Is there a way to make the iphone open links in their appropriate app instead of in the web browser. It drives me INSANE! I click on a groupon link in my email and I am sent to safari where I get a pop up that says "download the groupon app." Same thing happens for many apps I use everyday. The Iphone isn't smart enough to open the links in the appropriate app?
iPhone 5, iOS 6.1
The link has to have a URL scheme that will launch the app, & this requires that the app be installed, or the link won't work at all. So, the ability is there, but it requires the link to have the correct scheme.
I agree that this is a bit dumb
If I get links sent from eBay or youtube, it opens a page in Safari that asks if I want to open this in the relevant App that I already have installed.
If it's asking that, why doesn't it just open it in that app?
So what about google+ from safari or facebook or anything? Your suggestion works only for email links i think. I would like to open google plus when i click the g+ button in a page in safari. That doesnt work. Any siggestions?
Does that mean that the app creater has to make sure the URL scheme is set up to be opened in the app? This is not something I can do myself, correct?
Yep.
How to make links open in the correct app instead of in the web browser?
