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How is Wikipedia supposed to know you'd like to be redirected to some random app downloaded from an app store? There actually is a way to redirect from the web
by justincrane 14y ago
How is Wikipedia supposed to know you'd like to be redirected to some random app downloaded from an app store?
There actually is a way to redirect from the web to a random app (intents on Android) but that's not available on iOS. Lay the blame at Apple's feet not Wikipedia's.
- SoftwareMaven 14y agoIt could be in a cookie Wikipedia looks at. You specify the name of the app you want to launch in the cookie, then the site redirects you to that app.
- smackfu 14y agoIt is available on iOS, for instance Quora pages you open in Mobile Safari will have a link to open in the Quora app. But it has to be provided by the site working together with the app. Details: http://mobiledevelopertips.com/cocoa/launching-your-own-application-via-a-custom-url-scheme.html http://mobiledevelopertips.com/cocoa/launching-your-own-appl...