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Reputation: 421

Cross-launching other apps from iOS actionable notifications

Is it possible to cross-launch another - not my - app from an iOS 8 actionable notification?
So user swipes the notification and then tap on one of the two buttons to open a 3rd party app.
Is that possible and how?
Couldn't find any documentation.

Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 189

Answers (1)

jimrice
jimrice

Reputation: 452

The button directly opening the 3rd party app without opening your app first, NO but the button could be programmed to open your app and then launch the 3rd party app.

For this to be possible the other app must have URL scheme implemented in their app. You will need to find out if the app has URL scheme implemented. If they do you can use something like this below. 

NSURL *myURL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"APPURLSCHEME://"];
[[UIApplication sharedApplication] openURL:myURL];

You will replace APPURLSCHEME with whatever the apps url scheme is. LinkedIn for example is linkedin:// .

Upvotes: 2

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