Ios Open App Url Scheme
That s enough to make your app launch when that url is triggered so now you just need to respond to a url.
Ios open app url scheme. Facetime uses url schemes to place calls when a url starting with facetime is opened just like safari handles urls starting with. Intro to url schemes in shortcuts. Native ios apps and web apps running in safari on any platform can use these schemes to integrate with system apps and provide a more seamless experience for the user.
Here s some code to print out the url. Open shortcuts using a url scheme open the url shortcuts to launch the app to the state when it was last used. How to open an ios app with custom url july 13 2016.
For information about the schemes supported by apple see apple url scheme reference. Ios will call a particular method on your app delegate whenever a url is passed in by the system so you ll probably want to send that on to a view controller of your choosing. The system delivers the url to your app by calling your app delegate s application.
This tutorial shows you how to open another ios app from within your ios app or from the safari browser using a custom url scheme. Url schemes for popular ios apps services. A url scheme is the part of a link that specifies the type of application your device uses to open a url.
Mailto email protected or the tel scheme to initiate a phone call e g. You can use url schemes in shortcuts. About apple url schemes.
Beginning with ios 9 you must whitelist the apps you want to open. 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. For instance you use the mailto scheme to open the mail app e g.