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Mobile Deeplinks for Developers

24 points by jmilinovich 13y ago

monkey_slap 13y ago
I think Chrome for iOS has one of the best deeplink/url schemes out there. It even has callbacks to return to your app. https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/ios-links https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/ios-links
- jmilinovich 13y ago
  totally agree- across the board, it's exciting to see how Google's implementing deeplinking across their properties. see also: https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/ios/share/deep-link https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/ios/share/deep-link
gphil 13y ago
Being able to link to and follow links to specific content is a defining feature of the web that has been disrupted by single-page JS and mobile apps that don't support it. I always find it frustrating when I run into this, so I'm glad to see people are trying to fix it.
couchand 13y ago
I find it interesting that their site doesn't support deeplinking.
- jlturner 13y ago
  URX doesn't have a consumer app to deeplink to. http://urx.com/deeplinks http://urx.com/deeplinks
  - couchand 13y ago
    Before it meant a reference to a spot in a mobile app people used the term 'deep link' to describe web resources. The OP documentation has single-page app style navigation without support for deep links, which is just a little ironic.
rubiquity 13y ago
I just wanted to point out that your (I'm referring to urx.com) landing page has this awful, misleading form input to collect your email address with a button next to it labeled "Contact Us." Just call it what it really is please.
- jmilinovich 13y ago
  pretty sure the cause and effect was pretty clear there.. thanks for the feedback, though - will launch an A/B test against grumpy HN posts to validate ;)
  - rubiquity 13y ago
    Just so I have this straight: - I type my email address into the input - I click "Contact Us" - Instead of seeing a form where I can enter details to contact you, my email address gets zipped off to you so you can contact me about why I want to contact you Yep, seems broken.
    - jmilinovich 13y ago
      I see your point. Will discuss with the team in earnest.
ckoglmeier 13y ago
This isn't new technology, it's readily available for iOS. People haven't implemented it for broad use because it doesn't work as well on iOS as intents do on Android i.e. I can't link from an email and have the OS decide if I should send it to the app or to a web browser.

24 points by jmilinovich 13y ago

I think Chrome for iOS has one of the best deeplink/url schemes out there. It even has callbacks to return to your app. https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/ios-links https://developers.google.com/chrome/mobile/docs/ios-links

jmilinovich 13y ago
totally agree- across the board, it's exciting to see how Google's implementing deeplinking across their properties. see also: https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/ios/share/deep-link https://developers.google.com/+/mobile/ios/share/deep-link

gphil 13y ago

Being able to link to and follow links to specific content is a defining feature of the web that has been disrupted by single-page JS and mobile apps that don't support it. I always find it frustrating when I run into this, so I'm glad to see people are trying to fix it.

couchand 13y ago

I find it interesting that their site doesn't support deeplinking.

jlturner 13y ago
URX doesn't have a consumer app to deeplink to. http://urx.com/deeplinks http://urx.com/deeplinks
- couchand 13y ago
  Before it meant a reference to a spot in a mobile app people used the term 'deep link' to describe web resources. The OP documentation has single-page app style navigation without support for deep links, which is just a little ironic.

rubiquity 13y ago

I just wanted to point out that your (I'm referring to urx.com) landing page has this awful, misleading form input to collect your email address with a button next to it labeled "Contact Us." Just call it what it really is please.

jmilinovich 13y ago
pretty sure the cause and effect was pretty clear there.. thanks for the feedback, though - will launch an A/B test against grumpy HN posts to validate ;)
- rubiquity 13y ago
  Just so I have this straight: - I type my email address into the input - I click "Contact Us" - Instead of seeing a form where I can enter details to contact you, my email address gets zipped off to you so you can contact me about why I want to contact you Yep, seems broken.
  - jmilinovich 13y ago
    I see your point. Will discuss with the team in earnest.

ckoglmeier 13y ago

This isn't new technology, it's readily available for iOS. People haven't implemented it for broad use because it doesn't work as well on iOS as intents do on Android i.e. I can't link from an email and have the OS decide if I should send it to the app or to a web browser.