Creating Deep Links in Adobe Mobile Services

Objective

Deep Links allow you to control the experience the end-user sees when using your Marketing Link.

In this lab exercise, you will learn how to create a Deep Link in the Adobe Mobile Services UI. Our sample Deep Link will take the users into a secret exclusive area of our app.

Pre-requisites

For this exercise, it is helpful to have a good understanding of how Marketing Links work. To learn more about Marketing Links, complete the lab exercise on creating an acquisition link in Adobe Mobile Services.

Implementation steps

We are going to create a new Marketing Link.

1. Go to the Adobe Mobile Services UI and select your app.

   

2. From the Acquisition menu in the left navigation bar, select Marketing Link Builder.

3. Now click the Create New button, fill out the Marketing Link form, and click Next.

4. On the Marketing Link Destination page, add a path for an iOS app and an Android app:

   

5. Click the on the iOS path and from the Destination Type window, select App Deep Link.

   

6. You haven't created a deep link yet, so we'll need to do that first. Click New Deep Link.

7. Add a name and select an app. In the App Deep Link field, you'll need to use your app's URI to create a link into your app. For the purposes of this exercise, we'll use the following.

   com.adobe.summitlab://secretOffer
   

   Your form should look something like this:

   

8. Save and wait for the link to save. Now, select the new Deep Link in the Choose A Deep Link window and hit Next.

   

9. Now we will choose the destination to use when the app isn't installed. Choose your iOS app and hit Save.

10. Follow steps 5-9 for Android and you should have something link this:

    

11. Save your new Marketing Link.

Next steps

In the next exercise, you will learn how to configure your app to work with this deep link.