Deep linking windows confussion

Question

I need to be able to open my app, when I receive a link in the mail (like Microsoft team)

I already searched everywhere how to do this, and I was able to do somethig

In the pakage.manifest, I registered

	<Extensions>
		<uap:Extension Category="windows.protocol">
			<uap:Protocol Name="demy-ia.daily.co">
				<uap:Logo>images\icon.png</uap:Logo>
				<uap:DisplayName>Your App Name</uap:DisplayName>
			</uap:Protocol>
		</uap:Extension>
	</Extensions>

reading Microsoft documentation https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/handle-uri-activation

 <Applications>
        <Application Id= ... >
            <Extensions>
                <uap:Extension Category="windows.protocol">
                  <uap:Protocol Name="alsdk">
                    <uap:Logo>images\icon.png</uap:Logo>
                    <uap:DisplayName>SDK Sample URI Scheme</uap:DisplayName>
                  </uap:Protocol>
                </uap:Extension>
          </Extensions>
          ...
        </Application>
   <Applications>

So, the protocol of my app is https://demy-ia.daily.co/ The Logo I don't have a logo. And the displayName is the name of my app witch id DemyAI, but it doesn't work. since all my meetings start with https://demy-ia.daily.co/

#if WINDOWS
                    events.AddWindows(windows => windows
                            .OnLaunched((window, args) => {

                                var commandLineArgs = Environment.GetCommandLineArgs();
                            }));
#endif

And when I explore the variables, I don't see anything, and I need to navigate to a certain page with the url. For example: I have joinMeetingPage, and I want to navigate there, carrying the URL, to put it in a WebView
but I cannot get the URI, however if I open cmd and put

start demy-ia.daily.co://pSrMtpMvYPunT78inEvj

it will open my app

Answer 1

Hello,

Firstly, please right-click the Package.appxmanifest file, open with HTML Editor. I add following name-prefix to do it.

 <Applications>
      <Application Id="App" ...> 

...         
         <Extensions>
              <uap:Extension Category="windows.protocol">             
                  <uap:Protocol Name="demy-ia">                      
                      <uap:DisplayName>demy-ia</uap:DisplayName>
                  </uap:Protocol>
              </uap:Extension>
          </Extensions>
     </Application>
  </Applications>

We can get url by appActivationArguments.Uri, before get the url, we need use Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle.AppInstance.GetCurrent().GetActivatedEventArgs(); to get appActivationArguments.

Please change the events like following code.

    .ConfigureLifecycleEvents(events =>
                {
#if WINDOWS
                    events.AddWindows(windows => windows
                            .OnLaunched((window, args) => {
                                
                                var activatedEventArgs = Microsoft.Windows.AppLifecycle.AppInstance.GetCurrent().GetActivatedEventArgs();
                               
                                Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ProtocolActivatedEventArgs appActivationArguments =activatedEventArgs.Data as Windows.ApplicationModel.Activation.ProtocolActivatedEventArgs;


                               if (appActivationArguments != null)
                                {
                                    var uri = appActivationArguments.Uri;
                                }
                               
                            }));
#endif


               })

Here is my tested url demy-ia://Addyourtestmeeting, if you put this URL in the browser and access it, you will get a popup window to open your application.

By the way, if you want to use https://demy-ia.daily.co/dedwdewdewdew to do the deep linking. Please Handle the Redirect from Web URL to Custom URI Scheme:

On the web server, configure a redirect from https://demy-ia.daily.co/dedwdewdewdew to demy-ia://Addyourtestmeeting.

Best Regards, Leon Lu

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