1 page.title=Linking to Your Products 2 page.image=/images/gp-linking-ex-crop.png 3 meta.tags="promoting" 4 page.tags="linking" 5 page.metaDescription=Learn how to build links that take users to your published apps in Google Play from browse or search. 6 7 @jd:body 8 9 <div class="sidebox-wrapper"> 10 <div class="sidebox"> 11 <a href="badges.html"> 12 <img alt="Get it on Google Play" 13 src="{@docRoot}images/brand/en_app_rgb_wo_45.png" /> 14 </a> 15 <p>For a link that includes the Google Play brand icon, check out the <a href="badges.html">Badges</a> page. </p> 16 </div> 17 </div> 18 19 <p>Google Play provides several link formats that let you bring users to your 20 products in the way you want, from Android apps, web pages, ads, reviews, 21 articles, social media posts, and more.</p> 22 23 <p>The link formats let you:</p> 24 <ul> 25 <li>Link to a specific app's <a href="#OpeningDetails">product details page</a></li> 26 <li>Link to a <a href="#OpeningPublisher">list of all of your apps</a>, or</li> 27 <li>Link to a <a href="#PerformingSearch">search result</a> of your choice</li> 28 <li>Link to a <a href="#OpeningCollection">collection</a> on Google Play</li> 29 </ul> 30 31 <p>If you are linking from an Android app, you can also control whether the link 32 launches the Play Store application or the browser, which takes the user 33 to the Google Play website.</p> 34 35 <h2 id="OpeningDetails">Linking to a Product Details Page</h2> 36 37 <p>Use the format below to deep-link users directly to a specific app's product 38 details page. At the product details page, users can see the app description, 39 screenshots, reviews and more, and then install it.</p> 40 41 <p>To create the link, you need to know the app's fully qualified <em>package 42 name</em>, which is declared in the app's <a 43 href="{@docRoot}guide/topics/manifest/manifest-element.html#package">manifest 44 file</a>. The package name is also visible in the Developer Console. </p> 45 46 <dl> 47 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 48 <dd> 49 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name>;</pre> 50 </dd> 51 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 52 <dd> 53 <pre>market://details?id=<package_name></pre> 54 </dd> 55 </dl> 56 57 <p>Here's an example:</p> 58 59 <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> 60 61 <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> 62 63 64 65 <h2 id="OpeningPublisher">Linking to a Product List</h2> 66 67 <p>Use the format below to link users to a list of apps published by you. The 68 product list lets users see all of the apps from a specific publisher, with 69 ratings, editorial badges, and an Install button for each. </p> 70 71 <p>To create the link, you need to know your <em>publisher name</em>, which is 72 available from the Developer Console. </p> 73 74 <dl> 75 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 76 <dd> 77 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:<publisher_name>;</pre> 78 </dd> 79 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 80 <dd> 81 <pre>market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name></pre> 82 </dd> 83 </dl> 84 85 <p>Here's an example:</p> 86 87 <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> 88 89 <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> 90 91 92 <h2 id="PerformingSearch">Linking to a Search Result</h2> 93 94 <p>Use the format below to link users to a search query result on Google Play. 95 The search result page shows a list of apps (and optionally other content) that 96 match the query, with ratings, badges, and an Install button for each. </p> 97 98 <p>To create the link, you just need a search query string. If you want the 99 query to search outside of the Google Play Apps listings, you can remove the 100 <code>&c=apps</code> part of the link URL.</p> 101 102 <dl> 103 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 104 <dd> 105 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=<search_query>&c=apps</pre> 106 </dd> 107 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 108 <dd> 109 <pre>market://search?q=<seach_query>&c=apps</pre> 110 </dd> 111 </dl> 112 113 <p>Here's an example:</p> 114 115 <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> 116 117 <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> 118 119 120 121 <h2 id="OpeningCollection">Linking to a Collection</h2> 122 123 <p>If your app is featured or appears in one of the Google Play Top charts or 124 collections, you can use the format below to link users directly to the 125 collection. The collection shows a ranked list of apps in the collection, with 126 ratings, short descriptions, and an Install button.</p> 127 128 <dl> 129 <dt><strong>From a web site:</strong></dt> 130 <dd> 131 <pre>http://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/<collection_name>;</pre> 132 </dd> 133 <dt><strong>From an Android app:</strong></dt> 134 <dd> 135 <pre>market://apps/collection/<collection_name></pre> 136 </dd> 137 </dl> 138 139 <p>Here's an example:</p> 140 141 <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> 142 143 <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> 144 145 <p class="table-caption"><strong>Table 1.</strong> Collections on Google Play</a>.</p> 146 147 <table> 148 <tr> 149 <th>Collection</th><th>collection_name</th> 150 </tr> 151 <tr><td>Staff Picks (Featured)</td><td>featured</td></tr> 152 <tr><td>Editor's Choice</td><td>editors_choice</td></tr> 153 <tr><td>Top Paid</td><td>topselling_paid</td></tr> 154 <tr><td>Top Free</td><td>topselling_free</td></tr> 155 <tr><td>Top New Free</td><td>topselling_new_free</td></tr> 156 <tr><td>Top New Paid</td><td>topselling_new_paid</td></tr> 157 <tr><td>Top Grossing</td><td>topgrossing</td></tr> 158 <tr><td>Trending</td><td>movers_shakers</td></tr> 159 <tr><td>Best Selling in Games</td><td>topselling_paid_game</td></tr> 160 </table> 161 162 163 <h2 id="android-app">Linking from an Android App</h2> 164 165 <p>There are two general formats for links that are accessible to users on 166 Android devices, The two formats trigger slightly different behaviors on the 167 device:</p> 168 169 <ul> 170 <li><code>market://</code> Launches the Play Store app to load the 171 target page.</li> 172 <li><code>http://</code> Lets the user choose whether to launch the 173 Play Store app or the browser to handle the request. If the browser handles the 174 request, it loads the target page on the Google Play web site.</li> 175 </ul> 176 177 <p>In general, you should use <code>http://</code> format for links on web pages 178 and <code>market://</code> for links in Android apps.</p> 179 180 <p>If you want to link to your products from an Android app, create an {@link 181 android.content.Intent} that opens a Google Play URL, as shown in the example 182 below.</p> 183 184 <pre> 185 Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); 186 intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.example.android")); 187 startActivity(intent); 188 </pre> 189 190 191 <h2 id="UriSummary">Summary of URL formats</h2> 192 193 <p>The table below provides a summary of the URIs currently supported by the Google Play (both on 194 the web and in an Android application), as discussed in the previous sections.</p> 195 196 <table> 197 <tr> 198 <th>For this result</th> 199 <th>Web page link</th> 200 <th>Android app link</th> 201 </tr> 202 <tr> 203 <td style="width:72px;">Show the product details page for a specific app</td> 204 <td><code>http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name>;</code> 205 <td><code>market://details?id=<package_name></code></td> 206 </tr> 207 <tr> 208 <td>Show apps by a specific publisher</td> 209 <td><nobr><code>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:<publisher_name>;</code></nobr></td> 210 <td><nobr><code>market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name></code></nobr></td> 211 </tr> 212 <tr> 213 <td>Search for apps using a general string query.</td> 214 <td><code>http://play.google.com/store/search?q=<query>;</code></td> 215 <td><code>market://search?q=<query></code></td> 216 </tr> 217 </table> 218 219
