I'm successful in creating a deeplink and posting it to facebook with all the relevant metadata attached:
TextView.OnClickListener inviteClickListener = new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
BranchUniversalObject branchUniversalObject = new BranchUniversalObject()
// The identifier is what Branch will use to de-dupe the content across many different Universal Objects
.setCanonicalIdentifier("item/12345")
// This is where you define the open graph structure and how the object will appear on Facebook or in a deepview
.setTitle("Suits")
.setContentDescription("Great suits here")
.setContentImageUrl("http://steezo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/man-in-suit.jpg")
// You use this to specify whether this content can be discovered publicly - default is public
.setContentIndexingMode(BranchUniversalObject.CONTENT_INDEX_MODE.PUBLIC)
// Here is where you can add custom keys/values to the deep link data
.addContentMetadata("picurl", "http://steezo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/man-in-suit.jpg");
LinkProperties linkProperties = new LinkProperties()
.setChannel("facebook")
.setFeature("sharing")
.addControlParameter("$desktop_url", "http://www.yahoo.com")
.addControlParameter("$ios_url", "http://www.microsoft.com");
ShareSheetStyle shareSheetStyle = new ShareSheetStyle(PlaceDetailsActivity.this, "Check this out!", "This stuff is awesome: ")
.setMoreOptionStyle(getResources().getDrawable(android.R.drawable.ic_menu_search), "Show more")
.addPreferredSharingOption(SharingHelper.SHARE_WITH.FACEBOOK)
.addPreferredSharingOption(SharingHelper.SHARE_WITH.EMAIL);
branchUniversalObject.showShareSheet(PlaceDetailsActivity.this,
linkProperties,
shareSheetStyle,
new Branch.BranchLinkShareListener() {
@Override
public void onShareLinkDialogLaunched() {
}
@Override
public void onShareLinkDialogDismissed() {
}
@Override
public void onLinkShareResponse(String sharedLink, String sharedChannel, BranchError error) {
Log.e("LinkShared", "success");
}
@Override
public void onChannelSelected(String channelName) {
}
});
branchUniversalObject.generateShortUrl(PlaceDetailsActivity.this, linkProperties, new Branch.BranchLinkCreateListener() {
@Override
public void onLinkCreate(String url, BranchError error) {
if (error == null) {
Log.i("MyApp", "got my Branch link to share: " + url);
}
}
});
}
};
What I'm not successful at doing is to ensure that when the link is clicked, it goes to the correct activity within my app. I followed the guide closely but at points I found the guide to be a bit vague - https://dev.branch.io/references/android_sdk/#branch-universal-object-for-deep-links-content-analytics-and-indexing.
In the activity that I want to call, I put this in the manifest:
<activity
android:name=".SuitActivity"
android:label=""
android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
<meta-data android:name="io.branch.sdk.auto_link_keys_6" android:value="picurl" />
</activity>
Inside the SuitActivity class, I put in the following:
@Override
protected void onResume() {
super.onResume();
if (Branch.isAutoDeepLinkLaunch(this)) {
try {
action.setPicurl(Branch.getInstance().getLatestReferringParams().getString("picurl"));
} catch (JSONException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
} else {
Log.e("nondeeplink","Launched by normal application flow");
}
}
That appeared to be all that needs to be done to click on a link in Facebook and open my SuitActivity instead of my MainActivity but it doesn't seem to work. When I click on a branch link, it opens MainActivity.
When I create the link on Branch, this is what is returned in the logs:
2-16 19:44:38.019 24086-24086/com.example I/MyApp: got my Branch link to share: https://bnc.lt/cByh/7d3u8enomp
12-16 19:44:38.021 24086-24129/com.example I/BranchSDK: posting to https://api.branch.io/v1/url
12-16 19:44:38.021 24086-24129/com.example I/BranchSDK: Post value = {
"identity_id": "20569XXX",
"device_fingerprint_id": "20519XXX",
"session_id": "2057XXX",
"tags": [],
"alias": "",
"channel": "Add to Facebook",
"feature": "sharing",
"stage": "",
"data": "{\"$og_title\":\"Suits\",\"$canonical_identifier\":\"item\\\/12345\",\"$keywords\":[],\"$og_description\":\"Great suits here\",\"$og_image_url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/steezo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/man-in-suit.jpg\",\"$content_type\":\"\",\"$exp_date\":\"0\",\"picurl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/steezo.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/12\\\/man-in-suit.jpg\",\"$desktop_url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.yahoo.com\",\"$ios_url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.microsoft.com\",\"source\":\"android\"}",
"sdk": "android1.10.1",
"retryNumber": 0,
"branch_key": "key_test_XXX"
}
EDIT:
I have even added a GitHub sample now for you to test this: https://github.com/Winghin2517/BranchIOTestDeepLink
It includes two activities:
MainActivity with a FAB - it is the standard template for a new app created through Android Studios. If you click on the FAB, Branch.io will launch and ask you to add to facebook, copy link etc.
SecondActivity - once you have shared it on facebook and click on facebook on the link, the SecondActivity should start. Currently, when you click on the link on facebook or everywhere you have shared it, the link still opens MainActivity.
For this sample to work, please also replace your branch.IO key with your key from your profile in the manifest as currently, they are just XXX's:
<meta-data android:name="io.branch.sdk.BranchKey" android:value="key_live_XXX" />
<meta-data android:name="io.branch.sdk.BranchKey.test" android:value="key_test_XXX" />
Thanks!
