AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The LaunchData class is deprecated and will no longer work after December 2025.
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Developers are encouraged to direct users to their regular app or game and use deeplinks instead of instant apps.
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The LaunchData class contains data for launching an instant app and is intended for use by apps like web browsers.
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The class provides methods to get the instant app's icon, label, launch intent, and package name.
This class is deprecated.Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant.
Data for launching an instant app.
Meant for use by apps that want to launch instant apps, e.g. web browsers.
Inherited Constant Summary
Field Summary
| public static final Creator < LaunchData > | CREATOR |
Public Method Summary
| Bitmap | |
| String | |
| Intent | |
| String | |
| void |
Inherited Method Summary
Fields
public static final Creator < LaunchData > CREATOR
Public Methods
public Bitmap getApplicationIcon ()
Returns the application icon for the instant app.
Returns
- the application icon for the instant app if one exists for the URL. Otherwise,
null.
public String getApplicationLabel ()
Returns the label for the instant app.
Returns
- the label for the instant app if one exists for the URL. Otherwise,
null.
public Intent getIntent ()
Returns the Intent
to
launch the instant app.
The caller should add the Intent.EXTRA_REFERRER
extra to the returned instant app Intent, with the Uri
of the referrer
web page, if available, respecting its referrer policy. If the referrer value
originates within or is validated by the caller then Launcher.EXTRA_IS_REFERRER_TRUSTED
extra may be set true.
For clicks within the caller, the Launcher.EXTRA_TRUSTED_REFERRER_PKG
should be set to the package name of the
caller. In other cases, this extra should be set only if the caller can validate the
package name of the originator of the launch.
Extras to be set in the returned intent, as appropriate, by the caller are Intent.EXTRA_REFERRER
, Launcher.EXTRA_TRUSTED_REFERRER_PKG
, Launcher.EXTRA_IS_REFERRER_TRUSTED
, Launcher.EXTRA_IS_USER_CONFIRMED_LAUNCH
, Browser.EXTRA_APPLICATION_ID
, android.nfc.NfcAdapter#EXTRA_NDEF_MESSAGES
, android.nfc.NfcAdapter#EXTRA_TAG
, and android.nfc.NfcAdapter#EXTRA_ID
.
Returns
- the
Intentto launch the instant app if one exists for the URL. Otherwise,null.
public String getPackageName ()
Returns the package name of the instant app.
Returns
- the package name of the instant app if one exists for the URL. Otherwise,
null.
