157238998: Dynamic link not working with facebook

[tabebqena]

Facebook (the most popular social app.) uses special head meta tag to convert page to dynamic link.
Without this tag it opens the link in the 'inAppBrowser'.
Is there is way go integrate firebase dynamic links with facebook.

<meta property="fb:app_id" content="your_fb_app_id" />

<meta property="al:android:package" content="com.your.package" />
<meta property="al:android:app_name" content="YourAwesomeApp" />
<meta property="al:android:url" content="somescheme://XYZ" /> <!-- identifiable by your app, your app must handle this data scheme inside your manifest's intent-filter tag --!>
<meta property="al:web:should_fallback" content="true" />
<meta property="al:web:url" content="http://www.yourwebsite.com/" />

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[manu89ft]

From 5 days our links are broken in Facebook and Instagram Webview...
For example https://dyn.bantoa.com/rniX

Here you will find two screencasts: https://we.tl/t-IvB5aYtKfv

[samtstern]

Sorry about the slow response, will look into this!

[manu89ft]

@samedson thank you so much!
For us this problem is blocking. Do you have any idea how long it takes to fix the bug?
Otherwise we think of migrating to branch or to adjust.

[samtstern]

@manu89ft sorry I really don't know how long it will take.

[LuizTokuhara]

Same problem here too

[AhmedSaber0]

any updates ?

[catleader]

now I can't even post dynamic links on Facebook or share via Facebook Messenger app, anyone?

[DanGDroid]

commented on this status
#915 (comment)

[goneale]

We've been received customer reports that our dynamic links had stopped working on Facebook (opens in a blank white screen). Surprisingly, this is only occurring for us on iOS, Android is launching the dynamic link fine. I would have thought it was a FB app issue, or recent changes to dynamic link processing on Google (.link).
My issue relating to iOS isn't really relevant here, so I am going to move on... :) Are links working ok on Android now for you guys too?

I will CC the iOS bug report too. firebase/quickstart-ios#798

[Sunillabs108]

On Android, through facebook App, if i open a shared dynamic link, It is not working,
In OnSuccess listener Callback, (PendingDynamicLinkData pendingDynamicLinkData)
pendingDynamicLinkData is coming as Null, So not able to retrieve deep link in the App.
Kindly suggest or fix this issue,

WorkAround: I could make it work by changing the Facebook privacy settings for enabling to open the link externally. then i could get the desired results.
But this is not the correct way , As we can not force user to change the privacy settings of facebook.

[amgros]

any updates. our firebase links in Facebook / insta are NOT working anymore...why??
they work fine everywhere else
please fix..... but for short term..

what privacy settings on Facebook can be changed to allow our links to start working iagain??

[nightbear1009]

hi
is there any update about this issue? our traffic comes from facebook
this make us re-consider about using firebase dynamic link

[tabebqena]

as a temporary workaround, I suggest to use this answer and s this

[joshwolff1]

Same here

[joshwolff1]

I posted an answer that "sort of" fixes this here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41217810/firebase-dynamic-links-is-not-launching-my-app-in-specific-situation/59417981#59417981

Basically, remove the efr=1 parameter, which is what a developer suggested here: firebase/quickstart-ios#798

[gpribi]

Same here!
Found that when the activity handler is called from Facebook, the intent.getData() brings the right URL, but there's an "extra" missing called "com.google.firebase.dynamiclinks.DYNAMIC_LINK_DATA"

It's a byte[296] object with an unknown information, present when I use the link without Facebook.

[karapetyan]

Same here!

[KunalKathrotia]

Is there any update? dynamic links are not redirecting to the app when opening in facebook. works just fine everywhere else. what's the problem with facebook? tiktok links from facebook redirects and opens the app instantly, but unfortunately don't know which deep linking platform they are using.

