Launching my app with a specific activity

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I've managed to get the lesson data populated as described (thanks, the documentation was pretty clear, although the Objective-C version still shows swift code).

When I swap to student mode, and relaunch the Schoolwork app, I can then double tap on the activity and it launches my app quite happily.

What I haven't found described so far, is how my app determines what activity or CLSContext was requested so that I can direct the student into the requested content automatically.

I'm guessing I can find it in the "launchOptions" dictionary provided to:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application didFinishLaunchingWithOptions:(NSDictionary *)launchOptions;

Any help would be appreciated.

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Answer 1

You basically encode the path to your context or a context id in the URL you assign to your CLSContext object.

For the app delegate details, check out how to format and handle universal links here: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppSearch/UniversalLinks.html

Specifically:

After you specify your associated domains, adopt the

UIApplicationDelegate
methods for Handoff (specifically application:continueUserActivity:restorationHandler:
) so that your app can receive a link and handle it appropriately.

-M

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Answer 2

You basically encode the path to your context or a context id in the URL you assign to your CLSContext object.

For the app delegate details, check out how to format and handle universal links here: https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/AppSearch/UniversalLinks.html

Specifically:

After you specify your associated domains, adopt the

UIApplicationDelegate
methods for Handoff (specifically application:continueUserActivity:restorationHandler:
) so that your app can receive a link and handle it appropriately.

-M

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Answer 3

Thank you. I found the sample project last thing last night and was able to see that to be the mechanism. I guess it's just a gap in the documentation.

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Answer 4

You actually have two options for how to send students directly to an assignment's content; Universal Links as mentioned or `NSUserActivity`. The doc is a little burried for these options but it does exist: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/classkit/clscontext/linking_directly_to_assignments (you have to go to the article about advertising your content and then find the above article at the bottom of the page.)

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Answer 5

Thank you for pointing that out. To be honest, I'd have expected this to at least be linked to from the Incorporating ClassKit into an Educational App page (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/classkit/incorporating_classkit_into_an_educational_app)

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