Questions tagged [android-instant-apps]

Android Instant Apps are special kind of native mobile apps that can be run instantly on Android device, without prior installation, just by clicking on a web link - or the Try Now button in the Play Store. Use this tag for questions about Android Instant Apps development, debugging and deployment. Consider adding [android] tag as well.

Android Instant Apps were presented during Google I/O 2016 as a way of launching native Android applications without requiring a user to install them. Instant Apps are launched by simply clicking on a web link.

Resources

Android Instant Apps introduction

Frequently Asked Questions

Preparing your app

Code samples

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Opening Google Play in popup (like Vimeo, Wisher, Buzzfeed) - Instant App

How to open Google Play in popup like Wisher, Buzzfeed, Vimeo? I looked at Google documentation, but there is only about opening by Google Play app (market://) or by a browser (http://). I would like to open inside my instant app in order to…
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You should have at least one active APK that is mapped to site 'sample.com' via a web 'intent-filter'

Trying to upload instant application but getting this error You should have at least one active APK that is mapped to site 'sample.com' via a web 'intent-filter'.
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Instant App - Constantly getting error : We could not save your changes. Please try again

As per the guidelines provided document i have modularized the existing code. Now i am able to build the signed apk of installed app as well as instant app. My installed app got uploaded to playstore without any issue. But while uploading instant…
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How to reduce GMS size in apk

I'm trying to reduce the size of my instant apps apks. I managed to divide the main module into several smaller ones (features and libraries). Once the app is built, apk files are sized (with minify enabled): 4.9 MB (base feature), 5 MB (ui feature…
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Android Instant App - Play Console release/deploy error and DAL(digital Asset Link) not linked

I'm trying to figure out why the play store will not accept my instant app build. I have successfully deployed an Alpha regular app release to testers since it is a prerequisite to release an instant app. I am trying to deploy a development release…
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Failed to finalize session : INSTALL_FAILED_INVALID_APK: Split null was defined multiple times

We are preparing to publish our instant app, however, we are experiencing an issue when attempting to run our AIA app as well as when attempting to upload to the AIA development track in Google Play. This is the first time we are experiencing this…
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Text to Speech crash on Instant Apps

I'm in the process of implementing an instant app that makes use of the Text to Speech functionality available on Android devices. I have managed to get a TextToSpeech instance initialized and working correctly for non-instant apps by following the…
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You must use the http and https protocols for intent filters. Why receive this error message?

When I choosing to upload android Instant App apk-s zip to Google Play Developer Console I receive this error: Upload failed. You must use the http and https protocols for intent filters
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Android instance app feature module fails to find a layout resource in the same module

I have the following project structure which I want to convert to a instant apps. The installed project works fine, but when I want to runt the instant app version, the base feature module loads perfectly, but when it comes to the feature module,…
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Instant Apps Camera Intent

I developed and Instant App which one I would like to take a picture with the camera. Everything work if I launch the Installed App. But with Instant App, I get the following error : java.lang.SecurityException: Not allowed to start activity Intent…
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Testing Android Instant Apps

I'm developing Android Instant App for my published app. However, published version of my installable app does not include the necessary URLs in application manifest file. Before I release my app, I want to add the URLs into my application manifest…
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Resource merging in Instant Apps features modules

In an Instant App feature module, I'm importing an aar (using "api" statement from a maven repository) which contains an activity declaration in its manifest and a "style" resource used in this declaration. The resulting manifest merging fails…
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Android Studio XML Error

Currently testing out Android Instant Apps using Android Studio 3.0 Canary 3 and I'm getting this error when I try to build the app and emulate it. Any ways to fix it? (I'm making a multi-feature Instant…
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Android Instant App : Feature module : The module cannot be android library

I started converting my app to support instant feature, following the Google IO tutorial. I got the build running correctly. I've disabled aapt2 and enableNewResourceProcessing as i was running into build errors. The module builds without errors…
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Android Instant App with Native C++ Library not publishing to device/simulator running Android N

Is there a way to get an Android Instant App working with a native C++ library? I'm attempting to publish an Android Instant App to a device/simulator, but ran into problems with my native C++ library. It publishes fine as an installable app, but…
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