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Open Mobile Native App from a Link
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Hi,

My app is distributed both as a native mobile app and as a PWA. When a user clicks a link to the app (from WhatsApp message for example) and want the native app to be opened in case installed on the client device, or the PWA to be open otherwise. Is there a way to do it? 

BTW, I'm using deep links (link to a specific screen inside the app). Is there a way for the native application also to be opened at that page? 

Tnx 

2020-04-21 08-15-30
William Antunes
 
MVP

Hello Ron,


sometime ago I did use this component from Forge to accomplish that:

https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component-overview/2622/applauncherplugin-o11


Does that do what you need?


Thank you!

2022-07-11 14-05-36
Jeroen Barnhoorn

Hi Ron,

I accomplished something similar using the following component:
https://www.outsystems.com/forge/component-overview/7062/deeplink-redirect-web-o11

In my case, when the app wasn't installed I wanted to redirect to the app store (which is what this component does by default), but it shouldn't be to hard to adapt it so that the PWA is opened instead, if I recall correctly.

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