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App Search Programming Guide

Document Revision History

This table describes the changes to App Search Programming Guide.

Date

Notes

2016-12-15

Included an example of a keywords list and enhanced the example of an image object.

2016-12-01

Described how to make your publicly accessible images available for crawling by AppleBot.

2016-09-13

Clarified the result of tapping a universal link while browsing your website in Safari.

2016-06-13

Clarified the behavior of universal links when the user taps a link in the same domain as the URL of the universal link.

2016-04-01

Noted the 128 KB size limit for an apple-app-site-association file downloaded from the server.

2016-03-21

Mentioned that you can test universal links in Simulator, clarified the value of the appID key, and described how to match associated domains.

2015-12-17

Clarified how to specify the domains that should support universal links and made minor corrections.

2015-12-08

Described how to specify website areas that should not be handled as universal links.

2015-11-05

Described how some user interactions can affect the behavior of universal links.

2015-10-21

Updated information about the signing requirements for the apple-app-site-association file.

2015-09-16

New document that describes how to make your app content searchable in iOS.