facebook.android

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Feb 9 '15 at 16:54

Intent i = new Intent(android.content.Intent.ACTION_VIEW);


i.setData(Uri.parse("https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.facebook.katana"));
startActivity(i);

this code worked for me

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christiandev
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Dec 9 '14 at 10:00

answer not relevant to the question. He was asking something else. AndroidMechanic Dec 16 '15 at 22:01
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