I'm currently work on a iOS/Phonegap app, I want to have it respond to a custom URL scheme, so that when a person clicks on a link in the regular browser it will open the app to a specific page, where said page is actually an external page. The app thus far essentially acts as a web browser where external (web) content is displayed in ChildBrowser.
I am 95% certain I need to use the following method in AppDelegate.
- (BOOL) execute:(InvokedUrlCommand*)command{}
And I know I need to use the following to create my command.
+ (InvokedUrlCommand*) newFromUrl:(NSURL*)url;
My problem is that I've been unable to find any examples online of doing this. I know the url passed to newFromUrl needs to be in the format of yourscheme://<sessionKey>#<Class>.<command>/[<arguments>][?<dictionary>] But in this case, my [<arguments>] would be a regular url of the form "http://www.google.com".
Can some one give a concrete real-world example?
This is implemented in current versions of PhoneGap so that all you need to do is add you custom URL to the App-info.plist file. Here is a sample of the XML:
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.cams.myapp</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>myApp</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
You should use the Property editor to edit this file and get the format correct.
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i defined a deep-link in info.plist like this :
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.myapp.customer</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>myapp.com</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
but in Safari there's no reaction to this link and this message shows up :
Safari cannot open the page because the server can not be found
Everything is checked and i did as tutorials and still nothing happens!
The CFBundleURLSchemes field should be filled with a scheme, not a url. Schemes come before the url to tell the browser what action to take. For example, https:// is a scheme that tells the browser to establish a secure connection. An Apple URI scheme is simply you telling the browser that you want URLs with your custom scheme (i.e. customScheme://) to be handled by your app. HTTP and HTTPS are reserved for Safari on iOS. To allow customScheme://example/path to open your app. Just change that field to customScheme.
If you would like to register normal web URLs to handle your links you will have to integrate Universal Links. These can be a pain to set up so I recommend using the Branch iOS SDK. Their deep linking is free and provides more features on top of Universal Links.
Make sure you have this method in AppDelegate.Swift
func application(_ app: UIApplication, open url: URL, options: [UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey : Any] = [:]) -> Bool {
if url.scheme != nil && url.scheme!.hasPrefix(""){
//Deep linking link should be like this : 'yourAppScheme'
if(url.host?.contains("page"))!{
if(url.path.contains("/yourhoststring")){
// do some work
}
}
}
//default
return false
}
Your Url scheme should be like this : [scheme]://[host]/[path]
Here is the link for detailed tutorial:
http://blog.originate.com/blog/2014/04/22/deeplinking-in-ios/
This is a fairly straightforward one: to date, can an iOS app deep link or in any way launch Amazon Music to play a specific song/load an artist or album? How much of this can be done?
If you're feeling really generous, could you describe how to find the URLs to deep link to third party apps like AM, Facebook, Twitter and Spotify?
So I opened up the "Amazon Music" .ipa file (it's basically just a .zip file you can unzip) and in the app's Info.plist file I see a URL scheme that the app answers to:
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.amazon.mp3</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>amznmp3</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
Unfortunately, this is not a public scheme. That is, there's no documentation available for it that can be googled (or I would have expected to have found it on a page like this).
This means you will probably have do additional research to figure out what kind of parameter to pass along with the scheme. For example, on this page I see a potential parameter of "fb164734381262". Perhaps it's a mp3 file identifier?
My application is a little different, but may be helpful. I am using the Workflow app to automate several things. I can interact with the Amazon Music app through the URL below.
https://music.amazon.com/playlists/B0797C4SN9?do=play
When the URL is opened in Workflow, it causes the Amazon Music app to open. A specific playlist is opened, then it starts playing.
You can create others by opening the app, sharing the playlist to notes. Deleting all of the information after the ? from the URL. Then add do=play to the end of the URL.
I think this would apply to songs and albums as well.
I would really like to know how to get the shuffle playlist from URL, so if somebody figures that out, let me know.
The answer by #Kyle365 works with iOS Shortcuts as well, was able to play a private and public playlist by copying the playlist’s url (share > copy) and changed the url to include ?do=play at the end. I created a shortcut that opens this url and Shortcuts recognizes the url as an Amazon Music url and opens it directly in the Amazon Music app and starts playing it.
