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A URI scheme is the top level of the Uniform Resource Identifier(URI) naming structure in computer networking.

Per Wikipedia:

A URI scheme is the top level of the Uniform Resource Identifier(URI) naming structure in computer networking.

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iOS 11 URL Scheme for specific Settings section stopped working

My app uses a URL scheme to take users directly to Settings/General/About section, the following URL was working fine in 10.3.x. "App-Prefs:root=General&path=About" However, this URL scheme no longer works in iOS 11 GM build. It only launches…
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The "prefs" URL Scheme is not working in iOS 10 (Beta 1 & 2)

I can't get the "prefs" URL Scheme to work in iOS 10 (Beta 1). It's set up correctly since the same App works fine on iOS 9. Is this a bug or did it get renamed / removed? Code: let settingsUrl = NSURL(string: "prefs:root=SOMETHING") if let url =…
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Pass data between two Apps by url scheme in swift?

There are two test Apps called Sender & Receiver They communicate with each other by Url Scheme. I would like to send a String from Sender to Receiver, is that possible? Detail about the String: I both create Textfields in Sender and Receiver, I…
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get all iOS url schemes on device

Is there a way to get all the url schemes of all the apps on a device? There has to be a central repository of them somewhere, maybe a plist?
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Launching app from sms link or email link

I have the requirement to launch an app when an sms or email link is followed. I have already been reading about URL schemes and already test that and it works, but the problem is that if the app is not installed on the device nothing will happen. I…
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Current Location doesn't work with Apple Maps IOS 6

Before IOS 6, I was using this URL scheme to open the native maps app and find directions from the users current location to an address that I created. http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=" + address + "&saddr=Current+Location This was working…
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What is the semantics of the double slash following the scheme in a URI?

According to https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3986 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_identifier, a URI may or may not contain a double slash following the scheme identifier. This makes "urn:issn:1535-3613" a valid URI just as…
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How to open your app's settings (inside the Settings app) with Swift (iOS 11)?

I would like to open my app's settings page inside the Settings app with Swift 4 in iOS 11. Just like the picture shows: The following codes doesn't work, it will only open the Settings app: if let url =…
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Open iOS 11 Files app via URL Scheme or some other way

My app is now sharing Documents directory on iOS 11 Files app "On My iPhone" section. (Thanks to this article: Working with the Files App in iOS 11) Question is how to open this directory or at least File app root page via URL Scheme.…
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New Line in Gmail App for iOS using URL Scheme

We are working on an iOS app and we happen to be using the Gmail app's URL Scheme to compose a new email for the user. We figured out most of it, however we are having some trouble adding new lines in the body of the email. So far our URL looks like…
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Open activity without showing UIActivityViewController

I want to be able to have social icons in a scrollView, which when clicked, functions the same way it would if I had clicked on them after presenting a UIActivityViewController. I don't want to present a UIActivityViewController. I know it shouldn't…
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How does facebook app link work without declaring LSApplicationQueriesSchemes?

In iOS 9 apps can't use canOpenURL to check if application installed or not. If your (iOS 9.0 or later) app calls this method using a scheme you have not declared, the method returns false, whether or not an appropriate app for the scheme is…
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Android: app linking - supporting only certain paths?

I want to setup app linking for my app but only for it to be active on certain paths. In other words, in my manifest:
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Facebook Share From Mobile Web to Native App Without Javascript?

I am looking to let a reader of my site share the url from a mobile browser to their native facebook app without using javascript, or having them login through the cumbersome web process. In the past, this was accomplished using the…
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JavaScript - how to detect if the Custom URL scheme is available or not available?

In Windows operating system i have a custom URI scheme, which is used from IE, Firefox, Opera, Safari, Google Chrome to launch Juniper router VPN SSH client (like Cisco). Basically it works as below if the SSH Client is installed, from the web…
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