I can add a link to, for example, 'navigon://' on a website that, in iOS devices, will open up the Navigon app if it is installed.
Is there a similar simple method to open an app from a website (assuming it's installed) in Android?
- 1Answered here: stackoverflow.com/questions/525063/… and here: stackoverflow.com/questions/2448213/…pawelzieba– pawelzieba2011-02-21 13:36:23 +00:00Commented Feb 21, 2011 at 13:36
- Hi @MaFt I have the same problem like you Did you find solution?Konrad Krakowiak– Konrad Krakowiak2015-02-03 16:11:24 +00:00Commented Feb 3, 2015 at 16:11
- I have done this in my android app, using intent filter, now the problem is the url link using in email is redirected to another one that i need. And the initial link does not get detected. How can i resolve this?arslan haktic– arslan haktic2015-02-04 12:51:57 +00:00Commented Feb 4, 2015 at 12:51
- Hope this will help you or someone else stackoverflow.com/questions/40781149/…Naeem Ibrahim– Naeem Ibrahim2016-11-24 08:53:35 +00:00Commented Nov 24, 2016 at 8:53
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Android deep linking: Add an intent filter to your manifest
<activity android:name="com.example.android.GizmosActivity" android:label="@string/title_gizmos" > <intent-filter android:label="@string/filter_title_viewgizmos"> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" /> <!-- Accepts URIs that begin with "http://www.example.com/gizmos” --> <data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.example.com" android:pathPrefix="/gizmos" /> <!-- note that the leading "/" is required for pathPrefix--> <!-- Accepts URIs that begin with "example://gizmos” <data android:scheme="example" android:host="gizmos" /> --> </intent-filter> https://developer.android.com/training/app-indexing/deep-linking.html
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jeet.chanchawat
How do I get the complete URL out of the same (I am trying to get an argument from the URI)
SHS
You may use intent.getDataString() to get complete url. Reference stackoverflow.com/a/1609662/2641380
Albert
This only works with http/https protocol. It doesn't work with custom protocol , such as navigon:// as in @Tim Castelijns's question
GD- Ganesh Deshmukh
` <!-- note that the leading "/" is required for pathPrefix-->` is very very important, I was trying url apit-testing in postman and wondering why same url it's not opening in android, for stripe-terminal-android-app.
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MaFt
Thanks but that refers to coding an app using the Android SDK. I need a way to open an app from a web page 'a' link eg <a href="navigon://">Open Navigon</a> would open Navigon app if installed on an iOS device.
Aman Aalam
Ohh sure there are ways, I'll let you know as soon as I am home. right now, I've gotta run.
Aman Aalam
Here's how you can invoke Google Apps on Android device: developer.android.com/guide/appendix/g-app-intents.html though, the following links are also a nice read.
See Everything you need to know about implementing iOS and Android Mobile Deep Linking. This is a good article for Android and iOS.
You may already have known that there are Deep Links, and starting from Android 6.0 Android App Links appeared. The latter are intended to open an URL only in your application, not any other competing. For instance, reddit.com can be opened in 7 applications, if not use this verification.
You can associate every needed Activity with links from which it should be opened. For instance, if you wish to open in the application links like https://awesomejobs.com/jobs/{id}, you need to add these lines to AndroidManifest.xml:
<activity android:name="com.awesomejobsapp.ui.activity.JobActivity"> <intent-filter> <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" /> <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/> <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" /> <data android:scheme="https" android:host="awesomejobs.com" android:pathPrefix="/jobs" /> </intent-filter> </activity> Then in JobActivity write (a code is received from an article in Russian):
@Override public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.ac_job); final Intent intent = getIntent(); final String action = intent.getAction(); final String data = intent.getDataString(); if (Intent.ACTION_VIEW.equals(action) && data != null) { final String jobId = data.substring(data.lastIndexOf("/") + 1); loadJobDetails(jobId); } } 