get all iOS url schemes on device

Question

Is there a way to get all the url schemes of all the apps on a device? There has to be a central repository of them somewhere, maybe a plist?

Answer 1

Adding my solution in case someone is still looking. After spending some time researching the answer, I finished off on a mix between @danielbeard's and @Avis' solution.

Because I know what application I am looking for:

1. Download the .ipa from iTunes using my computer
2. Copy the application to my desktop
3. Rename it to *.zip
4. Extract the *.zip
5. Open the 'Payload' folder
6. Right click on the application and select 'Show Package Contents'
7. I then double-click the 'Info.plist' file (which Xcode should then open)
8. Then check 'URL types' > 'Item 0' > 'URL Schemes'

Using that information I then add it to an array of apps to check (doing what @danielbeard suggested).

Hope this helps someone in the future.

Answer 2

I'm going to go out on a whim here and assume you are trying to do the following:

1. You have a PDF in your app.
2. You want to check (programmatically) to see if any other app can open PDF files.
3. If so, open PDF using that app.

If you want to do this, you don't have to do step 2 manually. As a matter of fact, you can't. However, you can use the UIDocumentInteractionController class to present a menu of compatible apps.

This is the only way you can "check" for other apps installed on the phone. At least on iOS 7 and under.