application(…continue userActivity…) method not called in ios 13

Question

Hi I\'m making ios app using UniversalLink.

Universal Link works fine, but callback method is not called.

My AppDelegate.swift is below.

Answer 1

In my case, I started a brand new project on Xcode 11 which uses SceneDelegate as well as AppDelegate

Looks like UniversalLinks (and probably several other APIs) use this callback on the SceneDelegate:

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity) { }

Instead of this callback on the AppDelegate:

func application(_ application: UIApplication, continue userActivity: NSUserActivity, restorationHandler: @escaping ([UIUserActivityRestoring]?) -> Void) -> Bool { }

Once I implemented the one on SceneDelegate everything started working as expected again. I haven't tried it, but I'm assuming that if you are targeting iOS 12 and below, you might need to implement both methods.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

I had a similar issue with SceneDelegate and universal links where I could not get to NSUserActivity when the app was just launched (in this case Background NFC reading in ios 13).

As mentioned in the answer by @Jan, continue userActivity is now in the SceneDelegate.

If the app is running or in the background ie. closed, a universal link will fire the scene(_:continue:) delegate.

If the app is not in the background, a universal link won't fire up from the scene(_:continue:) delegate. Instead, the NSUserActivity will be available from scene(_:willConnectTo:options:). eg.

func scene(_ scene: UIScene, willConnectTo session: UISceneSession, options connectionOptions: UIScene.ConnectionOptions) {
    if let userActivity = connectionOptions.userActivities.first {
        debugPrint("got user activity")
    }
}