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Open a WINDOWS PHONE app on click of a URL like www.myapp.com

I want to open a WINDOWS PHONE app on click of a URL like www.myapp.com. If app is not installed it should open the link in a browser. Kindly help me whether it can be achieved or not.

Scenario - URL (www.myapp.com) will be sent through a mail. on click if app is installed it should open it otherwise it should be opened through a browser.

Solution

  • You need this plugin

    https://github.com/nordnet/cordova-universal-links-plugin

    It does exactly what you need.

    Happy coding!

    EDIT:

    The previous plugin doesn't work with windows phone, custom url scheme could be an approach to your needs

    https://github.com/EddyVerbruggen/Custom-URL-scheme

    So you can lauch your app from another app or browser, but is depends on a custom scheme like yourapp://, not a normal url, so if the app is not installed, it will open the store instead a webpage. Maybe you can do a workarround with this