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Find apps for your Launcher and apps you can use to add extra functionality to your own apps or webapps.

The iPhone SDK allows you to bind your application to a custom url scheme. This allows others to trigger the opening of your app and opens the ability to pass data between apps.

Here’s a quick tutorial on how to update your Info.plist to register your own url.

Stackoverflow is a great resource for your [url-scheme] questions.

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Built-in iOS apps and how to access them:

Safari

• http://
• https://
• ftp:// e.g. ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/

Phone Call

• tel://123456789

SMS / Text Message

• sms:123456789 – There is no // in the SMS scheme.

Send an Email

• mailto:foo@example.com?cc=bar@example.com&subject=Greetings&body=Wish%20you%20were%20here!

AppStore

Like YouTube and Google Maps, certain http urls get hijacked by the build in Apple apps. This will open the Appstore app.

• http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=289374576

Maps