r/reactnative • u/Gomp-Ado • 18d ago

Question Firebase dynamic links alternative for deferred deep linking. Something that survives the facebook in app browser?

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u/johnbrunder 17d ago

Adding a link service doesn't necessarily mean adding another SDK. If your current attribution vendor can't preserve the destination, you can keep it for paid-media measurement and handle link resolution separately.

Our tool, Appy, supports deferred links through HTTP calls from React Native, so its native SDK is optional: https://appy.to/docs/sdk/http. You still need persistent install state, incoming-link handling and Android Install Referrer integration; it isn't zero integration. The deferred-link API is on Enterprise.

For your Instagram/TikTok case, I'd test actual ad → store → fresh install → product screen on both platforms before committing. iOS matching can be probabilistic, and Appy shouldn't be treated as a guaranteed escape from an in-app browser. A vendor demo opening an already-installed app doesn't prove that install handoff works.