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Brad Root
Brad Root

Reputation: 515

How to deep-link to SoundCloud iOS App search without losing query?

When I try to deep link to the Soundcloud iOS app using the following URL scheme:

"https://soundcloud.com/search?q=\(query)"

the app opens to the search screen, but the query parameters are lost. If you uninstall the Soundcloud iOS app, the search works properly on the web. Is there any way to deep link to search in the SoundCloud iOS app while keeping the query?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 549

Answers (1)

JAL
JAL

Reputation: 42489

SoundCloud is using Universal Links. If you look at their apple-app-site-association file, you will see that they do not support deep linking from the /search web endpoint:

{
  "webcredentials" : {
    "apps" : [
      "33KQ7TW725.com.soundcloud.TouchApp",
      "PBQEYM9L4Z.com.soundcloud.RAC.EnterpriseAlpha",
      "PBQEYM9L4Z.com.soundcloud.rac",
      "3XW8MM2T22.com.soundcloud.pulse.production",
      "3XW8MM2T22.com.soundcloud.pulse.debug",
      "PBQEYM9L4Z.com.soundcloud.pulse.alpha"
    ]
  },
  "applinks": {
    "apps": [],
    "details": [
      {
        "appID": "3XW8MM2T22.com.soundcloud.pulse.production",
        "paths": [
          "/notifications",
          "/you/stats",
          "/you/stats/*",
          "/you/tracks"
        ]
      },
      {
        "appID": "33KQ7TW725.com.soundcloud.TouchApp",
        "paths": [
          "NOT /-",
          "NOT /-/*",
          "NOT /connect",
          "NOT /connect/*",
          "NOT /imprint",
          "NOT /jobs",
          "NOT /jobs/*",
          "NOT /login",
          "NOT /login/*",
          "NOT /mobile",
          "NOT /pages/*",
          "NOT /pro",
          "NOT /pro/*",
          "NOT /settings",
          "NOT /signin",
          "NOT /signin/*",
          "NOT /student",
          "NOT /student/*",
          "NOT /terms-of-use",
          "/you/collection",
          "/you/library",
          "/you/likes",
          "/you",
          "NOT /you/*",
          "/",
          "*"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

This could of course change at any time, but based on SoundCloud mobile development history, unlikely to.

Upvotes: 4

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