launch 3rd party application from native iPhone apps

Question

hi friends, i have to do one application that application should be launch from the iPhone native applications like calendar, contacts and mail box etc... is it possible to launch 3rd party application from the native app, whether apple allows the developer to do this.

Thanks in advance...

Answer 1

It's possible and quite east in fact. You have to create a custom URL that launch your app.

E.g myApp://?param=value look at this excellent tutorial

Then in the email you click on the URL and your app is launched... This solutino work only in apps that recognize URL