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Can anyone explain how this differs (if at all) from the deep linking support built into Android? http://developer.android.com/training/app-indexing/deep-linkin

• yawz 12y ago
  That's the first question that popped into my head. I've some reading to do about App Links before being able to answer it properly, though.
• mingfli 12y ago
  From what I understand, app indexing is currently Android only, whereas app links was designed to be cross platform from the start.
• featherless 12y ago
  From a quick glance at the docs (http://applinks.org/documentation/ http://applinks.org/documentation/) it appears that this standard depends on the web to define app links independently from the apps themselves. Basic flow would look something like: - user submits content with a link to http://imgur.com/vxKOi http://imgur.com/vxKOi to your social app of the month - another user taps that link in the app - the app would look at that url's header and pull out any applink information. - using the downloaded links, the app would try to open the imgur app with the provided url - the imgur would then open, showing the content for the url that was tapped. Note that none of the above mentions being on an iPhone, thus the cross-platform nature of the solution.
• filmgirlcw 12y ago
  It's cross-platform, so the URI list will work across apps on multiple platforms. So that's the biggest difference, I suppose. iOS, Android, Windows Phone.