The Connections apps released in October add additional command URLs to what we already had in them. See this post for details on the first batch and when you might use them, then come back here and check out the new ones. The account info is optional. To use these, call them wherever you would use an http url, such as in an "a href" tag.
Added for Connections 4 mobile apps, but they are client side so will work with a Connections 3.x server.
Launch Activities
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/activities?
Launches the app into the Activities service just as if you had tapped on the Activities icon from the home screen.
Launch Blogs
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/blogs?
Launches the app into the Blogs service just as if you had tapped on the Blogs icon from the home screen.
Launch Bookmarks
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/bookmarks?
Launches the app into the Bookmarks service just as if you had tapped on the Bookmarks icon from the home screen.
Launch Files
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/files?
Launches the app into the Files service just as if you had tapped on the Files icon from the home screen.
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/files?uid=file_uid
Launches the app into the details of the file with the given uid.
Launch Forums
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/forums?
Launches the app into the Forums service just as if you had tapped on the Forums icon from the home screen.
Launch Wikis
ibmscp://com.ibm.connections/wikis?
Launches the app into the Wikis service just as if you had tapped on the Wikis icon from the home screen.
This should make it easier to move from your own apps or web sites into the Connections mobile app.
Chris Reckling
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Chris Reckling | 17 November 2012 04:00:00 PM ET | | Comments (8)
Chris .... thnx for this explanation !
is there a way to get a mobile url for a particular blogs instead of to just the blog section of the mobile app
Not yet.
:-(
Whenever I use the Mobile Command URL for blogs it works fine on iOS devices to start the Connections app, but anytime I try it on an Android device it force quits the Connections app. Thoughts on what I might be doing wrong?
Noah - can you send your logs to us via the Send Logs function on your accounts page, along with what you were doing.
thanks
Chris
Chris, I will send those if you need me to, but I want to let you know that I resolved the issue by removing the '?' at the end of the command URL. It retained functionality in both platforms. Would you still like me to send the logs?
Noah, I was able to reproduce the crash. No need to send the logs. The next major update will fix this, it will also add support to launch specific items. Stay tuned.