Working with the main branch.io plugin

[edparsons]

Will this plugin work nicely with the main branch.io cordova plugin, or will I need to do some work to get them to work together or does one include the features of the other?

https://github.com/BranchMetrics/Cordova-Ionic-PhoneGap-Deferred-Deep-Linking-SDK

[nikDemyankov]

Never tried them together, so can't tell. You are free to experiment :) But I think it is totally possible.

UL plugin just prepares your application to work with universal links by executing some hooks on the build phase. Plus, it has some native code to process the links, that you open. Hooks should not conflict, since according to branch.io plugin documentation developer should do this by hand. The only problem can be with the native code. But I think this is solvable.

[edparsons]

ok, I'll experiment and if I need to adjust either plugin's native code, I'll pull request it back :)

[boxfish]

I tried to add both plugins into the project, and then branch.io plugin failed to get the deep link data in callbacks. It turned out that the both plugins tries to override the AppDelegate's application:continueUserActivity method and caused the conflict. I'm not sure how to solve this issue.

[nikDemyankov]

As a workaround you can mix implementation from both plugins.

1. Install both plugins.

2. In the AppDelegate+BNCDevice.m include header for UL plugin on line 4:

   #import "CULPlugin.h"
   

3. In the AppDelegate+BNCDevice.m modify swizzleApplication:(UIApplication *)application method like so:

   - (BOOL)swizzleApplication:(UIApplication *)application continueUserActivity:(NSUserActivity *)userActivity restorationHandler:(void (^)(NSArray * _Nullable))restorationHandler {
     if (![userActivity.activityType isEqualToString:NSUserActivityTypeBrowsingWeb]) {
         if (swizzled) {
             return [self swizzleApplication:application continueUserActivity:userActivity restorationHandler:restorationHandler];
         }
   
         return NO;
     }
   
     // get instance of the UL plugin
     CULPlugin *ulPlugin = [self.viewController getCommandInstance:PLUGIN_NAME];
     if (ulPlugin == nil) {
         return NO;
     }
   
     BNCDevice *device = [self.viewController getCommandInstance:@"BranchDevice"];
   
     return [device handleUserActivity:userActivity] && [ulPlugin handleUserActivity:userActivity];
   }
   

4. Delete AppDelegate+CULPlugin.h and AppDelegate+CULPlugin.m files from the project.

As a result, branch's AppDelegate will call both UL plugin and his own implementation.

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