I am trying to do deep linking such that when someone opens a link from mobile browser, it either opens the app, if it is installed or opens the play store link to download the app.
Here is my URI :
intent://scan/#Intent;scheme=com.example.android;package=com.example.android;end
When I type this in Mozilla Firefox app on Android, it opens my app if it is installed or opens the play store link if it not installed. But, when I type the same thing in Chrome, instead of opening app or play store, it just does a google search. What is wrong with my solution and how do I make it work?
This is a known wontfix bug in Chrome 40+ (see the Chromium project ticket here for the full story).
Essentially, the Chrome team feels that if a user actually types something into the address bar, no redirect should ever happen. As you've discovered, this is counter to behavior in all other browsers.
Fortunately it's unlikely a user would actually type an intent:// URI by hand. If you wrap the URL inside a link on a webpage, or offer a link to another page and then issue a redirect of some kind (so that you can detect the user agent and not show a 'broken' intent:// link to users on other browsers), it should work correctly.
If you don't want to handle all these edge cases, you could also try a free service like Branch.io (full disclosure: I'm on the team).
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I am facing issue of deeplink. We have created a deep link for mobile application post but at google chrome mobile browser, its not opening the app screen. I saw same issues with amazon app deep links also.
At very first load it did not open app but second time it open app
Also make sure that you are tapping on the link. The chrome developers consider everything entered into the browser as user intention to open it in the browser.
So if you enter your link that you wish to deep link into your app in the chrome browser - it will open in the browser. But if you copy/paste it e.g. in notes app (social media etc.) and then tap on it - it will open your application if you have properly configured deep / app links.
I also got the same issue and I found a really good article regarding chrome browser with a deep link. (https://developer.chrome.com/docs/multidevice/android/intents/)
I first try out it with a fallback URL and the google chrome mobile browser doesn't work
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But when I removed that fallback URL, it was redirected to the google play store as intended
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I have a react-native application which use deep linking for Android.
Basically I have a working setup, which means that when im testing on a real device if I go to my website page displaying a link mapped by the AndroidManifest.xml, my app is correctly opening when clicking on the link. Same thing when I'm clicking the mapped link directly from Gmail app or Slack, everything works correctly.
However, when I'm going to my website page (which is displaying the mapped link) from the "embedded" Gmail or Slack browser and clicking on the link, the deep link doesn't work and it redirects on the web directly without asking to open the app first.
It seems a strange behaviour for me and after some research I wasn't able to find an explanation or a solution, so anyone have an idea on how to handle this ?
Thank you for your time.
My deeplink url is redirecting me to the play store/ app store even the app is installed. But its working fine if open through slack, it opening the app from slack. But not working on facebook or chrome. Does someone knows the answer?
There are different behaviours between the different apps. Android Chrome for example works with intents and not URI scheme, Facebook usually doesn't like people leaving their app so some of the redirections are blocked.
For iOS you have different issues and different problems because Apple started blocking redirection to the app from advanced versions of iOS, unless you are using Universal links.
What I am trying to say is that I suggest using a 3rd party solution that can do all those workarounds for you.
Check https://www.appsflyer.com/product/one-link-deep-linking
- for more info
I have an android application say Sample App. I want to add App Links according to Android Developer Guide. I was successful in implementing them, but there was an problem with Chrome. When I access the corresponding Sample Web App and there is <a> tag with href="https://www.sample.com/profile" and it's also supported by App, it opens in app instead of continuing in Chrome.
I checked documentation and it is supposed to be default behavior of Chrome. But then I came across Linkedin app. The My Network tab they have when clicked in browser continues in browser but same link if I save to docs or any other application and click it then it opens in native app.
I want to know how this is done?
I believe this is because, as you said, the standard deep linking behavior is to route to the app if it is installed. This behavior is handed-off immediately when the link is clicked because your app overriders that url to be handled by app instead of Chrome.
First, I believe that you should route users to your application because its a better, more engaging experience, presumably.
If you are convinced, then I would change your manifest to strictly handle links that you want to handle. See this post to see how to handle only certain links.
I have an IONIC app. I want my users to share links with https:// or http://. Should open in my native app. If app not installed should ask me to install it from the play store.
I tried this https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Custom-URL-scheme
But nothing happen when I click on https:// url. It still opening in my chrome browser. It should as me to open link in my app only.
I want exactly same explained here : https://paul.kinlan.me/deep-app-linking-on-android-and-chrome/
Eddy's plugin is specifically for a custom URI scheme. This is the myapp:// format you're seeing, and as you noted, it doesn't allow http:// or https:// links.
Paul works with the Chrome team, so his article is specifically about Chrome Intents. This is a nice standard, but only works on Chrome and isn't particularly useful if you want compatibility anywhere else.
The App Links standard is designed to solve this issue, but it's only supported on newer versions of Android.
Instead, what you need is hosted deep links. With this set up, your https:// URLs lead to webpages that redirect to your custom URI scheme, which opens the app and deep links your user. You can technically build it yourself, but most developers don't. Services like Branch.io (full disclosure: I'm on the Branch team) and Firebase Dynamic Links make the process much easier.
Here's a breakdown of the various deep linking options for Ionic: https://blog.branch.io/how-to-deep-link-in-cordova-phonegap-and-ionic/