Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls
by heavenlyblue on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:19AM
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Gmail on iOS will open Google Chrome if you have it installed. I don't know how they do it, but they definitely are doing it.
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Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls
by nvrspyx on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:42AM
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They simply use the Chrome app URL scheme instead of the generic URL. Similar to how you go to an app’s website and it redirects you to the app itself. There’s an app called Opener [1] that uses this and you can do similar with the Shortcuts app.
Other apps can take advantage of this too. Apps like Reddit and Outlook have similar settings to do the same. They even offer options for other browsers like Firefox. But, developers would need to add each browser option themselves, instead of relying on a defaults system from Apple.
1: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opener-open-links-in-apps/id98...
Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls
by penagwin on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:36AM
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I believe the app itself (Gmail) is requesting to use Chrome.
So each individual app would need to request Chrome, something I'm sure Google's apps can do, but [insert random app here] won't.
Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls
by criddell on Monday September 09, 2019 @11:50AM
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Do you know if you can shut that off? I'm sick of being asked if I want to open a link in some other application.
Re:How Apple's Apps Topped Rivals in the App Store It Controls
by dobleboble on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @01:49PM
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Every time you update the app it'll start asking again. It's the worst part about using Google's iPhone apps IMO.