Universal Link. Unmatchable character

Question

I am having problems trying to match '#' character for Universal Link file (apple-app-site-association).

For an URL like domain/#/results/parameters I've been trying with:

/?/results/*
/*/results/*
/#/results/*
/\#/results/*
/%23/results/*

But none of them worked for me.

The annoying point is the two first matches the almost equal URL domain/a/results/parameters (whatever character instead #)

How can I match the #?

Regards

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 25 '19 at 11:57

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@salazar, Finally Apple has heard our queries. Now you can specify fragments in the form of components from iOS 13

The apple-app-site-association structure is changed like this,

 "applinks": {
   "details": [
     {
    "appIDs": [ "TeamID.com.example.myapp"],
    "components": [
          {
            "/": "/path/#mypath/*",
            "#": "*fragment"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

You can find more information about universal linking here - https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/717/

Note - The documentation is not updated yet at the time of writing this answer.

answered Jun 25 '19 at 11:57

Rizwan Ahmed

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Check this WWDC video: https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2019/717/ – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 05 '19 at 09:31
i have watched this, thanks to you. I am looking for help. I want to support "https://domainhere/#coupon?action=srtu" type of url for universal links. I want to add fragment for "#coupon" in AASA file. Can you help me? How to add this part..... – Abdul Yasin Dec 05 '19 at 09:37
If there is "#coupon" in the url, it should open my app.... I could really use your help here..@Rizwan Ahmed. Note that it is after domain.... example: https://gddg.com/#coupon?action=srtu – Abdul Yasin Dec 05 '19 at 09:38
{ "applinks": { "details": [ { "appIDs": ["{YOUR_TEAM_ID.BUNDLE_ID}"], "components": [ { "/": "/*", "#": "coupon*" } ] } ] } } – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 05 '19 at 09:41
So magic part is "{ "/": "/*", "#": "company" }" right? It will open the link. it it working in "AND" condition basis. I mean it will check for path and the fragment both for this particular piece of code...??? – Abdul Yasin Dec 05 '19 at 09:44
Yes it should. Give it a try – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 05 '19 at 09:45
Thanks Bro. I will give it a try and let you know...... Really appreciate your help. – Abdul Yasin Dec 05 '19 at 09:47
Hii @Rizwan Ahmed Above solution not working for me – Abdul Yasin Dec 09 '19 at 10:44
Can you try like this? { "applinks": { "details": [ { "appIDs": ["{YOUR_TEAM_ID.BUNDLE_ID}"], "components": [ { "/": "*", "#": "coupon*" } ] } ] } } – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 09 '19 at 10:49
I was trying this before. was not working for me either...I am clueless. – Abdul Yasin Dec 09 '19 at 10:51
This was looking more promising <"{ "/": "/*", "#": "company" }">... but no luck – Abdul Yasin Dec 09 '19 at 10:52
Have you specified your appID properly? Enabled the universal linking option in signing and capabilities? – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 09 '19 at 10:52
Yes. Universal links working fine for other alerts. Just not this one with #. – Abdul Yasin Dec 09 '19 at 10:53
Do you think it wil work with this <"#": "/*company"> ?? Can you test this out – Abdul Yasin Dec 09 '19 at 12:18
Show me your json structure and give me a sample URL. – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 09 '19 at 13:10
I made a slight change and its working fine now. "{ "/": "/*", "#": "coupon*" }"> – Abdul Yasin Dec 12 '19 at 11:21
Good. Happy to help. – Rizwan Ahmed Dec 12 '19 at 12:39
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score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 06 '16 at 09:30

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The "#" character is typically used in web URLs to specify a page fragment. As the documentation states, fragments are ignored when evaluating a path for Universal Links:

"Other components, such as the query string or fragment identifier, are ignored."

https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppSearch/UniversalLinks.html

answered Jul 06 '16 at 09:30

Salazar

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This link is not updated by Apple from 2016. Can you post updated reference link please? – Abdul Yasin Dec 05 '19 at 09:29
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Universal links now support fragments. Check this answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/56753530/2513947 – Rizwan Ahmed Jan 01 '20 at 14:26

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