How to open other apps (Gmail, Camera) from ReactNative. How can I pass data from current scene to other app?
asked Mar 27, 2017 at 7:17
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I found this npm library react-native-app-link which can open other apps. This is based on deep linking, if you have any deep links then this library can help. This doesn't open apps just by giving the android package name or ios app id.
answered Nov 20, 2018 at 8:26
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Sagar H
Is there any other way to open
the app without deep link URL?
2 Comments
Yossi
const googlePlayLink = 'play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.whatsapp&hl=en' const app = 'whatsapp://app' Linking.openURL(app).catch(err => { console.log('whatsapp is not installed', err) Linking.openURL(googlePlayLink) })
Sagar H
Is there any other way to open
the app without a deep link URL?Code sample for opening the dialer
const urlToOpen = 'tel:1234567890';
Linking.openURL(urlToOpen);
You can refer to the official doc here, it just predefines some applications, which can be opened.
However, if the question is about to open just about any application, I hope there is no solution till now.
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react-native-app-link has some redundant config (e.g. appStoreLocale parameter), so I wrote my own realization using their code:
import { Alert, Platform, ToastAndroid } from 'react-native';
const isIos = Platform.OS === 'ios';
const showNotification = (text) => isIos
? Alert.alert(text)
: ToastAndroid.show(text, ToastAndroid.SHORT);
const openApp = ({ url, appStoreId, playMarketId, name }) => {
Linking.openURL(url).catch(err => {
if (err.code === 'EUNSPECIFIED') {
Linking.openURL(
isIos
? `https://apps.apple.com/app/id${appStoreId}`
: `https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=${playMarketId}`,
);
} else {
showNotification(`Can't open ${name} app`);
}
});
};
It tries to open the app by the specified link, and if the user doesn't have such one, it opens its page in AppStore or Play Market.
