How can I make URLs to music files play in VLC on iOS?

Question

I have MP3s and other file formats that I want to provide through my website to iPhone and iPad users. VLC's iOS app seems to fit the bill, but they say

Additionally, third party websites and apps 
may include links to open streams directly in VLC for iOS.

Here is the official documentation provided

How can I do that? I can't seem to find any documentation about it. I'm considering making a custom app just to accomplish it, but that seems silly.

Answer 1

Starting from VLC 2.0.2 you can use a link of type: vlc://path/to/file to have the device open VLC if it is installed.

Also check the VideoLAN forums here