URL scheme for an Windows viewer app?

Hello everybody,
Before sending this pos, I found a thread about URL schemes for Android and Windows apps.
Can I set a URL scheme for an Android viewer app?
Unfortunately, there was at that time (August) no plans from Adobe about adding this features.
Is there any change about that ? Could it be a gift for Christmas?
Merry Christmas, & happy new year!

So this is doable assuming you have access to the native Android code in the app you are linking from. You can use the package name for your DPS Android application to launch it. You won't be able to use deep linking or anything like that, but you will be able to launch to the Library.
See the following github project as a reference for a Cordova / Phonegap plugin that does this for you (if you are not using Cordova / Phonegap, then I linked to the source as well). The Cordova Launcher plugin will let you determine if the device is able to launch an app via package. You can then decide whether you want to launch the app w/ the package or you want to push the user to the app store to download the application. Both of these options can be handled w/ the Launcher plugin.
If you want to push the user to the app store then use something like : market://details?id=[package name]
Cordova Launcher Plugin : nchutchind/App-Launcher-Cordova-Plugin · GitHub
Android Source Code (Reference if not using Cordova / Phonegap) App-Launcher-Cordova-Plugin/Launcher.java at master · nchutchind/App-Launcher-Cordova-Plugin · GitHub:

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