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Deep Linking Your React Native
App
In this post, Pll quickly walk through how to add deep linking to a React
Native app for both iOS and Android using React Navigation.
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REACT NATIVE, APP
Deep Linking is a technique in which a given URL or resource is used to
open a specific page or screen on mobile. So, instead of just launching the
app on mobile, a deep link can lead a user to a specific page within the app,
providing a better experience. This specific page or screen may reside under
aseries of hierarchical pages, hence the term “deep” in deep linking.
There are many cases where providing a url to transition a user to a specific
point in your app on load makes a lot of sense.
For example, say you have a person's profile, and you want to provide a link
somewhere on the web or in another app, so that when the user clicks on a
link, we not only open the app but also navigate to the exact point in the
app that we want to go.
This is what deep linking is, and this is what we will be walking through in
this post.
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Linking will provide for us an API that will allow us to listen for an incoming
linked url, and then we can handle the ur! like
conponentDsdMount ()[
Linking. addBventiistener(turl', this.handleOpenURL) ;
)
componentwillunnount (){
Linking. renoveEventListener(‘url', this-handledpenURL) ;
)
handleopenvRL (event) {
console. log (event uri};
const route ~ e,url.zeplace(/.#2:\/\ide 1)
// do something with the url, in our case navigate (route)
,
When a user in an external app or website clicks on one of our links, we will
open in our new app and navigate to the intended url:
peopleapp: //people/0
Peopleapp: //psopie/1
peopleapp: //psople/2
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That will navigate to the people route, and then show a person based on the
Let's get started by creating a new React Native app and adding react-
navigation
native init Peoplenep
Once installed, cd into the new directory and install react-navigation using
pm or yarn
npn i vs
ct-navigation
or
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Now that we have our app and some navigation, let’s create a router and
two views: a home view and the people view.
Now, let’s go into incex.ios.js / index.andvoid.js and import the router
will will create next.
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Registry } from ‘reac
import | Apch
import Router
AppReg
Router);
“Peopleapp',
Now, we'll go ahead and create the router. In router.j
// router. js
Inport React
import
AppReg
from "react;
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vrext,
} from! ‘react-native';
import { StackNavigator } from 'react~navigation';
import Hons from *./hone';
Anport People from './people' const Router = StackWavigator((
Home: ( 2 Home
People: 2 People },
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export default Router:
Then, we'll create the Home component. In rome.5s
import React from 'react";
import { Platform, Text, Linking } from ‘react-native';class Hone
extends React.Component. |
static navigationdptions = ( // A
tle: "Home,
he
conponentDidount () ( // B
if (Platform.0s === "android') {
Linking. get InitialURI () .then (url
this-navigate (ur);
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b else {
Linking.addtventhistener("url', this.handleopenvRL) ;
>
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componentwitlUnmount () ( //
Linking. renoveRventListener ("url', this-hand!eQpenURi) :
'
handleopenURL = (event) => { // D
this.navigate(event.url)
,
navigate = (url) => ( // B
const { navigate ) = this.props-navigation;
const route = url.zeplace(/.*?:\/\//d, ')7
const id ~ route.mateh (/4/(C°\/14)\/28/) [11
const routeName ~ route.split('/") [0];
Af (routeNane “== "people') (
navigate ("People", { id, name: "chris? }}
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render () {
return
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export default Home;
‘A. We declare atitle using static aavigationoptions for react-navigation to
show a title when we are on this route.
B. If we are on android, we immediately call the navigate method passing
inthe ut . Ifwe are on iOS, We add an event listener to call nanateovent1
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when an incoming link is detected.
C.We delete the Linking listener on conponentwiiiveno.
D. When handleOpenURL is called, we pass the event url to the navigate
method.
E, We first parse the url to get the id and route name. We then check to see
ifthe route name is equal to peopte , and if so we navigate to the People
component, passing the id as a prop.
Now we can go to pecpie.is and create the component there that will be
showing a person based on a route id. In peopie.is
import React from 'react';
import { Text, In:
people = { // A
, View, Stylesheet } from ‘rea:
ative! ;const
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Leela.png/revision/lavest ?cb~20150218013044",
ela,
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rane: "Bender",
thetps: //vignet:
png/revision/latest7cl
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0150206072725",
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amet "Bay",
image: 'hetps://i.yting.con/vi/4sCtTq7K3yi/hadefault. ps"
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a
name: "Fry',
image: "hetp: //www .supergrove..com/wp-content /uploads/2017/03/fry-
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,
}
clase People extends React.Component (
static navigationdptions = [
tle: 'People',
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render () (
const | id ) = this.props.navigation.state.params; // B
Af (Ipeopielial)
Sorry, no data exists for this userreturn ( // ©
(people [id] .nane}
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Jeonst styles = StyleSheet.create(
A. We create a hardcoded object with some information about a few people,
including only their name and image with a corresponding id key.
B. We destructure the sa prop that we will be receiving. If no user exists for
this id, we display a message.
C. We use the ia to reference the correct person, displaying their image
and name.
Ok, now that we have all of our basic code set up, we now need to configure
both iOS and Android to enable deep linking.
Configuring iOS
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Step 1. Add URL type to inso.plist
1. Open inso.piist and at the top of the file, create a new property called
2. Expand item 0 (zero) and choose URL Schemes.
3. Give item 0 the name you would like your app to be linkable as. In our
case, Ichose pe as the name.
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----> peopleapp will be what we use to identify the app. Once this identifier is
set up, we will be able to reference it outside of the application in web browsers
omeotherinfo/. <
and other apps, like $0: peopieapp://soneur
Step 2. Add the following code to apr
Below last existing import add this import:
janager b>
fimport *)opt
cat ionopentRLoptionskt
nkingNanager application:app openUR:
options:options|; )
.egate.m should look something like this linked Github
Now your final »;
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Now we should be able to open up safari or chrome and pass in the
following url:
And the app should redirect on load to the correct route, showing the
correct person's info!
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Configuring Android
First, we need to open our Manifest file and add the app name we will want
to be referencing, in our case peopieape
In enaroid/app/sre/nain Open Androscttans test xn and add the following
intent filter below the last intent filter already listed, within the
tag:
wtent-filter android:label="filter_rea:
‘tion android:name="android. intent a
tegory android:nane: intent
tegory android:nane: intent
android: schene:
Here is an idea of how your androidanitext.xni should now look.
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The tag specifies the URL scheme which resolves to the activity in
which the intent filter has been added. In this example the intent filter
accepts URIs that begin with peopieapp://pcopie . To learn more about this
configuration, check out this documentation.
That is all we need as far as configuration goes. To test this out, open
Android Studio, Open Run -> Edit Configurations and change the launch
options to URL, passing in the following url: peopieapp: //peoe
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Now when we run the app, we should see Bender!
‘The final code for this example can be found here,
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