Launching Unity App from URI

Hi,

This is something that has been asked a few times but never definitively answered:

How does one launch an app created in Unity from a URI in Unity?

ie. I have an app called My Awesome App

If I try to open http://myAwesomeApp.com/?awesomeness=6001 in my browswer/email app/whatever, I would like My Awesome App to open (bonus points if you can tell me how to access the full URI in Unity.

What I know so far is that I need to put the following XML:

Code (XML):

1. <intent-filter>
2.     <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
3.     <data android:scheme="http" android:host="myAwesomeApp.com" />
4. </intent-filter>

... somewhere in my AndroidManifest.xml.

I've tried putting it in like this:

Code (XML):

1. <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
2.     <intent-filter>
3.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
4.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
5.     </intent-filter>
6.  
7.     <intent-filter>
8.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
9.         <data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.myAwesomeApp.com" />
10.     </intent-filter>
11.  
12.     <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
13.     <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.ForwardNativeEventsToDalvik" android:value="false" />
14.  
15. </activity>

But that didn't work

Code (XML):

1. <activity android:name=".activities.AppsUrlHandlerActivity">
2.  
3.     <intent-filter>
4.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
5.         <data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.myAwesomeApp.com" />
6.     </intent-filter>
7.  
8. </activity>

Neither did that.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

I found it!

Code (XML):

1. <activity android:name="com.unity3d.player.UnityPlayerNativeActivity" android:label="@string/app_name">
2.     <intent-filter>
3.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
4.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
5.     </intent-filter>
6.  
7.     <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.UnityActivity" android:value="true" />
8.     <meta-data android:name="unityplayer.ForwardNativeEventsToDalvik" android:value="false" />
9.  
10.     <intent-filter>
11.  
12.         <data android:scheme="http" android:host="www.myAwesomeApp.com" />
13.  
14.         <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
15.  
16.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
17.         <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
18.     </intent-filter>
19.  
20. </activity>

 

Hi, Does anyone know how to do this for iOS? @Wahooney

 

I'm afraid I don't, try looking up Deep Linking.

 

Sorry for bumping this up after ages ,i just can not seem to make it work added the android scheme as "mytestapp" and android:host="open" ,is there any other steps that i am missing ??