Local appclip experiences not working in production?

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janenalleman OP

Created Sep ’24

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Hello,

We've created four App Clip experiences for users that do not have our app installed. They're meant to be evoked by an NFC tag.

I have created the four App Clip experiences in Appstore connect last week, however they still show as "received".

My /.well-known/apple-app-site-association has returns this JSON file (with the correct TEAM_ID and BUNDLE_ID):

{
  "applinks": {
    "apps": [],
    "details": [{
      "appID": "TEAM_ID.BUNDLE_ID",
      "paths": ["*"]
    }]
  },
  "appclips": {
    "apps": [
      "TEAM_ID.BUNDLE_ID"
    ]
  }
}

The app was approved in the app store this morning. However, when I try to invoke the experience over NFC, it just wants to open the URL in the web browser and does not load the App Clip.

I have created and tested a local experience through developer settings, this perfectly works
I have added appclips:<mydomain> to the app and the clip's bundle in the signing options

This should be possible right? Because I was wondering how iOS would even know it should load an App Clip for an NFC tag or QR code, does it send a request on your behalf to /.well-known/apple-app-site-association or how would that work? Given the fact that the applicaiton itself isn't installed on their device.

Anyone else experiencing problems?

Thanks,

janenalleman

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Answer 1

lyonlui OP

Sep ’24

I encountered the same problem as you. I'm a new developer and my first app was released in the app store about 16 hours ago. Similarly, my App clips did not take effect, then I go to Settings->Developer->APP CLIPS TESTING->Diagnostics, and fill in the domain name of appclips. The result I get is as follows:

Apparently, it informed me that my App cClips were not published in the app store and my domain name was not associated.

I double check the app clips distribution policy distributing-your-app-clip, At the same time, I go to appconnect to check app clips settings and domain name status. I didn't find anything wrong.

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Is it because app clips are deployed much later than full app or is there something wrong with my settings?

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Answer 2

lyonlui OP

Sep ’24

I also checked the cache of Apple CDN for my apple-app-site-association. https://app-site-association.cdn-apple.com/a/v1/mydomain.com. It is normal too.

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Answer 3

DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Sep ’24

The app was approved in the app store this morning

Did you upload just the app for review? Or the bundle also contains your App Clip?

Anyone else experiencing problems?

Can you use the Diagnostics tool to determine the configuration of your App Clip? . For more information, see Verify the configuration of your released App Clip.

Additionally, check the validation status of your App Clip in App Store Connect. For more information, see View domain URL status.

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