Creation and use of unified links in Huawei applinking

The operation students are preparing for a wave of offline launch overseas recently , Involving overseas Google Play,iOS The equipment App Store, And Huawei channel AppGallery.

The operator hopes that we can integrate the downloads of the three platforms into one link , When it is put in this way, only , You need to put a QR code in the landing poster .

1、 Scheme selection

From HUAWEI AGC Of Official documents in , Find out App Linking Service selected Unified Linking, It has the function of downloading links in one .

From the description in the document , A brief summary , This is this. Unified link can integrate download links from different platforms into one , When the user scans the code or clicks , It can automatically according to the user's device type , Automatically jump to different link addresses .

2、 Create and use

1、 Sign in Huawei AGC home page - choice My project - Left side dish Single column , choice growth -App Linking

If it's the first time App Linking, First click on... In the upper right corner “ Immediate use ” that will do . The interface is as follows ：

2、 establish Link prefix

Using unified links Unified Linking front , You need to create a link prefix first . stay App Linking In page , Select the link prefix tab , Click Add Link prefix . In the pop-up interface , Create a unique link prefix in the whole network .

3、 Create unified Links Unified Linking.

stay Unified Linking Under tab , Click Create Unified Linking

Create unified Links , The parameters involved , As shown in the figure below , Now let's start to describe them separately ：

1. Link name ： That is, identify the name of the corresponding link , It can be strongly related to the delivery position
2. Default link ： General redirect link address , Generally, it can be downloaded directly from the server APK The address of .
3. iOS link ： namely iOS equipment , Scan code to redirect to App Store Link to , The generally recommended format is ：

https://apps.apple.com/xx/app/xx-xx-xx/idxxxxxxxx

   4. Android AppGallery link ： That is, on Huawei equipment , Scan the code to link Huawei's application market , The generally recommended format is ：appmarket://details?id=yourPackageName

     5. Android Other download links ：Android If the equipment is not installed in Huawei application market , Redirected link address , It can be Google Play Of App link , Or download from the server APK Link to .

3、 Example

I link to Sports Health APP For example , The configuration results are as follows ：

1. Default link ：https://appgallery.huawei.com/#/app/C10414141
2. iOS link ：https://apps.apple.com/cn/app/id1325481372
3. Android AppGallery link ：appmarket://details?id=com.huawei.health
4. Android Other download links ：

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.huawei.health&hl=zh&gl=US

4、 Use and delivery effect

Every link used , Can be found at the end of the link “ Statistics ” entrance , View the linked delivery effect data ：

Linked Statistics , Including daily statistics “ Number of hits ”,“ Number of redirects ” as well as “ Number of times to open for the first time ”.

among ,“ Number of redirects ” Can distinguish Android、iOS、 And the number of redirects of the default link , It is very convenient to view and count the effect of the launch .

Reference documents ：

Unified Linking Function is introduced ：https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/cn/forum/topic/0202635726322310090?fid=0101271690375130218