Launching an App for a URI
The following code shows how to launch the default Web browser using Launcher’s LaunchUriAsync method:
async Task LaunchOtherApp() { // Launch the default Web browser bool success = await Launcher.LaunchUriAsync(new Uri("http://pixelwinks.com")); if (!success) { ... } }
When you launch an app for a URI, the file type no longer matters. For example, if you call LaunchUriAsync with http://blog.adamnathan.net/images/logo.png, it still launches the default Web browser rather than the default image viewer because the URI scheme is http. If the URI starts with mailto:, then the default mail program is used.
Custom URI schemes are supported as well as the standard ones. The Maps ...
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