Android deep linking into an app

Question

I am trying to create a link that can be sent via email which when opened on an android device with my app installed will automatically open the correct page in my app.

Answer 1

If you can use something server-side, maybe you could have a regular page which jumps to the custom-scheme link from the browser when visited? This has the added advantage of possibly being able to tell if the application is not installed and to prompt installation.

It doesn't fix the problem of links opening in the browser, though. The only true solution I can think of for that is a link-handler that jumps to the appropriate application. Then the issue would be allowing the user to change the preferred browser...