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MobileDeepLinking-Android

This project is the Android component of the MobileDeepLinking specification, the industry standard for mobile application deeplinking. This spec and accompanying libraries simplify and reduce implementation time of deep links as well as provide flexible and powerful features for routing to custom behavior.

Features

Give a configuration file ( MobileDeepLinkingConfig.json), this library provides the ability to define deeplink routes that map to custom logic and activity creation. This is accomplished through custom callback handlers and by creating Intent objects that are used to start new activities.

Activity Routing

When a class is defined in the configuration file, the library will create an Intent that will be used to start the appropriate Activity. The route parameters defined in the configuration file (path and query parameters) will be set as extras on the intent. The class attribute in the json configuration must be a fully qualified class name with package info included.

Handlers

There may be cases where you wish to do more than simply route to an Activity. This functionality is supported through the use of custom handlers. In your subclass of the Application class, you can implement the org.mobiledeeplinking.android.Handler interface in order to register custom logic to be executed when a route matches. This association takes place in the configuration json under the handlers attribute.

These handlers are provided with a HashMap<String, String> with all route parameters found in the deeplink. The handlers can modify the contents of this map, which will then be forwarded on to the next handler in the handlers array found in the json. Handlers can be reused across multiple routes and can be used in conjunction with view instantiation or entirely on their own.

Compatibility

Supports Android 2.2 and above.

Build

Development uses the Gradle build system introduced with Android Studio. To build for release:

1. ./gradlew clean assembleRelease
2. The resulting library can be found in MobileDeepLinking-Android-SDK/build/libs/MobileDeepLinking-Android-SDK.aar.
3. If you wish to build the library in a jar, execute ./gradlew clean packageReleaseJar
4. The resulting jar can be found in MobileDeepLinking-Android-SDK/build/bundles/release/classes.jar. Rename this file to MobileDeepLinking-Android-SDK.jar.

Installation

Required

Create a MobileDeepLinkingConfig.json file in your project with desired routes and options. See demo app and spec for the schema and examples.

Drop the MobileDeepLinking-Android-SDK .aar or .jar file into your libs/ folder.

Insert the following into your AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity
  android:name="org.mobiledeeplinking.android.MobileDeepLinking"
  android:theme="@android:style/Theme.NoDisplay"
  android:noHistory="true">
  <intent-filter>

<data android:scheme="{
DEEP_LINK_SCHEME
}
"/>

<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.VIEW" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />

<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
  </intent-filter> </activity> 

Where { DEEP_LINK_SCHEME } is replaced with your desired scheme. For example, replacing it with mdldemo would map the url scheme mdldemo:// to your app.

Optional

Register Custom Handlers (if desired) in a subclass of your app's Application class:

public class MDLApplication extends Application {

  @Override
  public void onCreate()
  {

super.onCreate();

MobileDeepLinking.registerHandler("testHandler", new org.mobiledeeplinking.android.Handler()

{

 @Override

 public Map<String, String> execute(Map<String, String> routeParameters)

 {

  // inside handler

  return routeParameters;

 
}

}
);

  
}
 
}
 

Demo App

Part of the MobileDeepLinking-Android.iml project consists of a demo app, MobileDeepLinking-Android-Demo. This is a demo application that provides an example implementation of the MobileDeepLinkingConfig.json file, along with several custom handlers that demonstrate how to route to client-specified functionality. It also provides example routing to several different activities.

License

Copyright 2014 MobileDeepLinking.org and other contributors http://mobiledeeplinking.org

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.