Open links in native apps when you're stuck in the browser! 🚀
About this app
Share the current web page when you are in a browser to open with another app!
Did it ever happen to you? You click a link (let's say a video link) and the system does not ask you anything and opens the link in the browser. And you are stuck in a web page instead of watching the video in the native app.
There are 2 options for you. You either watch the video in the web or you remember the name of the video and search it in the app. Well, not anymore.
With OpenLinkWith, you can share any webpage with it and it will ask you which applications to open the link with.
Although the original intent of the application is to direct web pages to apps, it can even be used to switch between apps. Imagine you have 2 Twitter clients in your phone. You can open a tweet in the official Twitter application and then switch to an another app with the same tweet opened. Cool, hah?
Although the problem discovered above is not huge, it is missing in the Android ecosystem. And I couldn't find anything doing this. So I wrote one. :)
If you find yourself sharing the same url over and over, you can use "Add to Home Screen" feature to add your favorite link from your favorite app to your home screen.
I hope you find this useful. Please help me by trying it and sending feedback to me.
Note:</strong This app also fixes links for some of the most popular Android applications. Not all but most of the links from these websites will be open with respective native android apps when you share them with Open Link With.
The app uses internet to: - Send crash reports - Resolve redirects of shortened links - Find the title of the link while using "Add to Home Screen"
The application is open source and the source can be found here: https://github.com/tasomaniac/OpenLinkWith/
Icon is from: https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/216215/flow_switch_icon#size=512
Licensed under Apache-2.0.
What's New in v2.10-floss
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Help translate the app into your language:
- https://crowdin.com/project/open-link-with
- v2.9
- 🔍 New Privacy Feature 🔍
- Go into Advanced Settings and enable cleaning up marketing/tracking parameters!
- Tip: Did you know that you can set OLW as a browser. Go to Advanced settings to enable.
Version history
Sep 12, 2024 · 2.3 MB · Android API 22–31 · code 21000
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
- Help translate the app into your language:
- https://crowdin.com/project/open-link-with
- v2.9
- 🔍 New Privacy Feature 🔍
- Go into Advanced Settings and enable cleaning up marketing/tracking parameters!
- Tip: Did you know that you can set OLW as a browser. Go to Advanced settings to enable.
SHA-256 a147ac3a675da1ec0db59393517a973908171bbb8a8eab69e5f5f7ebab04006e
Oct 15, 2021 · 2.1 MB · Android API 22–29 · code 20901
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 c07abbfbaeac892ef07b2e1c99b4d810ff582437ee0a06279deffca28c489b44
Jan 2, 2019 · 2.1 MB · Android API 19–28 · code 20503
Imported from the F-Droid repository index.
SHA-256 7fa9b599cadf4741df486571175dad021f87820d91a083e45d8bd1083c0628b5
Will it run on your device?
73%
- Runs on a broad range of modern Android versions.
- ABI coverage is focused on newer 64-bit devices.
Installation Guide
Open Settings on your Android device
Go to Security → Unknown sources (or Install unknown apps)
Enable "Allow from this source" for your browser or file manager
Open the downloaded APK file from your Downloads folder
Tap "Install" and wait for installation to complete
Launch the app from your home screen
Make sure to re-enable Unknown Sources restrictions after installation for security.
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