Scenario:
I have a Firebase Dynamic Link implementation using Firebase Dynamic Link Plugin.
I followed the steps mentioned in the plugin.
Issue:
Currently on iOS when user clicks on short / long dynamic link - It asks the dialogue "Open in [appName]".
Looking for Solution
Is there a way to prevent the dialogue "open in [appName]" in iOS and just redirect the user with in app pages?
Info:
Firebase Dynamic Link apple-app-site-association.
Hosted site app site association
The problem I had was: The browser was sent to a private mode. When I changed the browser setting to a non-private; the dialogue did not appear and seamless redirect happened from browser to an app.
Related
I have a a problem on a Nativescript 5.1.0 project with Angular 4, I use the API nativescript-oauth2, and it works fine for Facebook and Google, but when I try to Login into Microsoft it does not do very well.
I can enter the e-mail account and password, even the permission screen is shown, but in this one when I press YES it crashes.
The problem is because of the property redirect uri (urn:ietf:wg:oauth:2.0:oob) for the Microsoft configuration, when Safari receives the redirect uri, Safari crashes.
I read that can be solved with a delegate, but it already exists in the nativescript-oauth2.
And the android browser does not show the error but it does nothing.
Help me please!!
With Microsoft oAuth, it tries to open your app with an URL scheme. You might want to setup URL schemes in your app like it's showcased in demo app for Provider, iOS & Android
I have read a lot of articles regarding universal links but still i need to be clear regarding few things.
I have to add universal links to http://www.domain.com but due to certain reasons i will not be able to make my website SSL certified or even put apple-app-site-association with https in root folder. So I thought of doing this in a different way, i will put apple-app-site-association file in the root of a subdomain, lets say https://www.app.domain.com/apple-app-site-association
Then i will open every universal link with that subdomain whenever universal link is available and redirect https://www.app.domain.com to http://www.domain.com if universal link is not available.
Questions in my mind :-
apple says - file needs to be accessible via HTTPS—without any redirects—at https:///apple-app-site-association.
In this line what does apple mean by without any redirects ?
when apple does not find any universal link related to a particular URL, will it itself redirects it to safari.
Is this a safe way to add universal links or is it necessary to have our main domain on https or at-least apple-app-site-association on https
This should work fine. To explicitly answer your questions:
'Without redirects' means when iOS requests https://www.app.domain.com/apple-app-site-association, it must find the file at that address. You can't have a redirect of any kind (Javascript, 301, 302, etc)
If a URL is not valid for Universal Links because you didn't cover it using the inclusion rules in the apple-app-site-association file, it will be opened using Safari. If the URL is on another domain without a valid apple-app-site-association file (e.g., http://www.domain.com/), then it will also be opened in Safari.
Yes, it's fine. Definitely a workaround, but not unsafe.
You should also investigate a hosted deep linking service like Branch.io (full disclosure: I'm on the Branch team) or Firebase Dynamic Links. These will give you all of the same benefits (plus a bunch more flexibility, to be honest) without any of the setup headaches.
We experienced ways where a 302 on iOS works.
In general I fully agree that Apple officially does not seem to support any redirect.
The following cases have been tested on an iPhone 6 running iOS 11.
These cases work :
Website in Chrome on iOS: User clicks on link A and a 302 redirects him to a Universal link B.
Website in Safari on iOS: User clicks on link A and a 302 redirects him to a Universal link B.
Gmail App on iOS: User clicks on link in email and Gmail opens external Chrome browser, which opens a Google link which redirects to link A which redirects via 302 to Universal Link B. (this case works only if Chrome is installed and in Gmail Settings the user explicitly changed the default browser to Chrome)
These cases DO NOT work:
Apple Mail: User clicks on link A in email and external Safari is opened. 302 happens and opens Universal link B. Result: App does not open
Gmail App: User clicks on link A in email and Gmail inAppBrowser (probably WKWebview?) is opened. Gmail redirects EVERY link from an email over a google server, as a second step link A is opened (dont know via 302 or other method) then 302 happens and opens Universal link B. Result: App does not open
Unfortunately you can see that in some cases it does NOT work. As these cases, Apple Mail and Gmail on iOS are very important for most of us here, I think this is a showstopper and you should not use it.
We tested with Adjust links and therefore in cases where the app does not open Adjust opens the AppStore to download the app.
For all Adjust interested: We tested by opening a link https://app.adjust.com/... which has a 302 on the respective Universal link https://XXXXXXX.adj.st/... on which our app listens.
I'm trying to send an email with deep linking to my iOS app, using myapp:// format to open it up from email. It works (i.e. tapping on it opens the app) in any iOS mail client (Mail, Mailbox, etc.) but not in Gmail app (or even web), that strips it out leaving text only. Does anyone has a solution/alternative beside creating a web link that redirects then from browser to app?
Nope, unfortunately Gmail detects non-http/https protocols in links and strips the anchor () tag (so using data: or javascript: to perform a redirect is out too).
If/When Google implements Actions on Gmail for iOS/Android, those may work (https://developers.google.com/gmail/actions/actions/actions-overview), but as of now, they are not rendered on native mobile clients.
You can create a server with a regular endpoint that will redirect to the "special" myapp:// link.
If you are running Node + Express, here's an example of a middleware that does exactly that:
https://github.com/mderazon/node-deeplink
I'm building a facebook app which uses open graph to publish stories. I can successfully publish the stories but what I want to do is to customize the app link in the story(circled in the given image).
Currently my link to "posted via APP_NAME" is referring to the Facebook appcenter page of my app. All I want to do is to customize the link and make it refer to my personal website. How can I do that?
Do I have to specify any extra parameters while making a POST request to facebook??
As far as I know this link leads to one of:
Canvas URL if you have a canvas app
Site URL if you have no canvas app just website with fb login
You can set both in App Settings (https://developers.facebook.com/apps/)
Looking through the logs it's impossible to distinguish it from people just accessing the app.
Add a canvas application with an address of page with this code:
<script>top.location.href = 'http://your-website.com'</script>
I am in the process of creating an iOS app with Phonegap and jQuery, however, I am running into issues trying to allow both iFrames (to load normally) and external URLs (to open in Safari). I decided to choose the path of using iframes as I was not able to send POST and open the resulting page in Safari (i was trying to create a mobile friendly login window that opens to the full site in safari).
I recently updated to v1.5 hoping to resolve the issue, but it still occurs.
I have tried the trick "[url scheme] isEqualToString:#"http"...." however this forces any page in the iframe to load in safari.
So, I would like either to have external URLs and iframes to behave just like it does in a Webapp (add to homescreen button on iOS) or be able to send POST to Safari?
Has anyone got ideas? :)
Thanks!
You could change tactic slightly and login fully using your app, but then create an authentication token which would be passed via a standard link to be opened in safari.
You could generate the token new each time. Tokens are a valid system for access.