Java – Launch Android applications using deep linking

I’m trying to launch my Android app with deep links. Basically, the user receives an email with a link, and when the user clicks on the link, the application should launch.
I know how to do basic deep linking, however, I want to launch the actual application and not just a specific activity. My deep linking scheme is similar to “mydeeplinking” and “mydeeplinking://” in email.
I’m looking for something similar to iOS deep linking that launches the entire app.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance.

Basically, all you need to do is use intent-filter to tell Android what type of data it should route to your app.

AndroidManifest.xml:

<activity android:name="com.example.MainActivity" >

<intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

<data android:scheme="http" />
        <data android:scheme="https" />

<data android:host="www.example.com" />

<data android:path="/" />
        <data android:path="/map" />

</intent-filter>

</activity>

This will launch your MainActivity when the user clicks any of the following links:

http://www.example.com/
https://www.example.com/
http://www.example.com/map
https://www.example.com/map