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Configure deep links

By default, a tap on a push message opens an app’s home screen. Deep Links open a specified section of the app once a user taps on a push or in-app message. Highlight the new content, promotional pages, or sale offers by taking users there directly from your message. Boost conversions and improve user experience with Deep Linking!

This tutorial explains how to configure Deep links.

iOS

Use the following guide to set up Deep Linking for iOS

Android

For Android, please follow this guide

PhoneGap / Cordova

For applications developed with PhoneGap / Cordova, we recommend using this plugin. It’s super easy to set deep links for Cordova and it works with Pushwoosh deep linking functionality out of the box.

First, you should add the plugin to your app and specify a scheme you want your app listen to:

$ cordova plugin add cordova-plugin-customurlscheme --variable URL_SCHEME=pushwoosh

This will set a deep link for pushwoosh:// scheme.

Usage

1. Your app can be launched by linking to it like this from a website or an email for example (all of these will work):

<a href="pushwoosh://">Open my app</a>
<a href="pushwoosh://somepath">Open my app</a>
<a href="pushwoosh://somepath?foo=bar">Open my app</a>
<a href="pushwoosh://?foo=bar">Open my app</a>

pushwoosh is the value of URL_SCHEME you used while installing this plugin.

2. If you’re trying to open your app from another PhoneGap app, use the InAppBrowser plugin and launch the receiving app like this, to avoid a ‘protocol not supported’ error:

<button onclick="window.open('pushwoosh://', '_system')">Open the other app</button>

More detailed information on plugin usage you can find in plugin documentation.

To learn how to create and send Deep links from the Pushwoosh Control Panel, please refer to the product documentation or share the link with your marketer.