iOS App URL Scheme

[hisen22]

Does anyone happen to know the iOS URL Scheme for links directly to the app on iOS. For example to open Waze on iOS you could use waze:// and it will open the iOS app, I was hoping to link to the iOS Amcrest View Pro app from my Home Assistant Notifications.. but I have been having trouble finding out what it would be for Amcrest View Pro. Any help would be appreciated.

[Pogo]

AVP is a P2P scheme. And what is your ultimate goal? There may be better solutions.

[jack7]

Sugggestion:
Google url to open ios app.  Find a method that works for you.

[FTP]

Does anyone happen to know the iOS URL Scheme for links directly to the app on iOS. For example to open Waze on iOS you could use waze:// and it will open the iOS app, I was hoping to link to the iOS Amcrest View Pro app from my Home Assistant Notifications.. but I have been having trouble finding out what it would be for Amcrest View Pro. Any help would be appreciated.

Have you found any solution?

I have the exact same need.

I have set up email alerts sent to Pushover so that all family members can instantly get notified on their phone when there's an alert (easier to manage than going via each Amcrest View Pro app settings).
But now I would like to add in the email body a View the live stream... link allowing to easily open the Amcrest View Pro app on the phone.


This can easily be done via Apple's Universal Links...
https://developer.apple.com/library/arc ... Links.html

And indeed, once set, a simple link like "amcrestviewpro://" would do the trick, like "waze://", "google://". "maps://", "mail://", etc.
But even though it's very quick and easy to setup, the app needs to be ready for that. And I don't know if Amcrest has setup such link for the Amcrest View Pro app

[FTP]

I think I'll end up opening a ticket with the Amcrest support.

In the meantime, I have a workaround for people on iOS.
It's not 100% clean but it works fine.

1/ On your iOS device, make sure the Apple Shortcuts app is installed
2/ On the Shortcuts app, create a shortcut named "OpenAmcrestViewPro", witch contains the single action to Open the "Amcrest View Pro" app.
3/ In the body of your notification message (for me on Pushover), add the URL "shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=OpenAmcrestViewPro" with a title like "View the live stream..." (cf. screenshot above)

And voilà!

Trigger a first notification, tap on the View the live stream... link, for this 1st execution Shortcuts should ask if you allow this action (No, 1 time, or once for all), just select once for all and it will open the Amcrest View Pro app.

Try a second time to tap on the View the live stream... link and this time it will open the Amcrest View Pro app without asking for any authorization.
Done!

BUT... it's not 100% clean as 1/ it first opens the Shortcuts app, prior to open the Amcrest View Pro app and 2/ it requires to install the Shortcuts app and this simple shortcut on all the notification addressee devices.

So it would still be easier if Amcrest would add a Universal Link to their app or communicate on it if it already exists

[mooch91]

Any luck finding the app URL for any of the Amcrest apps? Thanks!

[FTP]

Any luck finding the app URL for any of the Amcrest apps? Thanks!

FYI, I opened a ticket, but the tech did not answer the question and did not refer the question to the dev team either.

The ticket was...

In the settings of my camera, I have enabled the video detection and set up email alerts sent to Pushover so that all my family members can instantly get notified on their phone when there's an alert (it's easier to manage this way than going via each Amcrest View Pro app settings).

I've attached a screenshot of a typical notification I receive from Pushover.

But now I would like to add in the email body a "View the live stream..." link allowing to easily open the Amcrest View Pro app on the phone.

Such link can easily be added to the app via Apple's Universal Links...
https://developer.apple.com/library/arc ... Links.html

On Android, it's via Android App Links...
https://developer.android.com/training/app-links

And indeed, most apps are set to be opened via such link.
For example, on an iOS device, if you tap on simple links like "waze://", "google://". "maps://", "mail://", "shortcuts://", etc. you open the corresponding app.

So question: what's the link to open the Amcrest View Pro app on iOS?

I've tried "amcrestviewpro://", "amcrest://" or "viewpro://" but it doesn't work.

If you don't know, can you please ask the Amcrest View Pro dev team?
And if there's no link set yet, can you ask if they can add one? It's a very easy feature to add, that could be very useful to many. On the Amcrest forums, others are also looking for this feature.

The answer was...

You can find more information here and see if it helps.
https://support.amcrest.com/hc/en-us/ar ... TP-API-SDK

I was not looking for a complicated solution that goes via Internet and requires to open ports on the router, but for a simple easy solution that stays local on the phone and simply triggers the opening of the Amcrest View Pro app
Not even sure the support rep understood anything of the question.