AIR iOS URL Scheme

Question

I'm developing an AIR for iOS app for my client to run on an iPad, and my app needs to be able to launch other apps using a URL scheme, and also to be launched by another app, by receiving a URL scheme from it. From what I have read, it would appear that AIR for iOS apps can receive and respond to URL schemes, but they cannot send URL schemes to launch other apps, due to security restrictions.
Does anyone know if it is possible to both send and receive URL schemes?

Answer 1

Yes, you can.
Open installed "Wikitude" app can be done via this script
import flash.events.MouseEvent;
btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, callURL);
function callURL(e:MouseEvent):void{
    navigateToURL(new URLRequest("wikitude://"));
Same way you can open your app from any other. In example above Wikitude app it's URI id. The same as below iPadARIconAppB
Here is part of Application-xml.xml descriptor from my old project:
<iPhone>
    <InfoAdditions><![CDATA[
  <key>UIDeviceFamily</key>
  <array>
    <string>1</string>
    <string>2</string>
  </array>
  <key>CFBundleURLTypes</key>
  <array>
    <dict>
      <key>CFBundleURLName</key>
      <string>com.camel.geo.iPadARIconAppB.iPadARIconAppB-scheme</string>
      <key>CFBundleURLSchemes</key>
      <array>
        <string>iPadARIconAppB</string>
      </array>
    </dict>
  </array>
  <key>UIApplicationExitsOnSuspend</key>
  <true/>
]]></InfoAdditions>
    <requestedDisplayResolution>standard</requestedDisplayResolution>
  </iPhone>
You need to change CFBundleURLName to your app ID by my sample and CFBundleURLSchemes put there your own app name.
If you want open your app from any other - you must open "iPadARIconAppB://" and if you need pass params - just make "iPadARIconAppB://myparams" and read it via Invoke from Adobe Air.
Air is great and allow many things