MWOpenInKit: An attempt to fix iOS third-party app linking

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31 points·lazerwalker··9 comments

I don't know anything in iOS development and I have a basic knowledge of how Android works (I'm a web dev), but is this something that Android handles really well with intents?

(Creator here).

Yeah, this is a solved problem on both Android and Windows Phone with Intents and Contracts.

It's silly that workarounds like this are necessary, but hopefully if enough people start using this (or something else like it) Apple will get the message that it's something users and developers actually care about.

Thanks for the answer!

Gonna use this in the Coffitivity iOS apps! We're writing a ton of 3rd party app integrations to get rid of the way we mix music in the app (which makes no sense right now) and we were shocked that we had to go find custom URLs for every app we want to integrate that and just pray they have a URL we can use. Writing all the custom code is annoying.

Here's our attempt to fix this problem, for mapping only: https://github.com/citymapper/CMMapLauncher

Bookmarked. It's a common problem and the library seems to solved it in the right way. Anyway I think there is an intellectual property issue as the library embed third party applications icons.

It's worth noting that the podspec says it needs iOS 7, so if you have anything still supporting older versions it's a no-go.

Looks great. Haven't had time to try it out yet, but looking forward to it.

This is just awesome.

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