Tracking deeplinks on iOS

Warning

Starting with version 4.0 of the AppMetrica SDK for iOS, app openings via deeplinks are tracked automatically. For other versions, set up tracking manually:

iOS AppMetrica SDK version below 4.0. Setting up deeplink tracking for UIApplicationDelegate.
Setting up deeplink tracking for UISceneDelegate (AppMetrica doesn't track such app openings automatically).

You need to track app openings to correctly track remarketing campaigns.

Note

To work with Universal Links, configure them for your application.

UISceneDelegate

Objective-C

Swift

To manually track app openings via universal links or deeplinks, in UISceneDelegate, add the following code to the scene:willConnectToSession:options: method:

- (void)scene:(UIScene *)scene willConnectToSession:(UISceneSession *)session
options:(UISceneConnectionOptions *)connectionOptions
{
  //Universal Link
  NSUserActivity *userActivity = [[connectionOptions.userActivities allObjects] firstObject];
  if ([userActivity.activityType isEqualToString:NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb]) {
    [AMAAppMetrica trackOpeningURL:context.URL];
  }
  else {
    //Deeplink
    UIOpenURLContext *context = [[connectionOptions.URLContexts allObjects] firstObject];
    if (context != nil) {
      [AMAAppMetrica trackOpeningURL:context.URL];
    }
  }
}

To manually track app openings via universal links or deeplinks in a running app, use the following code:

- (void)scene:(UIScene *)scene continueUserActivity:(NSUserActivity *)userActivity
{
  NSURL *url = userActivity.webpageURL;
  if ([userActivity.activityType isEqualToString:NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb]) {
    [AMAAppMetrica trackOpeningURL:context.URL];
  }
}

- (void)scene:(UIScene *)scene openURLContexts:(NSSet<UIOpenURLContext *> *)URLContexts
{
  UIOpenURLContext *context = [[URLContexts allObjects] firstObject];
  if (context != nil) {
    [AMAAppMetrica trackOpeningURL:context.URL];
  }
}

To manually track app openings via universal links or deeplinks, in UISceneDelegate, add the following code to the scene(_:willConnectTo:options:) method:

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
    // Universal Link
    if let userActivity = connectionOptions.userActivities.first {
        if userActivity.activityType == NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb,
           let url = userActivity.webpageURL {
            AppMetrica.trackOpeningURL(url)
        }
    }
    
    // Deep Link
    if let context = connectionOptions.urlContexts.first {
        AppMetrica.trackOpeningURL(context.url)
    }
}

To manually track app openings via universal links or deeplinks in a running app, use the following code:

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity) {
    guard userActivity.activityType == NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb,
          let url = userActivity.webpageURL else { return }
    AppMetrica.trackOpeningURL(url)
}

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, openURLContexts URLContexts: Set<UIOpenURLContext>) {
    guard let context = URLContexts.first else { return }
    AppMetrica.trackOpeningURL(context.url)
}

UIApplicationDelegate

Warning

Manual setup of tracking with UIApplicationDelegate is relevant for iOS AppMetrica SDK versions below 4.0.

Objective-C

Swift

To manually track app openings via universal links or deeplinks, use the +trackOpeningURL: method of the AMAAppMetrica class.

To manually track app openings using deeplinks or deeplink handling in a running app, use UIApplicationDelegate and add the following modifications:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)app openURL:(NSURL *)url options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey,id> *)options
{
    [AMAAppMetrica trackOpeningURL:url];
    return YES;
}

// Delegate for tracking Universal links.
- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
    continueUserActivity:(NSUserActivity *)userActivity
    restorationHandler:(void (^)(NSArray * _Nullable))restorationHandler
{
    if ([userActivity.activityType isEqualToString:NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb]) {
        [AMAAppMetrica trackOpeningURL:userActivity.webpageURL];
    }
    return YES;
}

To manually track app openings via universal links or deeplinks, use the +trackOpeningURL: method of the AMAAppMetrica class.

To manually track app openings using deeplinks or deeplink handling in a running app, use UIApplicationDelegate and add the following modifications:

func application(_ application: UIApplication, openURL url: URL, sourceApplication: String?, annotation: AnyObject) -> Bool {
    AppMetrica.trackOpeningURL(url)
    return true
}

// Delegate for tracking Universal links.
func application(_ application: UIApplication, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity, restorationHandler: @escaping ([UIUserActivityRestoring]?) -> Void) -> Bool {
    if userActivity.activityType == NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb {
        if let url = userActivity.webpageURL {
            AppMetrica.trackOpeningURL(url)
        }
    }
    return true
}

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