Is Universal link work on HTTP server?

Question

1. Guys, just want to know whether Universal link can work with HTTP website instead of HTTPS.

2. If i use universal links in www.mydomain.co.id/match/play_2.html Entitlement setting is applinks:kumpul.co.id right? But for the apple-app-site-association, i upload it to http://www.mydomain.co.id ,

   {   
     "applinks": {
     "apps": [],
     "details": [
           {
               "appID": "[TeamID].id.co.mydomain",
               "paths": [ “match/*”]
           }
     ]
     }
   }
   

so the location will be http://www.mydomain.co.id/apple-app-site-association. Is it the right configuration ?

3.For debugging information, how could i see my log in iphone when debugging via Xcode to check my code is correct? because when i click links from Whatsapp for example, i can't see the the log in my console

Answer 1

Universal Links URLs can be either http:// or https://. However, the apple-app-site-association file MUST be served over HTTPS otherwise iOS will refuse to scrape it.

This scraping happens only when the app is first installed, and during updates installed from the App Store. Not for every link open. If the scraping attempt fails, you will see an error like this in the OS-level (not App-level in Xcode) logs:

Sep 21 14:27:01 iPhone swcd[2044] <Notice>: 2015-09-21 02:27:01.878907 PM [SWC] ### Rejecting URL 'https://examplecustomdomain.com/apple-app-site-association' for auth method 'NSURLAuthenticationMethodServerTrust': -6754/0xFFFFE59E kAuthenticationErr