We're developing an app where we'd like to be able to link to other apps from within ours.
The questions (both for iOS and Android):
- Can you put a link in one app that can launch another app?
- If so, does that other app have to be modified in any way to 'accept' that link?
- If so, can one app tell if another app is installed or not (as if it's not we could instead show a link to the app store)?
(If dev platform matters, this is an app being built upon Kony)
Yes, you can link between the two apps by using the "Deeplink" or "Appservice" functionality. In the Kony platform, you define the Deeplink function as part of the project properties, and you can read specific examples in the Kony documentation, as well as learn more information on the Kony Developer portal in the Forum section under this topic: http://developer.kony.com/konyforum/viewtopic.php?id=1097