How to Share a Website on Facebook With Android
Facebook is world’s largest social networking website with over 1 billion active users. Over the last few years, it has revolutionised the way we communicate with our family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances. People are using Facebook to post status updates about every single thing they do in their day, be it about their personal lives, work stress or just about anything else. Every time you sign in, chances are you will see latest news in your newsfeed from your circles.
As the demand for using Facebook grows, the company is making it easier day-by-day to use their website on mobile devices. These include smartphones and tablets. Facebook now provides apps, which can be installed on one of these devices through which you can stay connected to the social networking website all the time. These apps are available for almost every mobile device out there. Some of the common platforms on which it is run are iOS and Android. Whereas iOS works only on Apple devices, the Android can work on every mobile and tablet that is running the free software from search giant, Google.
These apps give you the liberty to do almost every task you can do while using the website from a computer. One such step is to share a website that you are visiting from your phone’s browser. In this article, we will explain how you can share a website using your Android’s Facebook app.
Instructions
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First of all, you need to be sure of the fact that you have a Facebook for Android app installed on your mobile or tablet. In case you do not have that installed, go to Play Store and download it for free. You can see the app under the Free Apps tab.
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You normally need your phone’s built in internet browser to browse websites or can alternatively download Google Chrome to do so. In this case, we will use Google Chrome to explain the process.
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Open Google Chrome from your homescreen. If it is not there, you can also install it for free from the Play Store.
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Once you open Chrome, browse any website that you are looking to share on your Facebook page.
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After the website is loaded, tap the Menu button of your phone. In newer devices, this button is normally the one with three horizontal lines on it.
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When the browser menu is opened, you will see a Share option in the drop down menu. Tap that.
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Once you tap that, you will see another menu with a host of apps through which you can share the website. Tap on Facebook.
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Once you do that, you will see the Facebook app loaded with the website link ready to be shared. You just need to tap the Share button on the top right.
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That’s it. You have successfully shared a website using Facebook for Android.
