When I go into youtube on a safari in iOS I have the widget offering me to open the installed app
How do they do that? I tried to debug the window, but probably it hides inside a minified js
Attaching a partial screenshot:
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This is part of Apple's Smart App Banners.
You can add it on your own website by adding the following meta-tag:
<meta name="apple-itunes-app" content="app-id=myAppStoreID, affiliate-data=myAffiliateData, app-argument=myURL">
The app-id is the nine-digit number in between id and ?mt in App Store URLs. affiliate-data and app-argument are optional. Check the documentation for more info.
It isn't supported on third-party browsers, like Chrome for iOS. In that case you will have to do it yourself or use scripts like these:
https://github.com/ijason/Smart-App-Banners
https://github.com/jasny/jquery.smartbanner
http://kurtzenisek.com/p/smart-web-banner/
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will this work for Chrome for iOS as well? – XY L Feb 15 '15 at 13:11
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No, unfortunately not. But there exists scripts that can fake it. (Added some links in the answer). – johankj Feb 15 '15 at 13:15
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Thank you. Wish I have two votes. – XY L Feb 15 '15 at 13:16
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Sorry, im not the questioner. – XY L Feb 15 '15 at 13:18
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Done... sorry for the delay :) Thanks... – Boaz Feb 15 '15 at 13:18
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@johankj my ios app-id have 10 digit number after id ane before ?mt in App Store URLs.so it will worked for me or not? – Vatsal Harde Oct 10 '19 at 06:47
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Yep, it should still work. Apple has just changed the format of the number of the years. – johankj Oct 10 '19 at 14:13