Deep linking in the application

[Zwimber]

Describe the bug, issue or concern

At the entrance of events, multiple items need to be checked such as their ticket and the Corona Qr code. As an employee you often have to switch between the CoronaCheck Scanner application and a ticket scan application.

To improve the speed we have added a button in our application which brings up the CoronaCheck Scanner however it currently opens a page with a button Start scanning which means you'll have to click again. This might not feel like a huge hassle but please keep in mind that you will have to do this for hundreds of times each day.

It would be great if we could deep link to the scanning page, thereby saving the hassle of pressing the Start Scanning button.

Note

The same goes for the visitor; they have to show their Ticket QR code as well as their Corona QR code. If this issue gets accepted I'll create a similar issue in the CoronaCheck application.

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Open any other application
2. Click on Open CoronaCheck Scanner app
3. You have to click on Start scanning
4. The scanner page opens up
5. You scan the user

Goal

1. Open any other application
2. Click on Open CoronaCheck Scanner app and it deep-links you to the scan page
3. The scanner page opens up
4. You scan the user

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Governance

• I've read the contributing document https://github.com/minvws/.github/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
• I've read and understand the Code of Conduct https://github.com/minvws/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
• I understand that any contributions or suggestions I made may make it into the actual code. I've read the License https://github.com/minvws/nl-covid19-notification-app-coordination/blob/master/LICENSE.txt and the contributor license agreement https://github.com/minvws/nl-covid19-notification-app-coordination/blob/master/CLA.md

[evavansloten]

Thanks a lot we are working on it!

[Zwimber]

Wat gaaf! Denken jullie voor 14 augustus iets eruit te kunnen gooien? Vermoedelijk gaat de applicatie dan weer groots worden ingezet voor evenementen (tot 750 bezoekers)

[ijansch]

For the holder app, this has been implemented and will be in the next release. The documentation for this is here: https://github.com/minvws/nl-covid19-coronacheck-provider-docs/blob/main/docs/app-deeplinks.md

We are considering adding similar support to the scanner apps. Let me know how you like what we've done on the holder app side.

[Zwimber]

Hi @ijansch ,

This is exactly what we'd need, I also love the "going-back" functionality. It'd be great if you can add it the the Corona Scanner Apps!

[Zwimber]

Hi @ijansch & @evavansloten,

Is there any planned integration of this functionality? It seems more relevant than ever with events / venues opening their doors.

Kind regards

[SleeplessByte]

@Zwimber The documentation has now been updated and explain how this can be done for the scanners: https://github.com/minvws/nl-covid19-coronacheck-provider-docs/blob/main/docs/app-deeplinks.md#available-universal-links-1

[Zwimber]

That is great to hear! I'm going to try it out this weekend and I'll close the issue afterwards

[Zwimber]

Just looked into it and although I can understand that you do not want random applications to use the returnUrl. It seems a bit extreme to have to whitelist for a deeplink to the scanning page.

Since we do not spread our application through Google's App store we are not able to use this feature.

[SleeplessByte]

There is a way to do that without an app store entry.

The link to your Android and/or iOS app store entries so that we can download your app and evaluate your application. If your scanner app is not available through the public app store, please provide us with a way to install/evaluate your scanner app (e.g. by supplying us with the .apk file of your scanner app)