@capacitor/app
The App API handles high level App state and events. For example, this API emits events when the app enters and leaves the foreground, handles deeplinks, opens other apps, and manages persisted plugin state.
Install
npm install @capacitor/app
npx cap sync
iOS
For being able to open the app from a custom scheme you need to register the scheme first. You can do it by editing the Info.plist
file and adding this lines.
<key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
<array>
<dict>
<key>CFBundleURLName</key>
<string>com.getcapacitor.capacitor</string>
<key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>mycustomscheme</string>
</array>
</dict>
</array>
Android
For being able to open the app from a custom scheme you need to register the scheme first. You can do it by adding this lines inside the activity
section of the AndroidManifest.xml
.
<intent-filter>
<action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
<category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
<data android:scheme="@string/custom_url_scheme" />
</intent-filter>
custom_url_scheme
value is stored in strings.xml
. When the Android platform is added, @capacitor/cli
adds the app's package name as default value, but can be replaced by editing the strings.xml
file.
Example
import { App } from '@capacitor/app';
App.addListener('appStateChange', ({ isActive }) => {
console.log('App state changed. Is active?', isActive);
});
App.addListener('appUrlOpen', data => {
console.log('App opened with URL:', data);
});
App.addListener('appRestoredResult', data => {
console.log('Restored state:', data);
});
const checkAppLaunchUrl = async () => {
const { url } = await App.getLaunchUrl();
console.log('App opened with URL: ' + url);
};
API
exitApp()
exitApp() => Promise<void>
Force exit the app. This should only be used in conjunction with the backButton
handler for Android to
exit the app when navigation is complete.
Ionic handles this itself so you shouldn't need to call this if using Ionic.
Since: 1.0.0
getInfo()
getInfo() => Promise<AppInfo>
Return information about the app.
Returns: Promise<AppInfo>
Since: 1.0.0
getState()
getState() => Promise<AppState>
Gets the current app state.
Returns: Promise<AppState>
Since: 1.0.0
getLaunchUrl()
getLaunchUrl() => Promise<AppLaunchUrl | undefined>
Get the URL the app was launched with, if any.
Returns: Promise<AppLaunchUrl>
Since: 1.0.0