Questions tagged [android-instant-apps]
Android Instant Apps are special kind of native mobile apps that can be run instantly on Android device, without prior installation, just by clicking on a web link - or the Try Now button in the Play Store. Use this tag for questions about Android Instant Apps development, debugging and deployment. Consider adding [android] tag as well.
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How to make instant app and app clip from React Native app?
I have a react native app built on top of ignite template. I use react navigation like this:
import React from "react"
import { ImageSourcePropType, useColorScheme } from "react-native&...
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Android app is mistakenly taken as instant
I have two product flavors "rstd" for standard app and "rprv" (preview) for instant app.
For instant app the manifest has
<manifest ....
android:targetSandboxVersion="...
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Text-To-Speech is not working in instant app in android Kotlin
I have an application that supports Text-To-Speech and it's worked fine in the installed app but when I tried to run instant then it's not working.
My question is whether the instant app is supported ...
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Unable to insert new contact from instant app in Android 14
How to save/insert a new contact from instant app?
Tried inserting a new contact using intent by following developer docs like so:
val intent = Intent(ContactsContract.Intents.Insert.ACTION).apply {
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How to customise downloading UI for on demand instant modules in android
Currently when requesting another instant module using url deep linking, like so:
val intent = Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW, uri)
intent.setPackage(applicationContext.packageName)
intent....
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Installing from instant app fails with white screen
I use this code from my instant app.
I expected that I will get some functional prompt that will install the app.
But it shows some white dialog that is thin and tall but not functional
I have no idea ...
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Android Instant App. App Icons are not showing on all devices on 'recents' screen
I've built an Android Instant app. The app builds to an .aab app bundle, and is hosted on the Play Store.
Some users on specific devices have reported the App Icon is not displaying on the 'recents' ...
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Getting error while run the instant app in android
I have started exploring the instant app in Android. I have set up all the things like adding the dependency, Manifest things, and thinking deploy as an instant app in the run configuration.
Manifest :...
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Google Play App Integrity API works for full app but not instant app
I'm trying to add instant app support to my existing app. My app has app integrity enabled and it passes when I run the full app locally. When I run the instant app locally however it fails. Are ...
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How to set a different versionCode for a Google Instant App which uses the same single module as the installable version?
I am trying to create an instant Android app for a small app with just one module. I have added
<dist:module dist:instant="true" />
to the manifest and can now start the app as regular ...
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Deep Linking to Android Instant App Module Not Working
Need some help figuring out why deep links aren't triggering our instant app in the Google Play store. They still open in the browser. Following this guide, we refactored our previously monolithic ...
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Download install app from Instant Application
I implemented an instant app in separate project from installed app and its same as:
application id
key release
version code in the instant app is always smaller than the installed app
I using ...
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Instant App - Version Code Should Be Less Than Installable App
I'm working on an Android app that is published on Play Store for years and its current published version code is around 3000. Meaning that all version codes less than 3000 have already been uploaded ...
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Google Play Instant Error Uploading - Your App Is Not Instant Enabled
i have a multi module project. I created a new module called Instant and in its manifest I enabled the instant app entry point. It looks as below
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8&...
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How to exclude instant app Try Now LAUNCHER Activity form the installed app?
When installing or run from the Android Studio my app, I see two entry points of my app: The installable app's launcher activity and the instant app launcher activity.
How can I exclude my Instant ...
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InstantApp not loading
I have a variation of circumstances but the same basic problem as SO#45241462, the InstantApp is not loading in response to clicking an AppLink. The symptoms are identical to the various issuetracker ...
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App-clip and Instant App with Stripe payments using React Native
I am struggling to maintain the total size of my App Clip / Instant App under the prescribed 15mb.
I am using React Native and would like to keep doing so.
By create a new react native project and ...
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How to test passing Intent data to InstantApp
I have an InstantApp that initiates and executes fine in Internal Testing in the Play Console. For distribution it needs to be initiated by a URL that includes at least one query term that is handled ...
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Unpublish Instant App APK while keeping main APK published
I've been getting a 'We will soon take action because your app does not adhere to Google Play Developer Program policies. Fix violations as soon as possible.' warning because an old Instant App APK ...
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Run Instant App with mac mini m1 2020 and (Android studio Flamingo 2022.2.1 patch 2) now whit Giraffe 2022.3.1
I'm trying to run an instant app from mac mini m1 2020 and Android studio Flamingo 2022.2.1 patch 2 and Giraffe 2022.3.1, but nothing works.
I have a configuration with module of instant.main and ...
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Android instant app with Internal testing
I want to distribute my app as both normal and instant app on Google Play, the size of the normal bundle is below 10Mb so it can also be an instant app.
I followed google's guide to build instant apps ...
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Reading applink query parameters in cached Instant App
After Instant App is being loaded to cache it stops to store intent data
I am trying to provide different query params to launch my Instant App storing on GooglePlay.
First launch is good, i can see ...
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How to deploy instant app as a separate project?
Please help those who had any experience with instant apps. I have a full app, which is on internal testing. Also, I have created a separate project, which gonna be an instant app. There's no ...
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Firebase Phone Otp Recaptcha uses Android Keystore crashes in Android Instant App
The current Firebase Phone Otp uses Play Integrity API to validate the app before it sends phone OTP to users. While running it in an emulator causes it to launch the Recaptcha flow on a browser and ...
