meta.links (detail) - mixed results

[youchi1]

Stremio Platform

Desktop (Windows)

Describe the bug

I added some functionality to my addon (more here), which uses stremio:///detail/${type}/${id} in streams.externalUrl.

There are mixed results on different platforms, see below:

Tested behavior by me:

• Windows Stremio v4 - in-app redirection
• Windows Stremio v5 - not supported
• Stremio Web - not supported
• Android Mobile - in-app redirection
• Android Mobile v2 - in-app redirection
• Android TV - in-app redirection

Tested behavior by users from comments:

• Tizen OS (Samsung) - not supported
• Mac OS - inconsistent behavior

Do you plan to add support to all platforms? Why does the new version for Windows (v5) not support it, while the old version does?

To Reproduce

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Expected behavior

working everywhere

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Desktop (if applicable)

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Smartphone (if applicable)

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TV (if applicable)

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[TRtomasz]

this will be fixed in the next release

[youchi1]

windows v5? What about stremio web?

[tymmesyde]

windows v5? What about stremio web?

windows v5 uses stremio web for the UI

[youchi1]

Yeah, but I tested new app (beta 24) on web.stremio and clicking on "stremio:///" still redirects to Desktop app. I know it is probably intended, but it would be nice to be able to redirect within that browser tab (not new tab), just like mobile/desktop app redirects within the app.

Btw why do I see old "beta 23" after reinstalling Windows v5? Downloaded from https://www.stremio.com/downloads

[tymmesyde]

Yeah, but I tested new app (beta 24) on web.stremio and clicking on "stremio:///" still redirects to Desktop app. I know it is probably intended, but it would be nice to be able to redirect within that browser tab (not new tab), just like mobile/desktop app redirects within the app.

Btw why do I see old "beta 23" after reinstalling Windows v5? Downloaded from https://www.stremio.com/downloads

this is not possible to do, uri scheme are meant to open apps from other apps

it's because it's cached, it will probably update itself in a few hours

[youchi1]

thanks for answering.

I tested uri button on windows ( app v5.0.0-beta.25) and it does't work. It opens browser with uri as link.

[tymmesyde]

what do you mean by uri button on windows?

[youchi1]

stream pointing to uri (streams.externaUrl)

[youchi1]

{
    "streams": [
        {
            "name": "TMDB Collections",
            "description": "📚 \"Trainwreck\"\nMovie is part of 👆\nClick and go to the collection",
            "externalUrl": "stremio:///detail/movie/tmdbcDev.1502591"
        }
    ]
}

[tymmesyde]

like the name of this field suggest it's meant for opening an external url related to playing the stream, it's not meant to be used as a deeplink

[youchi1]

not true: https://github.com/Stremio/stremio-addon-sdk/blob/master/docs/api/responses/stream.md

it works on other platforms, as stated in original post.

[tymmesyde]

i didn't even know we supported this and misunderstood your issue, i thought you were talking about the fact that the deeplinks didn't worked when you used stremio uri scheme with externalUrl on a browser

[rudepineapple]

I also tested this and every app has a different behavior. Doesn't matter what deeplink is used.

• Web v5 opens a blank tab
• WebOS just keeps loading forever
• AndroidTV opens another instance of the app every time you click the stream
• Android Beta opens the video player and then (not always) redirects

Refer: https://github.com/Stremio/stremio-addon-sdk/blob/master/docs/advanced.md#using-deep-links-in-addons