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osousa
osousa

Reputation: 33

Applinks meta tags not working on facebook

I have gone though the documentation from both facebook and applinks.org a few times already but applinks are not working from the facebook android app. Clicking a link directly with the urlscheme for my app successfully opens the app. But when I share a web link to my newsfeed and click it from the fb app it opens a browser window instead of the app. Additionally facebook ograph debugger cannot see my meta tags.

Below is a sample html snippet containing:

<!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <title> Huambo: Trinta mil bois vão ser vacinados no município da Caála </title><meta name="fb:app_id" content="862082893" /><meta name="og:site_name" content="Noticias de Angola" /><meta name="al:android:url" content="ideiabasenoticiasdeangola://article/36417" /><meta name="al:android:package" content="com.ideiabase.noticiasdeangola" /><meta name="al:android:app_name" content="Noticias de Angola" /><meta name="al:ios:url" content="ideiabasenoticiasdeangola://article/36417" /><meta name="al:ios:app_store_id" content="862082893" /><meta name="al:ios:app_name" content="Noticias de Angola" /><meta name="og:title" content="Huambo: Trinta mil bois vão ser vacinados no município da Caála" /><meta name="og:image" content="http://cdn1.portalangop.co.ao/angola/pt_pt/files/highlight/2014/9/42/0,319a87a5-95c8-470d-acae-fd27d53e3ac1--r--NjQweDM0Mw==.jpg&quot; /><meta name="og:description" content="Caála- Trinta mil cabeças de gado bovino vão ser vacinadas contra o carbúnculo externo, interno, dermatite nodular e peripneumonia contagiosa, no município da Caála, província do Huambo, pelos serviços veterinários.

, A campanha de vacinação aberta hoje visa contrapor ao surto de carbúnculo que est" /></head> <body>...

A live version of this is available here: Sample article not working Can you see anything wrong with the meta tags I am using?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1161

Answers (1)

osousa
osousa

Reputation: 33

I have found the answer. I thought I should share the answer.

When generating meta tags using asp.net they are generated using the format:

<meta name="al:android:url" content="ideiabasenoticiasdeangola://article/36417" />

Facebook and others expect:

<meta property="al:android:url" content="ideiabasenoticiasdeangola://article/36417" />

So the problem was that I was using the meta tag name attribute rather than the property attribute

Upvotes: 0

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