Possible to handle your own http URL schemes in iOS?

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The way you can do this for “http://” URLs (and what I think Apple and Spotify do) this is to:

  1. Register a custom URL scheme like the other answers have shown.

  2. Set up your HTTP URL to point to a real webpage.

  3. Put a script on that page to redirect to your custom URL if is on iOS.

For example, here is a sample page which will take you to the Twitter app for a particular user or the Twitter website depending upon if you are on the web or on your iOS device:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>Twitter</title>
</head>
<body>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var username = document.location.search.substr(1);
        document.location.replace(
            "standalone" in window.navigator ?
            'twitter:@'+username :              // iOS
            'http://twitter.com/'+username);    // others
    </script>
</body>
</html>

Try it out here: http://bl.ocks.org/d/3153819/?mckamey

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