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My question may seem trivial for some of you but I'm kinda new to app promotion.

I would like to enable the appearance of my app in a safari search on mobile devices as you can see in the image bellow. How can I make my app appear as the "Numbers" app appears in this search? (With a link to the App Store and a specific App Store container)

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I've been looking around and I cannot seems to understand what procedure I should undertake to realise this. Is this a feature of the Core Spotlight Search or NSUserActivity of apple ?

Is it an option to activate in Itunes connect ?

I thank you in advance for any information or tips you could provide for this matter or what tip of search I missed to unblock myself .

Best regards,

Martin

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  • Does [this](https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/AppleApplications/Reference/SafariWebContent/PromotingAppswithAppBanners/PromotingAppswithAppBanners.html) help? – meaning-matters Jul 27 '17 at 10:58
  • Thank you for your answer I'll keep you posted on my findings based on the link you gave me. – Martin Aug 01 '17 at 14:51

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First of all thanks to you. I was previously thinking like it's a built in iOS feature, which will automatically do these stuffs. But I was wrong, I just did a research on this and found that there is a thing called Universal Link, by using that you can achieve the mentioned behaviour.

When you support universal links, iOS users can tap a link to your website and get seamlessly redirected to your installed app without going through Safari. If your app isn’t installed, tapping a link to your website opens your website in Safari.

Universal links give you several key benefits that you don’t get when you use custom URL schemes. Specifically, universal links are:

  • Unique. Unlike custom URL schemes, universal links can’t be claimed by other apps, because they use standard HTTP or HTTPS links to your website.
  • Secure. When users install your app, iOS checks a file that you’ve uploaded to your web server to make sure that your website allows your app to open URLs on its behalf. Only you can create and upload this file, so the association of your website with your app is secure.
  • Flexible. Universal links work even when your app is not installed. When your app isn’t installed, tapping a link to your website opens the content in Safari, as users expect.
  • Simple. One URL works for both your website and your app.
  • Private. Other apps can communicate with your app without needing to know whether your app is installed.

You can read more about Universal Links in this documentation: Support Universal Links

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