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androiddialogflow-esactions-on-googlegoogle-assistant-sdk
Beloo
Beloo

Reputation: 9925

How to use android deeplink with custom DialogFlow action for google assistant?

I am trying to develop a feature to let user interact with my Android application using google assistant.

Due to my action is not available in build-in intents (starting/stopping vpn service) i'm struggling to implement it using custom DialogFlow intent. (btw i have created feature request to support it)

I have found Deeplink helper 

function startVpnHandler(agent) {
  let conv = agent.conv()
  conv.ask(new SimpleResponse({
    speech: `speech`,
    text: `text`,
  }))
  conv.ask(new DeepLink({
    destination: 'App',
    url: 'deeplink.url',
    package: 'app package',
    reason: 'start vpn',
  }))
  agent.add(conv);
}

But unfortunately the assistant answer for this action is

"App isn’t responding right now. Please try again later”

Firebase console outputs:

DeepLink is DEPRECATED: Access will be by request only

I saw that the Deeplink is deprecated, but what is replacement for that?

I know that i'm able to create card response with the button which can contain deeplink, but how can i invoke a deeplink directly for the DialogFlow custom action without additional user interaction?

I have researched a lot, someone suggests to use FCM and call it from webhook directly. But maybe you know another cleaner solution? And also i'm curios whether such action with implicit FCM calling will pass the google review.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 126

Answers (1)

Diego
Diego

Reputation: 1838

Dialogflow isn't supported in App Actions.

It might not support all your use cases, but you could leverage OPEN_APP_FEATURE BII for some of your test queries.

Stay tuned for future updated to build customized intents.

Upvotes: 1

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