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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>
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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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