@capacitor/app-launcher

The AppLauncher API allows your app to check if an app can be opened and open it.

On iOS you can only open apps if you know their url scheme.

On Android you can open apps if you know their url scheme or use their public package name.

Note: On Android 11 and newer you have to add the app package names or url schemes you want to query in the AndroidManifest.xml inside the queries tag.

Example:

<queries>
  
  <package android:name="com.twitter.android" />
  
  <intent>
      <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW"/>
      <data android:scheme="twitter"/>
  </intent>
</queries>

Install

npm install @capacitor/app-launcher
npx cap sync

Example

import { AppLauncher } from '@capacitor/app-launcher';

const checkCanOpenTwitterUrl = async () => {
  const { value } = await AppLauncher.canOpenUrl({ url: 'twitter://timeline' });
  console.log('Can open url: ', value);
};

const openTwitterUrl = async () => {
  const { completed } = await AppLauncher.openUrl({ url: 'twitter://timeline' });
  console.log('openUrl completed: ', completed);
};

// Android only
const checkCanOpenTwitterPackage = async () => {
  const { value } = await AppLauncher.canOpenUrl({ url: 'com.twitter.android' });
  console.log('Can open package: ', value);
};

// Android only
const openTwitterPackage = async () => {
  const { completed } = await AppLauncher.openUrl({ url: 'com.twitter.android' });
  console.log('openUrl package completed: ', completed);
};

API

• canOpenUrl(...)
• openUrl(...)
• Interfaces

canOpenUrl(...)

canOpenUrl(options: CanOpenURLOptions) => Promise<CanOpenURLResult>

Check if an app can be opened with the given URL.

On iOS you must declare the URL schemes you pass to this method by adding the LSApplicationQueriesSchemes key to your app's Info.plist file. Learn more about configuring Info.plist.

This method always returns false for undeclared schemes, whether or not an appropriate app is installed. To learn more about the key, see LSApplicationQueriesSchemes.

On Android the URL can be a known URLScheme or an app package name.

On Android 11 and newer you have to add the app package names or url schemes you want to query in the AndroidManifest.xml inside the queries tag.

Param	Type
options	CanOpenURLOptions

Returns: Promise<CanOpenURLResult>

Since: 1.0.0

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openUrl(...)

openUrl(options: OpenURLOptions) => Promise<OpenURLResult>

Open an app with the given URL. On iOS the URL should be a known URLScheme. On Android the URL can be a known URLScheme or an app package name.

Param	Type
options	OpenURLOptions

Returns: Promise<OpenURLResult>

Since: 1.0.0

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Interfaces

CanOpenURLResult

Prop	Type
value	boolean

CanOpenURLOptions

Prop	Type
url	string

OpenURLResult

Prop	Type
completed	boolean

OpenURLOptions

Prop	Type
url	string