[mikehardy]

@gpribi @karapetyan @KunalKathrotia have you tried the efr=1 workaround from @joshwolff1 just above in #916 (comment)

[KunalKathrotia]

@mikehardy Yes it's already in place, so i don't think that workaround works.
.setNavigationInfoParameters(new DynamicLink.NavigationInfoParameters.Builder().setForcedRedirectEnabled(true).build())

[joshwolff1]

It confirmed does work for me.

[joshwolff1]

Here is a video of it working: https://youtu.be/KLAH39BTwmw

Here is the link I used: https://spontit.page.link/?link=https%3A//spontit.com/action/emilyslist/1577502216%3Fsc%3Dfb%26scuser%3Djosh-wolff&ibi=jw1.Spontit&isi=1448318683&efr=1

Here is the link with the debug parameter so that you can inspect it: https://spontit.page.link/?link=https%3A//spontit.com/action/emilyslist/1577502216%3Fsc%3Dfb%26scuser%3Djosh-wolff&ibi=jw1.Spontit&isi=1448318683&efr=1&d=1

iOS 13.3, Facebook Version 251.0

[joshwolff1]

One important note about the video I just took was that it did not open the preview page! I do not know why it did not show it. It has shown it in the past when I opened the link in the Facebook app. Either way, the App Store opened as expected.

[KunalKathrotia]

@joshwolff1 did you manually add efr=1 parameter in the original link before making it dynamic using firebase sdk?

[Significantinfotech2020]

Now I facing two issues:
1.When I paste the link in progress bar on Chrome, it redirect to Play Store even thought I have already installed app
2.When I click my own link on Facebook's Feed,it didn't redirect to correct screen that I want to move
From my standpoint,it probably the Firebase's issue because I try another social networks such as Instagram, Skype, Messenger,Zalo it all work

I am facing same issue no. 2. If any one got solution, then please suggest us.

[Spinthecode]

Hi any update? thank you!

[MaxJadav]

Any update on this? Fetch same issue in FB, skype, Chrome. If any one got solution, then please suggest us.

[JurajBegovac]

Any update? E.g. - same link is working when launched from Facebook inside chrome app and not working when launched from Facebook mobile app. When launched from Facebook app it opens play store no matter that I already have the app installed.

[bchanthavong]

Running into the same issue on Android. Posting a short link in the Facebook app always goes to the Play Store even if the app is installed. If the app is not installed, when installing it, it does not have the deep link.

[ycv005]

Any Update of how to solve this?

[xuancelestial]

Same issue here

[enginebai]

Any update for this, it's still broken for dynamic link 20.1.0.

[evelant]

@samtstern this still seems to be an issue over 1.5 years after it was reported, is there anybody that should be tagged to look into this?

[githubbla]

one more month? any way to fix this?

[BurningAXE]

@samtstern Can we at least get some response to know if anybody is doing anything to fix this issue?
It's very disappointing to see a 2-years old issue with a lot of affected users and no progress whatsoever!

[eagarcias]

@samtstern any news?

[BurningAXE]

Guys, since nobody from the Firebase team reacts to this two other issues about Dynamic Links not working (properly) in Facebook app, I contacted Firebase through their support. This is the response I got:

Just wanted to let you know that we are aware that Dynamic Links don't work well with Facebook. Unfortunately, we don't have a workaround for this issue, as it's up to Facebook to determine how URLs are handled inside their app. The only suggestion I can provide would be to ask your users to open your links from a non-Facebook browser. Hope you understand.

So, don't expect any fixes from Firebase and deal with the issue accordingly...

[eagarcias]

@BurningAXE thanks

[sakher]

Same in linkedin, as well as in Chrome desktop when you emulate mobile, it renders dynamic links completely useless to be honest! any workarounds?

[BurningAXE]

Well, I switched to Branch.io for dynamic links and it works like charm everywhere!

[aanalmehta]

Branch IO is the best option so far I have used. I have observed that, there are few issues with dynamic links with Skype and Facebook.
So, the best option is Branch IO.

