In my iOS app, I have used the Firebase dynamic links to share some of the contents with others. It's simply a custom domain URL with the content ID appended. With this Firebase dynamic URL's, I have successfully implemented to do this task-"When user tap and opens in the mobile phone if the app installed in the phone it will open directly from the app with relevant contents"
But I want to do the following tasks :
If the app has not installed in the mobile, and if the user opens the URL then show a small web page in the default web browser with the app download link which user can click and download which will direct the user to the app store app. This needs to only happen on the mobile.
We have a web app for the mobile app so in case if the user opens the URL shared in the Desktop or Laptop I need them to redirect to the relevant content web page.
Hope kind support on this... Thanks
You can do these settings when creating a new dynamic link:
Just make sure you "Skip the app preview page" is not selected, this way the user will have a web page with a download button to take them to the app store.
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Senario: User scans a QR code with a unique universal link into our app to "redeem" their code.
They scan the code which goes to a webpage with a link to download the app.
The user downloads the app.
Returns to the web page and there is a link within the page which is the same link as the QR code.
We assume tapping the (same) URL would trigger the universal link but it does not.
The universal link works fine from email or other apps (after its been installed)
How can we fix this bad UX, is there a HTML component or redirect we need to consider when tapping the basic link on the Web page. How can we make the link initiate the "deeplink" into the app now its installed. The banner at the top is displayed but its not the ideal flow.
The user cannot scan the QR code again - they must go through the download and "reopen" app in one flow.
Universal links do not trigger in Safari. This is intentional behavior confirmed by Apple engineers in the forums (sorry, don't have a link right now). Their reasoning: if you're already in the browser eco-system you usually do not want to be redirected to an app, but want to stay in the browser.
What you can do is have your app implement a custom URL scheme, and your web page can then check if your custom URL scheme is supported and open it.
On desktop some links to an iOS app store page open the "App Store preview" in the browser, like this one for example:
https://apps.apple.com/es/app/uber/id368677368
Which also generates a nice link preview.
But others instead of showing the the website, ask the user to open it on the App Store app:
If the user chooses not to the page stays blank.
Like this one for example:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id615238455
Is this is something configurable? If so, how?
Would like to know if expected behavior on deep linking using branch.io so when clicked on should check for app availability and prompt customer on iOS device to
Prompts to download app in App Store if not installed
Open in iOS app seamlessly if installed
If customer declines app download it will open in iOS mobile browser
My concern is this deep link behavior on a desktop experience. When a user clicks the same url I am being told this will take them to the iTunes app store resulting in a poor experience. Is this a correct statement? Is there any way to provide a better experience to the end user.
Thanks in advance!
I am being told if the same url is opened in Windows10 it will take me to the App
For example
1. Users opens email with deeplink url
2. what is expected behavior on mobile device with app installed that deep link
For iOS redirects, you'll have to set yourself up for Universal Linking per the documentation here:
https://dev.branch.io/getting-started/universal-app-links/guide/ios/
This is very important for redirect behavior on iOS 9 and later. Please note that not all 3rd party apps and browsers support Universal Linking functionality yet, so you should test on iOS from iMessage or Notes initially.
As for Desktop, you can set your Desktop redirect on the Link settings page - this will not take users to the App store/Play store on Desktop, but to the page you set. You can use the Branch hosted text-me-the-app page if you want to have this as your default for Branch redirects, or your site homepage, or any other page of your choosing. You can add Deeplink data that will be used for all redirects by adding key/value pairs in the SDK or manually when creating a marketing link from the Branch Dashboard. You can also set a $deeplink_path value that will be honored for a specific link, and you can further set a $desktop_url that will override defaults if you want a different redirect for a specific link.
There are many options and ways for you to configure how your redirects work - all of this is up to how you set your Link Settings on the Dashboard, and if you choose to override these defaults for any particular link. For example, you might have default redirects to the App store set for iOS and a desktop URL set to your main webpage on Link Settings. In this case, a link created without modifying these values will take the user to the App store on iOS (or the App if installed), and to the desktop URL specified in Link settings if clicked from Desktop. If, however, you want to override and set $desktop_url as something else for a given link, say, to a specific page on your webpage using the $desktop_url key, on iOS the redirects will be the same but on desktop you will be taken to the set $desktop_url. For any of these scenarios you can specify Deeplink Data to be passed through.
When I tap on some Sound Cloud content on FB timeline, FB iPhone app shows Action Sheet with these options:
Open Web page
Install Sound Cloud app
How do I call action sheet on Facebook content in a Facebook iOS app? Was that a special feature FB gave Sound Cloud?
You may check Facebook developer documentation :
One of the most interesting aspects of sharing to Facebook from your
app is that when people engage with the news feed stories posted from
your app, those stories can send people to your app or your app's App
Store page, driving traffic and app installs. You can implement this
behavior using App Links.
When you set up App Links, you can control what happens when someone
taps on one of the links shared through your app or on the story
attribution (name of your app) in one of the Open Graph stories shared
through your app. If your app has web content, people will be
redirected to a web view of that content. If your app is installed
there may be an open button that launches your iOS app. if your app
isn't installed, there will be an install option to direct people to
your app's App Store page. If your app is mobile-only (no web content)
then tapping the shared link will either direct people to your app (if
it's installed) or to your app's App Store page (if your app isn't
installed)
App Links on iOS
Sharing on iOS
I'm developing an iOS app that required me to track a clicked event on an advertising image.
When user clicked on the ads image the app will open a website in web view. My question is : how does the owner of that website know that the website has been opened from a link in my app ?
Ok you want to know whether the user clicked the add and the webview was opened, and the add was completely loaded? You could try adding Google Analytics via Javascript to the ad web page or you could use the webViewDidFinishLoad method in the webview to track whether the add was loaded completely or not.
I've found the solution. In case someone wants to do the same as mine, I've added this "?utm_campaign=August&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=MyApp" at the end of the link when clicked. So when the ads owner opens their google analytics console they will see in referral tab the traffic from MyApp. Here is the link for GA detail.