Custom scheme in SMS text

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I've implemented a custom url scheme. It works fine if I use the scheme in an tag in html, but I want to send it in a text/plain SMS message. The scheme does not get parsed by any of the standard apps. Is there any way I can persuade apps to parse my new scheme to a link from plain text?

The scheme is "appname://go/something"

Phil

score 3 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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I've looked into this.

The only solution is to declare "android.permission.READ_SMS" in your manifest and register a receiver to process SMS messages as they come in and parse for your custom scheme.

There is a good example of that here

That being said, please also see the response by @hackbod to this question in which she makes it clear that custom scheme's should be avoided.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:00

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answered May 20 '11 at 01:45

Jerry Brady

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That wasn't really my point. I wanted apps that show SMSs to "linkify" the urls when they show them. But it seems there is no universal registry of valid schemes in android. – Philip Pearl Feb 25 '12 at 12:15

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 07 '15 at 10:21

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you can use tapstream / deeplink.me to do that.. it will also redirect the user to the relevant app store if he doesn't have the app installed. That's what we are doing in paybox and it works great

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 28 '12 at 19:58

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I think the answer is that this isn't possible. We ended up using an http: link instead

answered Dec 28 '12 at 19:58

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Custom scheme in SMS text

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