We have an app in the store, let's call it com.example.myapplink, though it is something else. In development, app linking is working fine, via Facebook shares by test users, if the app is already installed on the device. If not installed, I'm thinking that the browser is supposed to redirect to the Play Store as shown in Facebook's docs. It does not. I'm using Chrome. Files of interest are below.
HTML being shared on FB:
<html>
<head>
<meta property="al:android:url" content="myapplink://recipe" />
<meta property="al:android:package" content="com.example.myapplink" />
<meta property="al:android:app_name" content="My App Link" />
<meta property="al:web:url" content="http://us.com" />
</head>
<body>
<p>Hello World </p>
</body>
</html>
The app's manifest is here. Our version in the store has the same package name but not the newly added intent for app linking. Is this why the browser does not navigate to the store?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
package="com.example.myapplink"
android:versionCode="1"
android:versionName="1.0" >
<uses-sdk
android:minSdkVersion="16"
android:targetSdkVersion="19" />
<application
android:allowBackup="true"
android:icon="@drawable/ic_launcher"
android:label="@string/app_name"
android:theme="@style/AppTheme" >
<activity
android:name="com.example.myapplink.MainActivity"
android:label="@string/app_name" >
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
<activity
android:name="com.example.myapplink.LinkActivity"
>
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="myapplink" />
</intent-filter>
</activity>
</application>
</manifest>
