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smj2393
smj2393

Reputation: 1957

Open a Cordova mobile application from a link in a website

I have created an application which is similar to the website. When a user visits the website on their iOS or Android device I want to output a link which lets them open or download the application.

For example when you visit Youtube on your mobile device a popup appears saying Open this page in "YouTube":

enter image description here If you click this popup it opens the YouTube app on my phone.

I want to do this with my website and application. The app is created using Cordova. Does anyone know how to do this? I found this question which is similar, but it is for native iOS. I need a cross platform Cordova solution.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2294

Answers (2)

smj2393
smj2393

Reputation: 1957

In case someone is looking for a similar solution in the future.

As @sanat shukla mentioned in the comments there is a plugin created by EddyVebruggen which allows you to do this:

https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/LaunchMyApp-PhoneGap-Plugin

Upvotes: 1

SANAT
SANAT

Reputation: 9257

Try this :

<activity android:name=".MyActivity">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
        <data android:host="www.myapp.com" android:scheme="MyApp" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>

Upvotes: 2

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