--- title: Deferred Deep Linking for Mobile Developers with Detour description: Deferred deep linking solves the 'installation gap' — the problem where standard deep links lose user context when an app isn't installed. Detour, a... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/deferred-deep-linking-for-mobile-developers-with-detour-xvzuuj21i twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Deferred Deep Linking for Mobile Developers with Detour | daily.dev og:description: Deferred deep linking solves the 'installation gap' — the problem where standard deep links lose user context when an app isn't installed. Detour, a... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/deferred-deep-linking-for-mobile-developers-with-detour-xvzuuj21i og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XVzUUj21I.png og:image:alt: Deferred Deep Linking for Mobile Developers with Detour og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Deferred Deep Linking for Mobile Developers with Detour **[Software Mansion](https://daily.dev/sources/swmansion)** · 7 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Deferred deep linking solves the 'installation gap' — the problem where standard deep links lose user context when an app isn't installed. Detour, a developer-first alternative to Branch.io and AppsFlyer, handles this by using deterministic matching on Android (via Google Play Install Referrer API with 100% accuracy) and probabilistic fingerprint-based matching on iOS. It hosts AASA and assetlinks.json files for Universal Links and App Links, provides SDKs for React Native, iOS, Android, and Flutter, and offers centralized link management and analytics. The post also explains why native iOS solutions like Universal Links, App Clips, and SKAdNetwork fall short for deferred deep linking use cases. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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