[dngconsulting]

We are in 2022 and same issue. What I don't understand is that I can easily deeplink google photos or any other google app in Facebook without any issue. Looks like google doesn't use dynamic links for their own apps...

[mikehardy]

@dngconsulting that may be true for some things but I think the Google Maps "copy to clipboard" version of share link is a deep link based on the behavior I see when I use it. Have you tried sharing those on facebook ? Might make an interesting test of your assertion

[dngconsulting]

Interesting @mikehardy . When one try with Google Photo it opens up the facebook web browser with a preview from the Google Photo website showing a button "Open in the native App" (btw curious to see how a web page can detect whether a native app is installed or not). For Google Map, same issue, it opens up the Google Map Web page preview (no deeplink). Same with Google Drive, the webview is always proposed with no way to deep link inside the FB browser.
This approach is interesting, I could propose an intermediary page stating that the user has to open a real browser but by default on android, dynamic links will systematically propose the AppStore default page. Is there any way to override this behaviour (please don't propose me to host my own endpoint and play with user agent ;-)....).

[MRTHAKER]

i am having same issue but interesting observation i made & found that only deffered link is broken for me from the testing tool facebook provides : https://developers.facebook.com/tools/app-ads-helper/
here normal link works on android but if i send deffered it always open play store & same thing on facebook ads.
if anyone has any hotfix please share.

[kmjadeja]

Guys you just need to skip the social meta details (Step#5) when you are creating a dynamic link from the Firebase console.

You just need to remove this meta if you are creating a dynamic link for Facebook AD.

If you are creating a dynamic link by using REST API then there you just need to remove socialMetaTagInfo or you can skip the complete dynamicLinkInfo.

I've attached the image for you reference you guys can check.

Generate Dynamic Link Using Firebase Console

Generate Dynamic Link Using REST API

⚠️ Note :

• This is only for the Facebook AD.
• You need to create a new link if you have already created, due to caching issue.

Give 👍 or 🎉 if this works for you. 😉
Thanks & Happy Coding 🍻

[dngconsulting]

All the links generated in my app are dynamic in the code with the firebase SDK. I need to pass a parameter to every links (id=XX) to navigate with contextual deeplink. How to conditionally put the social meta tags regarding whether the link is clicked on Facebook or in other apps ? How would you do that with your way @kmjadeja ?

[kmjadeja]

All the links generated in my app are dynamic in the code with the firebase SDK. I need to pass a parameter to every links (id=XX) to navigate with contextual deeplink. How to conditionally put the social meta tags regarding whether the link is clicked on Facebook or in other apps ? How would you do that with your way @kmjadeja ?

Hey @dngconsulting,

We create the dynamic links through REST API and we give a separate section where back-end can create different links for social media AD and other marketing.

For our app we have a team who run campaign over social-media, so for that specific user type backed will create a link without meta tags.

[dngconsulting]

Ok, this behaviour suit your specific needs but not the common case which consist to use the same link for all platforms. Our users choose to share on facebook/whatsapp or any other platform, we simply can't propose specific links for facebook and other for whatsapp/instagram. Those links should work on facebook with social meta tags or not. But I understand that it's more a facebook issue than a firebase one.

[kmjadeja]

Hello @dngconsulting,

I've worked on this issue and found that many people are facing the same issue. So I found one solution which will work with your facebook or social media and campaigns. I've used the concept of firebase & universal link. I've used this technique in my live projects and tested for a 1 Month and we didn't found any issue. Given solutions is tested and trusted by me and my team on live projects.

I've written a blog with code snippets so you guys are check the details and share your feedback.
If you have any problems in implementation do let me know, I'll try to help out.

Link : Google Dynamic Links

#help #firebase #facebook #codezma #blog #code #snippets

[argzdev]

Hi folks, we'd like to inform you that the Firebase Dynamic Links service will be shutdown on August 25, 2025. In the meantime, only critical or security issues will be fixed in the SDK.

More at https://firebase.google.com/support/dynamic-links-faq