The way that most attribution partners (Appsflyer, Kochava, Button, Yozio, Branch etc.) would work is that they would provide a link that handled this. However, this was not secure nor did it handle the case when a user did not have the app installed (there was no fallback). Typing in a URI, like airbnb:// will attempt to locate the app resource Airbnb on the device.īefore Universal Links or App Links existed (that is, before iOS 9.3/Android 6.0), one would need to use a “custom URI scheme” and the route in the form of airbnb://d/listing/530250 to deep link a user to specific content in a mobile app (in this case a listing). URIs can be allocated to mobile applications. A URI is a Universal Resource Indicator ( link). Most people are familiar with URI schemes. Lots of helpful information I've curated below on Universal Links if you're interested. This is for a different discussion, but important to note. Similarly, if you turn off redirects, then whatever website click server you have will never get hit. It's important to call out that continueUserActivity will report the referring URL from a Universal Link, so you can use this to attribute opens.īecause a UL is not a normal link, if you have redirects, that will break it. Throughout the below document I outline all the different aspects of Universal Links. Many links exhibit the behavior to deeplink depending on whether the user has the app and the context (browser, application, OS, OS version etc.) Change the frame of thinking. Better to think about all links in terms of what they can and can't do, rather than classify URLs into "deeplinks" and "not deeplinks." But when the user has the app, they can deeplink.
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Universal Links in themselves are not universal deeplinks - they can't route through the install process for example.
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You must and should still support your app's URI scheme and routes since Android and iOS Chrome still use this technology, as do every major class of link vendors from attribution through email. They are a forced replacement for URI Schemes and routes on iOS Safari.
There are tons of problems with UL's as well which I outline at the very end. There is a good list of where/how UL's currently work ( here). It is not available in all apps - as the app has to support the behavior. What is actually the difference(s) between Universal Link and the URL Schemes? Is it that a Universal Link is only for hyperlinks in websites, and the Mail or Messages apps?Ī Universal Link is an Apple Specific, OS-based URL that ties a website URL to an app-specific URI Scheme & Route.
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