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Cannot Launch Instant App From Android Studio
Cannot launch instant app from android studio. I did everything from here correctly. I uninstalled app from device. I also tried using with command ia run but it gives error bash: ia: command not ...
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Why does accessing binding's views in dynamic feature module cause NullPointerException error?
When data binding is used inside dynamic feature module layout files and the same views/widgets I try to access inside fragment or activity throws NullPointerException error.
At same time if I try to ...
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Android Studio is not running Deploy as Instant App
I have just upgraded Android Studio to 2022.2.1 Patch 1. I have a configuration to Deploy as Instant App. It worked this morning but since upgrading it won't deploy it. I hit the "run" ...
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When un-used Instant Apps are deleted?
We would like to understand for Instant Apps lifetime.
App Clips for iOS's instant apps are "30 days".
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212238
App clips are automatically removed from your ...
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Do you know if NFC can be used within an Android Instant App?
Did some research and got conflicting info.
The places that stipulate that NFC isn't supported by instant apps are quite old publications (2017).
However, the Android docs don't list NFC in the ...
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Android instant app fails link verification on Android 12+ when using "*.mydomain.net"
looking for ideas to fix instant app on Android 12+
Tried everything could find in docs and on StackOverFlow
Manifest declaration is fine. .well-known/assetlinks.json is good, same as in Google Play ...
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How to create Android Instant App with latest android studio with existing app?
Need help of creating Instant app for already existing app. when i checked all instant video tutorials are 4 or 5 years old including android developer site. Not available any tutorials or samples in ...
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How to clear the app from the recent app list
We are developing an app to help domestic violence victims. The goal of the app is to let the victim hop into a quick chat with the entities responsible to protect those victims.
However, there is a ...
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How to make Android Instant App without "try now" button on google play? android-app
How to make Android Instant App without "try now" button on google play?
But can enter the instant app by android link
Open the instant-app only through the android link, and the Google ...
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How test an app link to an instant app as a closed test
I have tested successfully a debug version of an instant app that is called by an app link, e.g., https://domain/?q=1234567. I have created a release version and signed it with a "Create new"...
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Testing Android Instant apps Internat Test
I have a published application and I want to try instant App.
To simplify the use case I needed to create a dedicated module in my project. This module has enabled to Instant App, same package and ...
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How to configure web app fallback for instant app
I'm having an android app that is having an instant app version. My instant app can be launched & run without installation from deep link. This is how my deep domain assetlinks.json looks like:
[{
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Instant Dynamic Feature Module vs instant application
I've read several page on documentation, but seems its not quite clear, what structure should be done if u need to have
instant app
what should be available only from special link, not from play ...
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Can not open web link from Instant App Android
I am having a problem opening urls in web browser from Instant App. The code that works on the regular app catches ActivityNotFoundExeption.
Can anyone tell me what am I doing wrong and how to fix it?
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How to set AppClip invocation for URL with QueryParam?
I am trying to set the AppClip invocation for my App which is already released on app store.
I need an url such that it provides me a jobId e.g.: https://example.com/task?jobId=00001.
My use case is ...
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Facing issue while publishing Instant App on Google Play Console
I am facing the below issue while publishing the Instant app from Google Play Console.
The same app is published before without any error. Please check the manifest content of the Instant app. Domain ...
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Unity Addressables: RemoteProviderException : TextDataProvider : unable to load from url /base.apk!/assets/aa/settings.json
I have followed closely the samples for using the play asset delivery in my project as it is from here:
https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/Addressables-Sample
I have prepared a single addressable ...
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Unity Build and Run aab file - nothing happens
I am using unity addressables for on-demand packs and also using google instant play plugin to build an instant app. I am using the unity's Build Settings -> Build and Run with my device connected. ...
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How to deploy an Android instant app from Azure-DevOps release pipeline
I am trying to deploy an Android Instant App using Azure DevOps release pipelines. Therefore I already have a working release pipeline for my app and can successfully publish a normal app bundle to ...
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Invoke Android Instant app from Chrome webpage
Is there a way to invoke Android instant app directly from Chrome? Preferably bypassing this unnecessary step?
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Publishing Android Instant App: Domain is used by another app
I'm trying to publish an Instant app but got this error on review and release page.
Your Instant App APKs contain the domain 'xxx.xxx.com' that is already in use by another app.
If I remove the ...
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Is it possible to release only instant app without installable version?
I have only one module and I want my whole app to be an instant app without any other installable modules. Is it possible to release this app in play store only as an instant app or do I also have to ...
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Deep Links and Instant Apps
I am attempting to implement deep links within my Instant App, and keep running into issues that seem to be coming from something to do with the base application. Currently, the error I'm receiving ...
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Unable to upload bundle with InstantApp and installable app
I have an app that has a base module :app in which AndroidManifest.xml does not have any activities.
I have another module :main_app in which AndroidManifest.xml has a launcher activity.
Then I have ...
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Why do url not start android instant app?
I spent hours without success to understand why my Url do not open my Android instant app form Google Play (Open Beta)
With android App link assistant everything seems ok. I can run the app as instant....
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Android instant app deeplink with custom scheme: UNKNOWN_URL_SCHEME
I have an SDK that registers an Activity to handle a custom scheme, at some point the SDK would open a http url to my website, upon clicking a button in the website, a user will be redirect to ...
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