Instant Dynamic Feature with Dynamic feature guide

Question

I'm confused with the dynamic instant app documentation setup guide from android itself, therefore guidance and links are much appreciated :)

What I understood from reading the documents is the actual "app" will convert into "base", creating another Dynamic Module will be "app" with no layouts as well for Instant Dynamic Module. This is the part where I'm confused, If not mistaken, lets say I wanted my second page to show as Instant App, the app link will needed assigned to instant app, how do I assign it? what is the next step? do correct my understanding if I'm wrong.

my App has 2 pages, second page will contains a button, what I have done based on documentation:

done = implementation "com.google.android.gms:play-services-instantapps:17.0.0"
done = android:targetSandboxVersion="2"
done = <dist:module dist:instant="true" />
done = `cleartextTrafficPermitted

Added to onCreate in second activity =

private void showInstallPrompt() {
         Intent postInstall = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_MAIN)
                 .addCategory(Intent.CATEGORY_DEFAULT)
                 .setPackage(your-installed-experience-package-name);

         // The request code is passed to startActivityForResult().
         InstantApps.showInstallPrompt(MyInstantExperienceActivity.this,
                 postInstall, request-code, /* referrer= */ null);
     }

Create a new Dynamic module and automatically added in both build.gradle
a) implementation project(":app")
b) dynamicFeatures = [":installed_feature"]
App link already setup with host scheme
Created Instant Dynamic Feature module
what is the next step?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '20 at 11:24

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To get started we recommend taking a look at the guide here.
Also, there is a suite of samples available. I recommend you start with aab-simple.

Initially, you can create an Google Play Instant experience without modularizing into multiple com.android.dynamic-feature modules. But if you want to be able to download features later on, you will have to start looking into feature modules.

Also you can let us know what parts you are missing in the documentation by filing a bug as this helps us to improve the situation.

answered Dec 09 '20 at 11:24

Ben Weiss

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thank you so much for your reply. Just wondering, in order to test the Instant App feature, do I need to check "Deploy as instant App" check box in Run/Debug Configuration -> General -> Installation Options ? – Arduino Dec 10 '20 at 02:57
Yes, when testing locally that is the right option. – Ben Weiss Dec 10 '20 at 10:50
@keybaordsurfer just wondering, As I knew that we need to break the app functions into multiple feature modules, does it mean that I need to maintain all these modules? such as Dynamic Feature module and instant Dynamic Feature module? – Arduino Mar 04 '21 at 07:26

Instant Dynamic Feature with Dynamic feature guide

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