I added my findings to this thread: https://forums.developer.apple.com/thread/47315 In short, even in iOS 10, it appears that the wildcard setup requires that the apple-app-site-association file be served by the wildcard’s root. For instance, if you want to use *.domain.com, then the apple-app-site-association needs to be hosted at both, e.g., app1.domain.com and domain.com, else it won’t … Read more
You can long-press on a universal link and it will give you an action sheet with an “Open in ‘AppName’” option. Once you select that option it will default to opening the links in your app again.
Support Universal Links When you support universal links, iOS 9 users can tap a link to your website and get seamlessly redirected to your installed app without going through Safari. If your app isn’t installed, tapping a link to your website opens your website in Safari. Here, how to setup your own server, and handle … Read more
My own experience indicates the apple-app-site-association file is checked when the app is first installed, and then rechecked during any later app updates from the App Store. So if you add an additional path to the file, it would be detected when the next update app is released but likely not before. Note: if you’re … Read more
apple-app-site-association file is not fetched from server but cached at apple?
TL,DR: What is actually the difference(s) between Universal Link and the URL Schemes? Is it that a Universal Link is only for hyperlinks in websites, and the Mail or Messages apps? A Universal Link is an Apple Specific, OS-based URL that ties a website URL to an app-specific URI Scheme & Route. It is not … Read more
i believe iOS 9.3 introduced slightly different lookup logic around the apple-app-site-association file and the app handoff feature. “Handoff first searches for the file in the .well-known subdirectory (for example, https://example.com/.well-known/apple-app-site-association), falling back to the top-level domain if you don’t use the .well-known subdirectory.” see: https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/Handoff/AdoptingHandoff/AdoptingHandoff.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014338-CH2-SW10
There are a few possible issues. Try pasting your domain into this link validator and make sure there are no issues: https://limitless-sierra-4673.herokuapp.com/ (credit to ShortStuffSushi — see repo) iOS logs an error message in the system logs if you don’t have TLS set up properly on the domain specified in your entitlements. It’s buried in … Read more