List of iPhone URL Schemes
If you want to implement some cross-application connection in iOS, by making use of the following code snipped:
[[ UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL: url];
Now, as for the URL bit, there is a really good repository of iPhone URL’s that can be found by going to:
Examples include Facebook, iTunes, SMS, Maps etc.
This information comes from the iPhoneDevTools website.
1 NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:@"fb://<insert function here>"];
1 [[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:url];You can use these options:
- fb://profile – Open Facebook app to the user’s profile
- fb://friends – Open Facebook app to the friends list
- fb://notifications – Open Facebook app to the notifications list (NOTE: there appears to be a bug with this URL. The Notifications page opens. However, it’s not possible to navigate to anywhere else in the Facebook app)
- fb://feed – Open Facebook app to the News Feed
- fb://events – Open Facebook app to the Events page
- fb://requests – Open Facebook app to the Requests list
- fb://notes- Open Facebook app to the Notes page
- fb://albums – – Open Facebook app to Photo Albums list



