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[Discussion] Chrome for iOS does not support Universal Links
Hi,
I've implemented universal links and got it working on Android and iOS using Safari. On Chrome for iOS it does not work. If I got it right that's because Chrome does not support Universal Links. As a workaround it is recommended to display a intermediary website and redirect to the app using URL schemes.
That would mean that https://github.com/nativescript-community/appurl is not totally deprecated, as it's still required to make linking into an app work on most devices.
Do I get this right?
@MrSnoozles not sure what we are talking about really. Could you share a sample projhect?
On iOS Universal Links work in Safari, but not in Chrome. That's no fault of the plugin, hence the [Discussion] tag.
See for example: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/738243 or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76098213/universal-link-works-in-safari-browser-but-not-in-chrome
One workaround that's suggested would be: Example: the Universal Link goes to https://mydomain.com/share/8xgdf On that website we could check the user agent and if it's iOS and a browser other than Safari, we could do a redirect to myapp://8xgdf. Apparently an AppLink still works for opening the app.
On iOS Universal Links work in Safari, but not in Chrome. That's no fault of the plugin, hence the
[Discussion]tag.See for example: https://forums.developer.apple.com/forums/thread/738243 or https://stackoverflow.com/questions/76098213/universal-link-works-in-safari-browser-but-not-in-chrome
One workaround that's suggested would be: Example: the Universal Link goes to https://mydomain.com/share/8xgdf On that website we could check the user agent and if it's iOS and a browser other than Safari, we could do a redirect to myapp://8xgdf. Apparently an AppLink still works for opening the app.
Ok nothing can be done here? We could add a note to the readme. And i did not understand the point about the old plugin appurl?
That would mean that nativescript-community/appurl is not totally deprecated, as it's still required to make linking into an app work on most devices.
Actually, the universal-links plugin does support yourapp:// links, even though this isn't mentioned in the readme. I tested it in my own project and the plugin works with them just like any other links - it depends on the developer to declare which links they want to handle in the Android manifest or iOS configuration.
