Open IOS application from asp .net MVC web application on button click

Question

I have asp .net MVC web application that is developed to be used on Ipad and I want to open an IOS application that is already installed on the same Ipad on a button click. Now, the button click will take me to the app store and from there I can click OPEN, but I want to direct the user to the app directly not app store. Is it possible?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible.

The app must have a uri-shema registration in the OS. Obviously the app must be installed on the device - or a redirect to a web-app should take place.

Your website's button, should be a hyperlink, obviously it can be styled as a button.

<a href="whatsapp://send?text='hello'">send</a>

The above link will open whatsapp, and send "hello" to a selected contact.

Usually there are specific actions you can link to:

<app-schema>://<action>?<parameters>

See the targeted app for more info.

Other examples:

• clock-alarm://
• contact://
• ibooks://
• whatsapp://

Actual parameters depend on app.

If it's you're own app you want to open: you can add the uri schema registration to your application. The way to do it depends per project type.

More info here

Here's quite a list of build in app schema's