Example of Url:
https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/somePlaylistId?do=play
I created a web view controller and it loads https sites(ex: , ) but not http, non ssl secured sites(ex: http://bswd.us, http://www.barretthillins.com). When i do put a hhtp site in there, it does load but just a blank, white web view. How would i need to fix this?
This is due to the App Transport Security, a new protocol introduced by Apple at WWDC 2015. It doesn't allow any connections that are not HTTPS. You can disable it, however it's not recommended as it secures your app.
To disable it you have to edit the App's .plist. Simply right-click the .plist file and select Open As -> Source File and add the following code:
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoads</key><true/>
</dict>
This will allow HTTP requests.
Hope that helps, Julian.
You can also allow access to http content just through webviews, by adding this instead:
<key>NSAppTransportSecurity</key>
<dict>
<key>NSAllowsArbitraryLoadsInWebContent</key>
<true/>
</dict>
I am currently having problems using a WebView with this API to login to my app. I feel like I've set up something wrong somewhere, but can't put my finger on it.
Here's the error I'm getting :
Given URL is not allowed by the Application configuration code:191
I've set up my application descriptor like this (the x's are my app id)
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>fbxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>xxxxxxxxxxxxx</string>
I don't know if I need to add a setting in my facebook app page, but I've enabled embedded browser login and that's it.
Am I forgetting something here ?
Thanks for the help !
The problem can be caused by many things. I've used this and it helped me a lot:
http://afterisk.wordpress.com/2013/02/26/first-free-facebook-single-sign-on-sso-adobe-air-native-extension-for-android/
It important to follow almost every step as there are multiple properties in Facebook that you must set.
Second, check this SO: Facebook API error code 191
I don't know what's the url that you open - it's best to get it as login url from FB.
I hope that helps and will solve your problem :)
I am writing a Xamarin iOS app and having difficulty integrating Facebook SSO, though I don't think my problem is necessarily Xamarin-specific, just a lack of understanding of how to integrate Facebook SSO without the benefit of the Facebook iOS SDK.
I have followed the various guides and have done the following:
1) Have a Facebook App set up:
a) iOS Platform added with bundle id matching my app's bundle id
b) Single sign on enabled
2) Set up my info.plist as follows:
raw text:
<key>CFBundleDisplayName</key>
<string>[company]</string>
<key>CFBundleIdentifier</key>
<string>com.[company].ios.app</string>
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>fb123490xxx</string>
</array>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.[company].ios.app</string>
</dict>
</array>
<key>FacebookAppID</key>
<string>123490xxx</string>
<key>FacebookDisplayName</key>
<string>[company] Staging</string>
3) Implemented the following code in my app:
FacebookLoginButton.TouchUpInside += (sender, e) =>
{
var urlWithAppProtocol = new NSUrl("fb123490xxx://");
UIApplication.SharedApplication.OpenUrl(urlWithAppProtocol);
};
I have not overriden AppDelegates methods (OpenUrl and HandleOpenUrl) yet because as far as I can see those handle incoming redirects to my app; I will get that working next.
To be clear, what I'm expecting to see is the FB iOS App equivalent of this screen (from Mobile Safari)
However, if I redirect to:
"fb://[appid]" I get redirected to the FB app but just to the news feed page (or whatever screen I was on last when I was using the FB app)
"fb[appid]://" I get nothing happening, .OpenUrl() does nothing;
"fb://profile/[appid]" as an experiment, I get the following (notice the "app isn't available for your phone"); this could be because you're supposed to use the PageID with /profile.
What am I missing here?
Ok, in the end it was simply using fbauth://authorize in conjunction with the normal query string parameters in the oauth url. The redirect url needs to be fbconnect://success
I found this by reading the source code of the FB iOS SDK:
https://github.com/keithpitt/DKSocial/blob/72cd77bc15ca1a307b92aff8382f2c71a97da7de/External/FBConnect/Facebook.m
There might be a lesson here to use the Xamarin bindings of the official Facebook iOS SDK, which offers this functionality. I've ended up going down the manual route because I started with the Facebook .NET SDK, which doesn't seem to offer this App-based SSO functionality.