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URL schemes for iOS and Android (2/2)
<?
// Settings
$scheme = 'myapp';
$ios_id = 1234567;
$android_package = 'my.app.id';
$auto = false;
// No trailing slash after path, conform to http://x-callback-url.com/specifications/
$REQUEST_URI = preg_replace('@/(?:\?|$)@', '', $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
// Detection
$HTTP_USER_AGENT = strtolower($_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT']);
$android = (bool) strpos($HTTP_USER_AGENT, 'android');
$iphone = !$android && ((bool) strpos($HTTP_USER_AGENT, 'iphone') || (bool) strpos($HTTP_USER_AGENT, 'ipod'));
$ipad = !$android && !$iphone && (bool) strpos($HTTP_USER_AGENT, 'ipad');
$ios = $iphone || $ipad;
$mobile = $android || $ios;
// Install
$ios_install = 'http://itunes.apple.com/app/id' . $ios_id;
$android_install = 'http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=' . $android_package;
// Open
if ($ios) {
$open = $scheme . ':/' . $REQUEST_URI;
}
if ($android) {
$open = 'intent:/' . $REQUEST_URI . '#Intent;package=' . $android_package . ';scheme=' . $scheme . ';launchFlags=268435456;end;';
}
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>URL Schemes</title>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, minimum-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<? if ($ios): ?>
<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=<?= $ios_id ?>, app-argument=<?= $open ?>"/>
<? endif ?>
</head>
<body>
<script>
function open() {
window.location = '<?= $open ?>';
<? if ($ios): ?>
setTimeout(function() {
if (!document.webkitHidden) {
window.location = '<?= $ios_install ?>';
}
}, 25);
<? endif ?>
}
</script>
<? if ($mobile): ?>
<? if ($ios): ?>
<p>Click the banner on top of this screen to <a href="<?= $ios_install ?>">install</a> our app or directly <a href="<?= $open ?>">open</a> this content in our app if you have it installed already.</p>
<? elseif ($android): ?>
<p>Go ahead and <a href="<?= $android_install ?>">install</a> our app or directly <a href="<?= $open ?>">open</a> this content in our app if you have it installed already.<p>
<? endif ?>
<? if ($auto): ?>
<script>open();</script>
<? endif ?>
<? else: ?>
<p>Go to the <a href="<?= $ios_install ?>">App Store</a> or <a href="<?= $android_install ?>">Google Play</a> to install and open this content in our app.</p>
<? endif ?>
</body>
</html>
var IS_IPAD = navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) != null,
IS_IPHONE = !IS_IPAD && ((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) != null) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i) != null)),
IS_IOS = IS_IPAD || IS_IPHONE,
IS_ANDROID = !IS_IOS && navigator.userAgent.match(/android/i) != null,
IS_MOBILE = IS_IOS || IS_ANDROID;
function open() {
// If it's not an universal app, use IS_IPAD or IS_IPHONE
if (IS_IOS) {
window.location = "myapp://view?id=123";
setTimeout(function() {
// If the user is still here, open the App Store
if (!document.webkitHidden) {
// Replace the Apple ID following '/id'
window.location = 'http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1234567';
}
}, 25);
} else if (IS_ANDROID) {
// Instead of using the actual URL scheme, use 'intent://' for better UX
window.location = 'intent://view?id=123#Intent;package=my.app.id;scheme=myapp;launchFlags=268435456;end;';
}
}
<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=1234567, app-argument=myapp://view?id=123"/>
<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:scheme="http" android:host="myapp.com" android:path="/view" />
</intent-filter>
@jerodfritz
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Anyone aware of any node or javascript only solutions available?

@ajinkyab
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I want solution for same using Node.js

@abdielou
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@FokkeZB Using the Intent Anchor on Android will not work correctly if the App is already running in the background. The app will surely open, but alloy.js (Titanium) will not run when the app is only resumed.

@EdvardGilz
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EdvardGilz commented Jun 9, 2017

This is the js only version:

<script>
// DETECTA EL TIPO DE DISPOSITIVO (USER AGENT)
var IS_IPAD = navigator.userAgent.match(/iPad/i) != null,
    IS_IPHONE = !IS_IPAD && ((navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone/i) != null) || (navigator.userAgent.match(/iPod/i) != null)),
    IS_IOS = IS_IPAD || IS_IPHONE,
    IS_ANDROID = !IS_IOS && navigator.userAgent.match(/android/i) != null,
	IS_MOBILE = IS_IOS || IS_ANDROID;
	console.log("IPAD " + IS_IPAD);
	console.log("IPHONE " + IS_IPHONE);
	console.log("IOS " + IS_IOS);
	console.log("ANDROID " + IS_ANDROID);
	console.log("MOBILE " + IS_MOBILE);
this.open();
function open() {
	console.log("open");
    // If it's not an universal app, use IS_IPAD or IS_IPHONE
    if (IS_IOS) {
        window.location = "myapp://view?id=123";
        setTimeout(function() {
            // If the user is still here, open the App Store
            if (!document.webkitHidden) {
                // Replace the Apple ID following '/id'
                window.location = 'http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1234567';
            }
        }, 25);
    } else if (IS_ANDROID) {
        // Instead of using the actual URL scheme, use 'intent://' for better UX
       // I USED THE SAME
        window.location = 'myapp://view?id=123';
    }
}
</script>

But the problem that I have is that Chrome is blocking the navigation.
I've tested with Android so it works with the native Internet browser but not with Chrome.
Anyone knows how to allow Chrome to navigate?

@FokkeZB
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FokkeZB commented Oct 30, 2017

All, I wasn't receiving notifications for these comments for a while, but opening a Titanium app via an URL has been buggy, in particular on Android. See https://jira.appcelerator.org/browse/TIMOB-20490

@scottandreas
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Hello

Being a non programmer and going through the code I have a question I have been developing. with appcelerator. . In the app I have a webview that pulls in a remote dynamic webpage URI. They page has many https:// links in it. I would like to have the user open the default device web browser from a click on a URI hyperlink. Will using the URL schema work in my case. Also any help would be greatly appreciated to get me going into implementation. Thank you

@FokkeZB
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FokkeZB commented Feb 21, 2019

Hi @scottandreas,

I haven't done any Titanium development for the last 2+ years, but I think to break out of the webview, there's an event you can listen to that will fire when the user navigates to a new URL. You'd then be able to open that in the device web browser instead.

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