Redirect from WEB (js) to Windows Phone app (when not installed - to market)

Question

I have such code ( angular.js ) to detect mobile platform and redirect to native-app (if not installed - then it redirect to market):

$scope.isMobile = {
  Android: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/Android/i);
  },
  BlackBerry: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/BlackBerry/i);
  },
  iOS: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/iPhone|iPad|iPod/i);
  },
  Opera: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/Opera Mini/i);
  },
  Windows: function() {
      return navigator.userAgent.match(/IEMobile/i);
  },
  any: function() {
      return (isMobile.Android() || isMobile.BlackBerry() || isMobile.iOS() || isMobile.Opera() || isMobile.Windows());
  }
};


if($scope.isMobile.Android()){
  $timeout(function() {
    $window.open(
      'https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=***&referrer=' + $routeParams.inviteId,
      '_self'
    );
  }, 500);
}

if($scope.isMobile.iOS()){
  window.location = '***://?referrer=' + $scope.inviteId;
  setTimeout("window.location = 'https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/****/id***';", 1000);
}

and now i have one question:

how to do this on windows phone platform?

do windows phone recognize themselves is app installed or not (as android do) or i need to go as iOS do?\\ also how can i pass parameter to application (like android do)?

Answer 1

The link to app on Windows Phone is: http://windowsphone.com/s?appId={GUID} This opens the page in browser and immediately redirects to the store app.

This document also mentions ms-windows-store://pdp/?ProductId={ID} to open the store directly if you are certain about the platform you're on. It will work on Windows 10, but may be problematic on older platforms.

Note that the {GUID} and {ID} in those links are differnt numbers.

If you are affiliated with the Windows Phone app developer, you can request to implement the URI association feature . Then you can use the custom implemented uri and pass parameters to the app . If the app is not installed, as far as I can remember, the user will be asked if they want to look for apps associated with this uri in the store.