Open page in Twitter app from other app - Android

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]"))); 
}

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.

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

Open page on Twitter app from other app using Android in 2 Steps:

1.Just paste the below code (on button click or anywhere you need)

Intent intent = null;
try{
   // Get Twitter app
   this.getPackageManager().getPackageInfo("com.twitter.android", 0);
   intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("twitter://user?user_id=USER_ID"));
   intent.addFlags(Intent.FLAG_ACTIVITY_NEW_TASK);
} catch () {
   // If no Twitter app found, open on browser
   intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("https://twitter.com/USERNAME"));
}

2.intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, Uri.parse("twitter://user?user_id=USER_ID"));

To get USER_ID just write username https://tweeterid.com/ and get Twitter User ID in there

Reference: https://solutionspirit.com/open-page-twitter-application-android/

Hope it will Help :)

Open page in Twitter app from other app - Android

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