F8: Facebook App Links Offers A Way Around Mobile Browsers, Direct Path To Deep Links Within Apps

The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and in the case of deep links within applications, App Links, an open, cross-platform solution for app-to-app linking introduced by Facebook at its F8 global developer conference in San Francisco Wednesday, bypasses mobile browsers as part of its straight line.

IlyaSukharAppLinks650The shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and in the case of deep links within applications, App Links, an open, cross-platform solution for app-to-app linking introduced by Facebook at its F8 global developer conference in San Francisco Wednesday, bypasses mobile browsers as part of its straight line.

Without app links, if users click on links within apps, they are led to mobile browsers, after which they must enter their login information again before being redirected to their desired destinations, and Facebook created App Links as a way around that.

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