Open the JourneyApps Container programmatically

General Q&A
1

Hi

Is it possible to open a JourneyApps container programmatically from another app or even a different JourneyApps container installed on the same device?

2

Yes

This can be done by using the specific container’s URL scheme. You can call this URL directly from Code (JS, Ruby, etc.), HTML (using a <a href="" /> tag) or from a JourneyApps container using JS/TS.

Unfortunately it is not possible to call these from a link in an email as most email clients remove these kinds of custom URL links. For an example of how you can include a link in an email please see this related post

Below are examples of how to open a JourneyApps container from another JourneyApps container.

function openJourneyContainer() {
    // to open the Vanilla JourneyApps container (iOS, Android, Desktop) we use the 'journeyapps' URL scheme
    return external.uri('journeyapps:///')

    // to open the JourneyApps web container, we simply open the full web URL, e.g.
    return external.uri('https://testing.onjourneyapps.com')

    // to open a custom container we use the URL scheme of the custom container
    return external.uri('com.acme.fieldsales.testing:///')
    // or for windows (Windows does not like dots in the URL scheme
    return external.uri('acmefieldsalestesting:///')
}

To get the URL scheme of a container that you are using simply reach out to our support team via support@journeyapps.com