Andrew Bullock trullock
ChaseFlorell
/ uriSchemeWithHyperlinkFallback.js
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February 21, 2023 11:22
Ever want to launch a mobile app from within the browser, but ensure that the browser still redirects the user to the link if the app isn't installed? This took some fiddling around, but when the "ah ha" moment hit, the solution is really quite simple.
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| // tries to execute the uri:scheme | |
| function uriSchemeWithHyperlinkFallback(uri, href) { | |
| // set up a timer and start it | |
| var start = new Date().getTime(), | |
| end, | |
| elapsed; | |
| // attempt to redirect to the uri:scheme | |
| // the lovely thing about javascript is that it's single threadded. | |
| // if this WORKS, it'll stutter for a split second, causing the timer to be off |