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A Guide to Deep Links in Android

What are they, and how can we use them well?

Satya Pavan Kantamani
Better Programming
5 min readMay 7, 2020

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Every app in the Play Store that’s reached a certain level in terms of user base wants the users to return to the app on a daily or monthly basis.

This is known as retention rate, which is a crucial factor for apps to raise funds or to do some other things, depending on their requirements.

So basically they send unnecessary notifications or messages to gain the retention of attention of users. Deep links are one important aspect, making the user go to a particular destination rather than the usual navigation flow.

Deep linking on Android drives better user experiences. In this article, let’s explore deep links and how we can implement them in Android apps. Before diving into implementation, it’s important to understand basic things like what they are and why we need them.

What’s a Deep Link?

Deep links are similar to the links or URLs we use on a daily basis. Each link or URL is used to navigate a user to some specific destination. For example, let's have a look at the following URL:

https://www.example.com/classes?lecture=10

The above link was an URL that navigates you to the classes page in the example.com domain, rather…

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Satya Pavan Kantamani
Satya Pavan Kantamani

Written by Satya Pavan Kantamani

Android Dev, Interested in Traveling, App development. Based in Hyderabad, India. Catch me at https://about.me/satyapavankumar

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