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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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Should I implement app links in my installed app along with my instant app? What the right way to implement app links?

The docs state that both my instant and installed app should implement App Links. Why should the installed app implement App Links as well, since I only want my instant app URLs to be surfaced correctly in Google Search with the instant badge? Also,…
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Instant app "speed bump" window. Is it possible to customize?

I need to create an instant app and I've seen sometimes a kind of splash screen appears before content is loaded. I have found no documentation related just that seems this screen is called 'Speed bump'. It has the app's logo and name. Is it…
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Google play not accepting instant app due to digital asset link

I've been trying for a week to solve this issue with no luck! Google play is still not convinced that I have linked my website properly!, whenever I upload my instant app I get the usual: Your site 'www.servstore.co' has not been linked through the…
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Is it possible to make an Android Instant app with bluetooth through web api

iOS App Clips supports Bluetooth, but Android Instant apps do not. Is it possible to make an Android Instant app with a web view that uses the Bluetooth web API? This is more a theoretical question and out of curiosity than if it is a good idea. So…
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Instant Enabled App Bundle Not Downloading Full APK instead shows error

I'm trying to build the instant enabled app bundle by following this article. But when I click on install app button it shows the following message: You cannot install this app because another user has already installed an incompatible version on…
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How do you share images via an intent in an instant app?

We are building a quiz instant app, where the user can complete the quiz and then share their result. We share some text with a link, and also an image that shows the user's quiz result. There is no problem when we go through this flow in the…
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How to open instant apps without enabling it on google play settings?

I want to publish a link (maybe throug QR code) to enable users access my app without needing enable Instant apps from google play setting. Common user known nothing about intant app settings so that step ruins my instant apps…
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Turning React Native project into Android Instant Apps

I am currently trying to do it using clean react native project. I followed official android instant apps guides. What I did to turn react-native into Android Instant Apps Renamed app module to base module Removed splits and applicationVariants in…
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Instant App not available for testing

I’m working to add instant app feature to an existing application but I can’t manage to test the instant app via Internal Test or Alpha Test. For testing purpose I created a completely new application on Google Play Console and compiled the…
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Android Production Instant App not showing "Try Now" button in google playstore

I have uploaded an installable app and added an instant app in playstore. Everything went smooth. No errors. And moved both of that to production. But try now button is not enabled. Only thing I can able to see is Install button. Also my app link…
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Is it normal to have an instant app apk bigger than the standard one?

The standard one is 3.6 Mb (tested, it works) and the instant app 5.1 Mb. I noticed that the instant app apk contains numerous dex files, is it normal ? This behaviour is, afaik, associated with the use of instant run but it is not supposed to…
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What dependencies should one be putting in each module of an instant app?

I'm in the process of writing an instant app for others to learn how to write an instant app and hoping to get some ideas on how to best structure the app for dependencies. Now reading the Android developer docs on project structure and referencing…
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Push notification - Firebase Control Messaging (FCM) - could not run the app (Default Activity not found)

I try to add FCM to my app in order to send push notifications. But I had a problem. I do everything according to Google tutorial add to the project build.gradle: buildscript { repositories { google() jcenter() } …
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Instant App, What's the actual minimum sdk

As per the android developers site, minimum sdk for Instant app is 21, ie 5.0. link The site clearly states : Android Instant Apps are available on the majority of devices running Android 5.0 (API level 21) and higher. But when we create a new…
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Plugin with id 'com.android.feature' not found

While converting my existing app to instant app using this codelab tutorial encountered this error. Plugin with id 'com.android.feature' not found. I have checked that I have Instant app development SDK on Android Studio 3.0 Can someone point…
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