Playback options

App links, such as https://appetize.io/app/<publicKey>?device=pixel4&language=en can contain many optional query parameters.

You may see these query parameters in action when you run our online demo, and observe changes to your browser's address bar.

These parameters specify:

• device - eg. iphone8, iphone11pro, iphone11promax, ipadair2, pixel4, pixel4xl, galaxytabs7

• osVersion - the operating system version on which to run your app, e.g. 11.4, 12.2, 13.3, 14.0 Note: We recommend do not include osVersion as a query parameter when embedding your app, that way will always use our latest default.

• scale - values between 10 and 100

• autoplay - true or false, default is false. When true, start streaming app on page load.

• orientation - portrait or landscape

• centered - true or false, default is false. When true, device is centered in iFrame.

• deviceColor - black or white

• screenOnly - true or false, default is false. When true, only show the screen, i.e. no device frame.

• xdocMsg - true or false, default is false. When true, enables cross-document messages.

• language - ISO 639-1 & BCP 47 language code

• locale - Locale ID, eg. en_GB, fr_FR (iOS only)

• iosKeyboard - iOS software keyboard, eg. [email protected] available values​

• disableVirtualKeyboard - (Android only) true or false, default is false. When true, disables the on-screen keyboard.

• location - latitude, longitude, eg. 39.903924,116.391432 (Android only)

• timezone - specify URL-encoded timezone, eg. Australia%2FAdelaide, available values (Android only)

• grantPermissions - true or false - automatically grant all required app permissions (Android only)

• hidePasswords - true or false - hide password visibility when typing (Android only)

• launchUrl - specify a deep link to open when your app is launched

• debug - true or false, default is false. When true you can view the debug log for your app.

• proxy - specify a proxy server to route network traffic. e.g. http://example.com:8080. For Appetize.io's intercepting proxy, use proxy=intercept

• enableAdb - true or false. on session start, generate an SSH tunnel to allow ADB connections to the emulator

• androidPackageManager - true or false, default is false. Allows installation of additional APKs after app launch

• appearance - set to dark to set dark mode UI on iOS 13+

• params - a URL-encoded JSON object. This data will be passed to your app on launch. eg. &params={"foo":"bar"} which gets URL encoded to &params=%7B%22foo%22%3A%22bar%22%7D

The params JSON dictionary allows you to pass values to your app on launch. It can be useful to load custom content, skip onboarding, auto-login the specified user, or custom tracking.

To read the values in your iOS app, call [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"key"].

On Android, they will be passed as extras into the intent that launches your app, accessible by calling getIntent().getStringExtra("key"), getBooleanExtra("key"), etc.

They can also be retrieved from SharedPreferences named "prefs.db", e.g. getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences("prefs.db", 0).getString("key", null)

For convenience, we set the key "isAppetize": true when streaming apps. You can detect if your app is running in Appetize.io by calling:

• iOS: [[NSUserDefaults standardUserDefaults] objectForKey:@"isAppetize"]

• Android: either of the following methods

  • getIntent().getBooleanExtra("isAppetize", false)

  • getApplicationContext().getSharedPreferences("prefs.db", 0).getBoolean("isAppetize", false)