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Is there a way to open any app installed on Iphone/Ipad? is there a way to open that app from HTML run in Safari. Please help me. Thank you very much!

Sweet Dream
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  • possible duplicate of [Opening Native App. from Safari](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2294286/opening-native-app-from-safari) – Spidy Jan 30 '15 at 09:22

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Yes, but only if you know the apps URL scheme.

Like for example, Facebook App registers the app URL fb:// so if you create a herf you can open the Facebook app:

<a href="fb://">Launch Facebook app</a>

rckoenes
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  • Thank You! , But how to get URL Scheme of App Installed on IOS – Sweet Dream Jan 30 '15 at 09:23
  • You have two options. 1. Ask the developers. 2. Open the app and find the `info.plist`, in this XML file you look for the key `CFBundleURLTypes` and it subkey `CFBundleURLSchemes` which holds the list of URLs that are associated with the app. – rckoenes Jan 30 '15 at 09:27
  • You can also find a list here: http://wiki.akosma.com/IPhone_URL_Schemes and here: http://handleopenurl.com – rckoenes Jan 30 '15 at 09:28
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Yes you can, If you know the URL scheme of that app.

For eg. URL scheme of whatsapp is whatsapp:// so you can open whatsapp from safari by typing whatsapp:// in your browser.

You can also set URL scheme to your app so that any one can open your app from browser by entering URL.

Check this great tutorial If you want to create a custom URL scheme for your app.

Mayank Jain
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