App Links

Updated: Feb 27, 2023

App Links is an open omni-channel solution for deep linking to content in your mobile app.

Setting Up App Links

Adding App Links to Your Existing Content
You can make your existing web content discoverable to mobile clients that support App Links. When people click on links to your existing content through supported clients, they can load the content in your app instead of a web view.

Implementations
Some libraries to help you implement App Links quickly.

Samples Apps on GitHub⁠
We've provided a few sample apps that you can use as a basis to modify your app to support App Links.

Best Practices
Learn best practices for setting up App Links.

Mobile Clients

Support Incoming Links for iOS
Learn how to support links to your iOS app. Also learn about the unique UX requirements for iOS and pre-defined widgets you can use to make cross-app navigation easier.

Support Incoming Links for Android
Support incoming links to your Android app.

Navigation Protocol

Support Outbound Links to Other Apps
Learn how to link to other apps using the Meta App Links Index API and the App Links Navigation Protocol.

Meta App Links Index API
Meta provides a Graph API endpoint to look up data for URLs that support the App Links standard.

Metadata Reference
A full reference for the types of metadata you can add to web pages to support App Links.