Difference between revisions of "Linking to Apps"
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* [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/defining-a-custom-url-scheme-for-your-app Custom URL Scheme for Your App] still works to create a custom scheme for your app but Apple prefers developers to use Universal Links. | * [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/defining-a-custom-url-scheme-for-your-app Custom URL Scheme for Your App] still works to create a custom scheme for your app but Apple prefers developers to use Universal Links. | ||
| − | * [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/allowing-apps-and-websites-to-link-to-your-content Allowing Apps and Websites to Link to Your Content] or '''UniversalLinks''' allows directing a requested link to deep inside an app. | + | * [https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/allowing-apps-and-websites-to-link-to-your-content Allowing Apps and Websites to Link to Your Content] or '''UniversalLinks''' allows directing a requested link to deep inside an app. It allows a two-way association between the app and the developers web site, similar to the way a PWA works. |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 20:21, 10 June 2021
Full Title or Meme
Since the advent of apps stores, first on smart phone, but now every where, the need to invoke an app by linking direct to it has become important.
Context
Solutions
Apple support for Links
- Custom URL Scheme for Your App still works to create a custom scheme for your app but Apple prefers developers to use Universal Links.
- Allowing Apps and Websites to Link to Your Content or UniversalLinks allows directing a requested link to deep inside an app. It allows a two-way association between the app and the developers web site, similar to the way a PWA works.
References
- see the wiki page on Native App URI Handlers.
