Deferred deep linking

summary deferred deep links are external links that refer to specific content within your app this links can be used as part of newsletters or banners, referring your readers to content you would like to point your readers there are three ways to configure deferred deep linking reader opens link on a smartphone and doesn't have your app yet your reader will first be redirected to their os's app store (either google's play store or apple's app store), where they can first download your app after the app is installed, readers will land directly at the content defined in your deferred deep link reader opens link on a smartphone and has your app installed your reader is directly led to the content defined in your deferred deep link reader opens link on a desktop computer a page with the app's name, icon, and links to download the app for google's play store and apple's app store will be displayed preconditions have your associated domain prefix by hand the prefix should consist of 5 to 20 lowercase letters and digits the defined prefix for your purple app is stored in purple manager > basic settings > associated domain prefix to lead users to the respective app store entries, you must have them entered in the purple manager generally, you can use any desired action url for creating you deferred deep links select the one you need from the list of docid 4cqfqcai7gu13bn rilws s and insert it in step 5 below how to set up deferred deep links go to purple manager > 'apps' > 'overview' and make sure your app is on build template 8 3 or higher 2\ click 'basic settings' in the menu bar and scroll down to 'associated domain prefix' 3\ write the prefix into the field 'associated domain prefix' ('myprefix' in our example) 4\ scroll to the bottom of the page and click the 'save' button 5\ go to https //simplycalc com/base64url encode php and paste your desired action ulr, e g 'purple //app/info/open' into the field 'data' 6\ copy the created link from the field 'result' and keep it for later use 7\ copy the base64url encoder result and create the deferred deep link (e g in a text document on your computer) starting with https //myprefix purple to/?deeplink= https //myprefix purple to/?deeplink= and add the previously copied result you encoded in base64 chvycgxloi8vyxbwl2luzm8vb3blbg== chvycgxloi8vyxbwl2luzm8vb3blbg== the final result should look like this https //myprefix purple to/?deeplink= https //myprefix purple to/?deeplink= chvycgxloi8vyxbwl2luzm8vb3blbg== chvycgxloi8vyxbwl2luzm8vb3blbg== 8\ you can now use this link anywhere to refer your reader to app specific content our example in this guide opens the app and then the app info screen