Launch my android app when i open my site in mobile browser

Question

Hey I want my website url to open my android when the user open this url in the browser What i did is

       <intent-filter>
            <data android:host="www.example.com" />
            <data android:scheme="https" />
            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>

        </intent-filter>

and my webiste url is www.example.com

but it doesn't work any way on how to achieve this Thanks

what do u mean? u want to open a url from your android app ? — Ashish Rawat, May 20 '16 at 05:53
no i want to launch my android app from browser when i type this url www.example.com — Antwan, May 20 '16 at 05:54
I guess you should change `` to , if your site is not secured. — Kishor Pawar, May 20 '16 at 06:00
try `www.example.com://` in your mobile browser. This should work. — Kishor Pawar, May 20 '16 at 06:04
add `android:exported="true"` to your Activity in manifest and then type `www.example.com://` in your mobile browser — Kishor Pawar, May 20 '16 at 06:10
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/21663001/launching-custom-android-application-from-android-browser-chrome/21727055#21727055 — Kishor Pawar, May 20 '16 at 06:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '16 at 05:54

Try This:

Add data tag in <intent-filter> with host

<intent-filter>
                <data android:host="www.example.com" />
                <data android:scheme="https" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE"/>
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT"/>
                <data android:scheme="http"
                      android:host="www.example.com" />
     </intent-filter>

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i tried it with no luck :( – Antwan May 20 '16 at 05:58

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 20 '16 at 05:55

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You need to combine your <data> elements into one:

<data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.example.com" />

answered May 20 '16 at 05:55

Karakuri

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but my website url scheme is https not http – Antwan May 20 '16 at 05:58
@Tony just set it to https instead... – Rohan May 20 '16 at 07:09
@Karakuri i tried but it doesn't work also as there any thing else i should use with and handler or something for this intent ? – Antwan May 20 '16 at 07:15

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 20 '16 at 09:54

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You can do it via href, example

<a href="intent://scan/#Intent;scheme=zxing;package=com.google.zxing.client.android;end"> Take a QR code </a>

Link: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/intents

edited May 20 '16 at 09:54

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answered May 20 '16 at 05:58

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but i can navigate from my website to specific app page and now i want to open my app at the launch of the website – Antwan May 20 '16 at 05:59
@Ashish Are you sure? – Kishor Pawar May 20 '16 at 06:00
It will be security breach!!,Browser has very limited authorization as compared to an app. – Ashish Rawat May 20 '16 at 06:03
No man you can launch your app from the browser url – Kishor Pawar May 20 '16 at 06:05
i think you meant google now not browser – Ashish Rawat May 20 '16 at 06:07
No, I meant chrome browser – Kishor Pawar May 20 '16 at 06:08
yes you are right, poor ignorant me : https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/intents – Ashish Rawat May 20 '16 at 06:14
delete your answer before you get downvotes – Kishor Pawar May 20 '16 at 06:17

Launch my android app when i open my site in mobile browser

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