Presentation to the London Titanium Meetup on 24th Sep 2013 in which I did an updated version of my URL Scheme presentation with additional links, services, gotchas.
Launch / Resume Apps • Send commands/data to apps • Receive data/callbacks from apps The same thing we do every night, Pinky - try to take over the URL! Wednesday, 25 September 13
• twitter:// • bufferapp:// • linkedin:// • pinterest:// • googlegmail:// Enter into the browser to test • http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes Useful links • http://canhandleUrl.com Wednesday, 25 September 13
“Bookmark” with custom URL • Bookmark has custom Icon / Name • e.g salonapp://?salonID=1234&theme=dark • Also, testing feature branches, languages, launching into sub-apps (Container based apps). White Labeling Wednesday, 25 September 13
URL Scheme for an App • Add events and handling code to read url • Add code to parse URLs • Add actions, responses, callbacks • Let people know about it (if public) Wednesday, 25 September 13
start and resume events if (Ti.App.getArguments().url) { urlToObject(Ti.App.getArguments().url); } http://tinyurl.com/urlschemecode Wednesday, 25 September 13
developers • Resources available to find out Schemes / Actions • Shorten, handle fallback, desktop access • You can send more than text! Wednesday, 25 September 13