1 page.title=Linking to Your Products 2 @jd:body 3 4 <div class="sidebox-wrapper"> 5 <div class="sidebox"> 6 <a href="badges.html"> 7 <img alt="Get it on Google Play" 8 src="{@docRoot}images/brand/en_app_rgb_wo_45.png" /> 9 </a> 10 <p>For a link that includes the Google Play brand icon, check out the <a href="badges.html">Badges</a> page. </p> 11 </div> 12 </div> 13 14 <p>Google Play provides several link formats that let you bring users to your 15 products in the way you want, from Android apps, web pages, ads, reviews, 16 articles, social media posts, and more.</p> 17 18 <p>The link formats let you:</p> 19 <ul> 20 <li>Link to a specific app's <a href="#OpeningDetails">product details page</a></li> 21 <li>Link to a <a href="#OpeningPublisher">list of all of your apps</a>, or</li> 22 <li>Link to a <a href="#PerformingSearch">search result</a> of your choice</li> 23 <li>Link to a <a href="#OpeningCollection">collection</a> on Google Play</li> 24 </ul> 25 26 <p>If you are linking from an Android app, you can also control whether the link 27 launches the Play Store application or the browser, which takes the user 28 to the Google Play web site.</p> 29 30 <h2 id="OpeningDetails">Linking to a Product Details Page</h2> 31 32 <p>Use the format below to deep-link users directly to a specific app's product 33 details page. At the product details page, users can see the app description, 34 screenshots, reviews and more, and then install it.</p> 35 36 <p>To create the link, you need to know the app's fully qualified <em>package 37 name</em>, which is declared in the app's <a 38 href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html#package">manifest 39 file</a>. The package name is also visible in the Developer Console. </p> 40 41 <dl> 42 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 43 <dd> 44 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name>;</pre> 45 </dd> 46 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 47 <dd> 48 <pre>market://details?id=<package_name></pre> 49 </dd> 50 </dl> 51 52 <p>Here's an example:</p> 53 54 <p style="margin-left:1em;"><code><a href="http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps">http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps</a></code></p> 55 56 <p>For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see <a href="#android-app">Linking from an Android App</a>.</p> 57 58 59 60 <h2 id="OpeningPublisher">Linking to a Product List</h2> 61 62 <p>Use the format below to link users to a list of apps published by you. The 63 product list lets users see all of the apps from a specific publisher, with 64 ratings, editorial badges, and an Install button for each. </p> 65 66 <p>To create the link, you need to know your <em>publisher name</em>, which is 67 available from the Developer Console. </p> 68 69 <dl> 70 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 71 <dd> 72 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:<publisher_name>;</pre> 73 </dd> 74 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 75 <dd> 76 <pre>market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name></pre> 77 </dd> 78 </dl> 79 80 <p>Here's an example:</p> 81 82 <p style="margin-left:1em;"><code><a href="http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:Google Inc.">http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:Google Inc.</a></code></p> 83 84 <p>For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see <a href="#android-app">Linking from an Android App</a>.</p> 85 86 87 <h2 id="PerformingSearch">Linking to a Search Result</h2> 88 89 <p>Use the format below to link users to a search query result on Google Play. 90 The search result page shows a list of apps (and optionally other content) that 91 match the query, with ratings, badges, and an Install button for each. </p> 92 93 <p>To create the link, you just need a search query string. If you want the 94 query to search outside of the Google Play Apps listings, you can remove the 95 <code>&c=apps</code> part of the link URL.</p> 96 97 <dl> 98 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 99 <dd> 100 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=<search_query>&c=apps</pre> 101 </dd> 102 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 103 <dd> 104 <pre>market://search?q=<seach_query>&c=apps</pre> 105 </dd> 106 </dl> 107 108 <p>Here's an example:</p> 109 110 <p style="margin-left:1em;"><code><a href="http://play.google.com/store/search?q=maps&c=apps">http://play.google.com/store/search?q=maps&c=apps</a></code></p> 111 112 <p>For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see <a href="#android-app">Linking from an Android App</a>.</p> 113 114 115 116 <h2 id="OpeningCollection">Linking to a Collection</h2> 117 118 <p>If your app is featured or appears in one of the Google Play Top charts or 119 collections, you can use the format below to link users directly to the 120 collection. The collection shows a ranked list of apps in the collection, with 121 ratings, short descriptions, and an Install button.</p> 122 123 <dl> 124 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 125 <dd> 126 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/<collection_name>;</pre> 127 </dd> 128 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 129 <dd> 130 <pre>market://apps/collection/<collection_name></pre> 131 </dd> 132 </dl> 133 134 <p>Here's an example:</p> 135 136 <p style="margin-left:1em;"><code><a href="http://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/editors_choice">http://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/editors_choice</a></code></p> 137 138 <p>For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see <a href="#android-app">Linking from an Android App</a>.</p> 139 140 <p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 1.</strong> Collections on Google Play</a>.</p> 141 142 <table> 143 <tr> 144 <th>Collection</th><th>collection_name</th> 145 </tr> 146 <tr><td>Staff Picks (Featured)</td><td>featured</td></tr> 147 <tr><td>Editor's Choice</td><td>editors_choice</td></tr> 148 <tr><td>Top Paid</td><td>topselling_paid</td></tr> 149 <tr><td>Top Free</td><td>topselling_free</td></tr> 150 <tr><td>Top New Free</td><td>topselling_new_free</td></tr> 151 <tr><td>Top New Paid</td><td>topselling_new_paid</td></tr> 152 <tr><td>Top Grossing</td><td>topgrossing</td></tr> 153 <tr><td>Trending</td><td>movers_shakers</td></tr> 154 <tr><td>Best Selling in Games</td><td>topselling_paid_game</td></tr> 155 </table> 156 157 158 <h2 id="android-app">Linking from an Android App</h2> 159 160 <p>There are two general formats for links that are accessible to users on 161 Android devices, The two formats trigger slightly different behaviors on the 162 device:</p> 163 164 <ul> 165 <li><code>market://</code> Launches the Play Store app to load the 166 target page.</li> 167 <li><code>http://</code> Lets the user choose whether to launch the 168 Play Store app or the browser to handle the request. If the browser handles the 169 request, it loads the target page on the Google Play web site.</li> 170 </ul> 171 172 <p>In general, you should use <code>http://</code> format for links on web pages 173 and <code>market://</code> for links in Android apps.</p> 174 175 <p>If you want to link to your products from an Android app, create an {@link 176 android.content.Intent} that opens an Google Play URL, as shown in the example 177 below.</p> 178 179 <pre> 180 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); 181 intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.example.android")); 182 startActivity(intent); 183 </pre> 184 185 186 <h2 id="UriSummary">Summary of URL formats</h2> 187 188 <p>The table below provides a summary of the URIs currently supported by the Google Play (both on 189 the web and in an Android application), as discussed in the previous sections.</p> 190 191 <table> 192 <tr> 193 <th>For this result</th> 194 <th>Web page link</th> 195 <th>Android app link</th> 196 </tr> 197 <tr> 198 <td style="width:72px;">Show the product details page for a specific app</td> 199 <td><code>http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name>;</code> 200 <td><code>market://details?id=<package_name></code></td> 201 </tr> 202 <tr> 203 <td>Show apps by a specific publisher</td> 204 <td><nobr><code>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:<publisher_name>;</code></nobr></td> 205 <td><nobr><code>market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name></code></nobr></td> 206 </tr> 207 <tr> 208 <td>Search for apps using a general string query.</td> 209 <td><code>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=<query>;</code></td> 210 <td><code>market://search?q=<query></code></td> 211 </tr> 212 </table> 213 214
