For a link that includes the Google Play brand icon, check out the Badges page.
Google Play provides several link formats that let you bring users to yourproducts in the way you want, from Android apps, web pages, ads, reviews,articles, social media posts, and more.
The link formats let you:
If you are linking from an Android app, you can also control whether the linklaunches the Play Store application or the browser, which takes the userto the Google Play web site.
Use the format below to deep-link users directly to a specific app's productdetails page. At the product details page, users can see the app description,screenshots, reviews and more, and then install it.
To create the link, you need to know the app's fully qualified packagename, which is declared in the app's manifestfile. The package name is also visible in the Developer Console.
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name>
market://details?id=<package_name>
Here's an example:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps
For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see Linking from an Android App.
Use the format below to link users to a list of apps published by you. Theproduct list lets users see all of the apps from a specific publisher, withratings, editorial badges, and an Install button for each.
To create the link, you need to know your publisher name, which isavailable from the Developer Console.
http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:<publisher_name>
market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name>
Here's an example:
http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:Google Inc.
For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see Linking from an Android App.
Use the format below to link users to a search query result on Google Play.The search result page shows a list of apps (and optionally other content) thatmatch the query, with ratings, badges, and an Install button for each.
To create the link, you just need a search query string. If you want thequery to search outside of the Google Play Apps listings, you can remove the&c=apps
part of the link URL.
http://play.google.com/store/search?q=<search_query>&c=apps
market://search?q=<seach_query>&c=apps
Here's an example:
http://play.google.com/store/search?q=maps&c=apps
For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see Linking from an Android App.
If your app is featured or appears in one of the Google Play Top charts orcollections, you can use the format below to link users directly to thecollection. The collection shows a ranked list of apps in the collection, withratings, short descriptions, and an Install button.
http://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/<collection_name>
market://apps/collection/<collection_name>
Here's an example:
http://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/editors_choice
For details on how to send the link in an Android app, see Linking from an Android App.
Collection | collection_name |
---|---|
Staff Picks (Featured) | featured |
Editor's Choice | editors_choice |
Top Paid | topselling_paid |
Top Free | topselling_free |
Top New Free | topselling_new_free |
Top New Paid | topselling_new_paid |
Top Grossing | topgrossing |
Trending | movers_shakers |
Best Selling in Games | topselling_paid_game |
There are two general formats for links that are accessible to users onAndroid devices, The two formats trigger slightly different behaviors on thedevice:
market://
Launches the Play Store app to load thetarget page.http://
Lets the user choose whether to launch thePlay Store app or the browser to handle the request. If the browser handles therequest, it loads the target page on the Google Play web site.In general, you should use http://
format for links on web pagesand market://
for links in Android apps.
If you want to link to your products from an Android app, create an Intent
that opens an Google Play URL, as shown in the examplebelow.
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); intent.setData(Uri.parse("market://details?id=com.example.android")); startActivity(intent);
The table below provides a summary of the URIs currently supported by the Google Play (both onthe web and in an Android application), as discussed in the previous sections.
For this result | Web page link | Android app link |
---|---|---|
Show the product details page for a specific app | http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=<package_name> |
market://details?id=<package_name> |
Show apps by a specific publisher | http://play.google.com/store/search?q=pub:<publisher_name> |
market://search?q=pub:<publisher_name> |
Search for apps using a general string query. | http://play.google.com/store/search?q=<query> |
market://search?q=<query> |