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I want to try to launch an Instant App (already deployed : like wish, or buzzfeed).

Now, I use Android Studio 3.0 to emulate a Nexus 5X API 26 With Android 8.0, I got the Instant App development SDK installed (1.1.0).

I have activated in Settings > Google > Instant App my account to use it. But when I'm searching with google for wish I cannot acceded to the Instant App (it only launch the normal website).

I tried :

  • Change the countries of my device with a VPN
  • Change the Android Version 7.1
  • I update google chrome (61.0.3163.98) and services (11.5.18)
  • I changed the device with a Nexus 5
  • I tried to launch with gmail (vimeo, buzzfeed tasty ...)

I don't find why this is not working. 

Name: Nexus_5X_API_26

CPU/ABI: Google Play Intel Atom (x86)

Target: google_apis_playstore [Google Play] (API level 26)

Skin: nexus_5x

SD Card: 100M

hw.dPad: no

hw.lcd.height: 1920

runtime.network.speed: full

hw.accelerometer: yes

hw.device.name: Nexus 5X

vm.heapSize: 256

skin.dynamic: yes

hw.device.manufacturer: Google

hw.lcd.width: 1080

hw.gps: yes

hw.initialOrientation: Portrait

image.androidVersion.api: 26

hw.audioInput: yes

image.sysdir.1: system-images/android-26/google_apis_playstore/x86/

tag.id: google_apis_playstore

showDeviceFrame: yes

hw.camera.back: emulated

hw.mainKeys: no

AvdId: Nexus_5X_API_26

hw.camera.front: emulated

hw.lcd.density: 420

avd.ini.displayname: Nexus 5X API 26

hw.gpu.mode: auto

hw.device.hash2: MD5:bc5032b2a871da511332401af3ac6bb0

hw.ramSize: 1536

hw.trackBall: no

PlayStore.enabled: true

fastboot.forceColdBoot: no

hw.battery: yes

hw.cpu.ncore: 2

hw.sdCard: yes

tag.display: Google Play

runtime.network.latency: none

hw.keyboard: yes

hw.sensors.proximity: yes

disk.dataPartition.size: 800M

hw.sensors.orientation: yes

avd.ini.encoding: UTF-8

hw.gpu.enabled: yes

Thank you for your help

Prags
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eQuinox
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  • Possible duplicate of [Is it possible to discover and run third-party Android Instant Apps on an emulated device?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45458271/is-it-possible-to-discover-and-run-third-party-android-instant-apps-on-an-emulat) – TWL Nov 02 '17 at 21:51

2 Answers2

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Two things:

  1. Emulators can't talk to the instant apps backends, due to a bug (see SO question). They only work for local development.
  2. Some instant apps (e.g., wish) were published with targetSdkVersion < 26, and that's not supported on O devices (just instant apps. Installed apps don't have that restriction.) The developer console now disallows publishing with target < 26, but we continue to serve legacy, pre-restriction apps to pre-O devices. Unfortunately, it means that you'll see some of our popular instant apps stop working when you move to O. If you have access to an O device, try searching for "yummly". I verified that one this morning.
philo
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This is probably because "https://www.buzzfeed.com/tasty" is no longer showing up in Google search results (for reasons unknown), but instead as "https://tasty.co". Their instant app probably only supports the "www.buzzfeed.com" domain.

Try "buzzfeed nifty", I can currently see that.

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