When we open links on our iPhone, many times it takes us to a website even though we have an associated application. For instance, opening a Spotify link opens Safari instead of opening Spotify. Apple could, and I think it should, fix this in the future, but there is no valid native solution at this time. Fortunately, there is an application called Opener that does what iOS should do by itself.
Opener uses an action extension that allows us to open web links in its native application. At first it was launched being compatible with Twitter, Overcast, SoundCloud, Spotify, Kickstarter and some more, allowing us to automate the process and open the links with its native app with a.
If we are in an application that can share links, we can touch the Opener extension and we will see a pop-up window with options (pop-up). If the link matches an application that we have installed, we will see a list of options, we will touch on an application, Opener will resolve the link and take us to the native application.
As well we can copy a link of applications that are not compatible with the iOS 8 share option and launch Opener to quickly open the compatible applications. And if we have several applications capable of resolving said domain and we do not want to choose an application each time, we can touch one of them for several seconds and it will be configured as the default application for those links. This can be changed back from the Opener settings.
It is possible that, as has happened with other applications, in a future in which Apple adds this possibility to iOS, Opener does not make sense, but at the moment, this application works perfectly and can save you time if we want to open links in the applications native, which is useful for official and third-party applications. Right now, Opener supports about 50 applications and its developer will add support for more apps soon.
If you open a lot of links and you would like to use native applications, Opener is an application that intelligently uses the extensions that came to the iPhone with iOS 8. It is available in the App Store for a price of € 1.99 and is a universal application.
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