Push viewcontroller when OpenURL is called for DeepLinking

Question

I need to push a viewcontroller when open

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
        openURL:(NSURL *)url
        options:(nonnull NSDictionary<NSString *,id> *)options

method is called.

It is working fine when app is in background. But when I have killed the app and the link is clicked, it is not getting pushed. I have a tab bar controller setup in didFinishLaunch method. Will didFinish be called after openURL ?

can you explain little bit clear. after killing the app, where you are clicking the link? — Tyson Vignesh, Apr 19 '16 at 10:17
@TysonVignesh - I am clicking the link in my website, which in turn triggers the applink. — krishnanunni, Apr 19 '16 at 10:19
please look at the following link http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2655366/iphone-ipad-how-do-i-launch-an-app-from-link-in-safari, — Tyson Vignesh, Apr 19 '16 at 10:32

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 10:28

If your application is not running, you will be called to application:didFinishLaunchingWithOptions: method with a URL Launch Option Key.

To handle it, check for UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey key in the launch options and extract the URL:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions {

    if (launchOptions[UIApplicationLaunchOptionsURLKey] != nil) {
        // Opened from an URL
    }
}

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 19 '16 at 11:32

I got it. It was because, appdelegate didFinishLaunchmethod is called when app is launched by applink. I am using FBSDK and returning

return [[FBSDKApplicationDelegate sharedInstance] application:application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:launchOptions];

This will return false in case of my custom scheme. So I explicitly calls this, by checking my URL scheme.

if ([launchURL.scheme isEqualToString:@"urlScheme"]) { [self application:application openURL:launchURL sourceApplication:sourceApplication annotation:@""]; }

Putting the above code before returning didFinishLaunch solved my issue.

Push viewcontroller when OpenURL is called for DeepLinking

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