I'm looking for the easiest solution to the following scenario:
I've developed a web app.
I need to send an sms with link+parameters for a unique user's registration.
BUT I want the link to direct to a native app installation that will install an app icon on home screen, and all this native app has to do is open the link to the web app.
By that I can avoid the Awkward solution of using bookmarks in android.
I know nothing about mobile app programming, so by easiest I mean: Either very basic tutorial, or a working native app that I can just change the URL and resubmit it as a new Native app.
or Any other easy suggestion
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I am working on a React project. The same web app has its Android and IOS apps as well.
When I copy a web app's link to android users' mobile phone, It asked to open through web or app like this.
But I try to open the same thing with the IOS device. It directly opens the link in the web browser.
I am new to this project and I have no access to any documentation for the project. How can I add android behaviour to the IOS? Is this can be done in the React web app itself?
I think this will help with support universal links:
https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppSearch/UniversalLinks.html
In addition, there is a very detailed explanation here in terms of react native. I wanted to direct you in case you might not have come across.
https://rossbulat.medium.com/deep-linking-in-react-native-with-universal-links-and-url-schemes-7bc116e8ea8b
Is it possible to create a mobile app for both Andriod and iOS which will display the same data as on a website written in HTML CSS and js?
The site only displays information but this info is used regularly by users. I have been asked if it's possible to create an app that the same info would be available on? Ideally, any changes made to the website would be reflected in the app without having to change the code for the app as well.
edit - The page on the app will still need functionality i.e being able to open modals when a button is clicked.
You could embed your site in a native app using a WebView. Nowadays you have several technologies as React native and Flutter that could help publishing your site as a multiplatform app.
I want to develop a web app that will work in a server. Using apache or gunicorn, or something similar.
Now I need to know if there is any way to make a "native app" that will redirect to the web app.
Basically the native app redirect to the responsive web site that will run inside a webview. The native app only is needed to provide a a shortcut to the web app in the smartphone and also add the option of install in apple/android store.
This is possible? I can develop this "native app" with phonegap, but I need to embed the responsive web app powered by apache/nginx/gunicorn.
Any insights about this?
This is what people doing on my office :
They created a responsive web.
They created a native app (not hybrid), in other word : they use eclipse/xcode
The native app basically is just a full screen WebView
With this, they successfully employ android & iOS native apps only with WebView and upload it to their respective store.
I know from here that when I put a fb://... link on my website it opens the native Facebook App (on iPhone and even on Android).
But how is it possible to put some parameters to this link? I want to make a share button, with a text/title/image. The user should be able to review it, but when he is lazy he should also be able just to press "Post it".
EDIT: My App is an webapp, it is just reachable through the browser (PC or mobile) or through an WebView of a native app (iPhone, WindowsPhone, Android).
You should use the native share dialogs with the Facebook SDK.
https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/07/11/four-reasons-to-upgrade-to-the-new-share-dialog-for-ios/
Here's the iOS documentation: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/ios/share-dialog/
Here's the Android documentation: https://developers.facebook.com/docs/android/share-dialog/
Can a custom FB web app be used inside the iOS / android FB apps? Docs are not very clear on that. You can create Bookmarks for native apps, but I want to have a bookmark pointing to our custom FB web app canvas. The goal is to develop an app that's usable on all platforms.
I've been making some test and I could'n execute a non native app from facebook app or web page, and it's not easy to load facebook web page in PC mode from a mobile device.
The official Facebook documentation for iOS says:
When a user does a search in the Facebook app your app will be visible if it passes a usage threshold. The search results will display apps that have been configured for SSO support. When the user selects your app from the search results they will be directed to your app. If the user had previously authorized your app they will be authenticated when your app is launched.
I guess that for Android will be pretty like this. So if you develop a native app that only shows a WebView pointint to your web (pretty simple by the way in iOS and android) must work with no problems.
Usually Facebook APPs are on Flash, so I don't think that it will work on iOS (Please correct me if I'm wrong with the Flash issue).
On Android, it would be extremely easy, having in mind it works with Flash with 0 problems. You'd just have to implement a WebView on your layout and point to the url of your facebook app.
In general, you can really create applications that work on both systems, iOS and Android, playing with the webView's. However, you have to know that they will never work as if they were written on native code in terms of performance.
From what I've seen, if a developer already has an existing mobile version of their app which is also on Facebook, they are able to create a tab for it that will appear on Facebook for iOS and Facebook for Android. I don't think you can create a bookmark to the webapp version to be seen on a mobile phone. Users can of course bookmark your webapp on their browsers, though.