Ios Open App From Http Url

Apple has allowed ios apps to register their own url schemes on your devices for a while now but i ve never used this functionality in depth till just recently.

Ios open app from http url. If you are opening someone else s app then skip to step 2. For the iphone you can launch the facebook app if installed by using a url starting with fb. Right click and select add row.

This will open the url in safari. If your app includes address or location information you can use map links to open that information in the maps app in ios or macos. Url new swift syntax as of ios 10 0.

Also while all of the below include the in them most can be used with just. Any ones below without anything after the are just schemes to open the apps up while ones with information after the are for performing deep link specific actions within the apps. Step 1 register your custom url scheme.

Urls to launch apps a newer more flexible api was needed. The url looks like this. The openurl method has been deprecated and replaced with a more versatile method which takes an options object and an asynchronous completion handler as of ios 10 0.

On the ios device with the smartappbanner app installed launch safari and enter the url containing the myapp html file. Once the page is loaded click the launch smartappbanner app link see figure 2. If the app you wish to open belongs to you then you need to register it s custom url scheme.

Unlike some schemes map urls do not start with a maps scheme identifier. Use xcode s project navigator to open your app s info plist file. The calling app can ask the system to inform it when your app opens the url.