I have seen how apps like Zoom launch their application on desktop whenever we click Join Meeting on the browser. I am unable to figure out how to do that. I tried putting the link of the app as URL but that just started downloading the application. I just need to open the app and do nothing else. Is there any way to implement that using JavaScript?
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Answer
Custom URI Scheme will help you to achieve this for your app.
For eg: zoommtg, zoomus schemes are used by Zoom
example: Windows/Mac client: zoommtg://zoom.us/join?confno=123456789&pwd=xxxx&zc=0&browser=chrome&uname=Betty
iOS/Android Client: zoomus://zoom.us/join?confno=123456789&pwd=xxxx&zc=0&browser=chrome&uname=Betty
Ref:
https://medium.com/zoom-developer-blog/zoom-url-schemes-748b95fd9205