--- title: Integrating Deferred Deep Linking in React Native Apps description: A step-by-step guide to implementing deferred deep linking in React Native apps using Detour, an alternative to Branch.io and AppsFlyer. Covers dashboard setup... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-deferred-deep-linking-in-react-native-apps-lnia68eif twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Integrating Deferred Deep Linking in React Native Apps | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step guide to implementing deferred deep linking in React Native apps using Detour, an alternative to Branch.io and AppsFlyer. Covers dashboard setup... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/integrating-deferred-deep-linking-in-react-native-apps-lnia68eif og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/lnia68eIF.png og:image:alt: Integrating Deferred Deep Linking in React Native Apps 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. # Integrating Deferred Deep Linking in React Native Apps **[Software Mansion](https://daily.dev/sources/swmansion)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A step-by-step guide to implementing deferred deep linking in React Native apps using Detour, an alternative to Branch.io and AppsFlyer. Covers dashboard setup for iOS and Android, SDK installation, fingerprinting dependencies, expo-router integration with a +native-intent file, auth gate handling via a custom useDetourGate hook, short link creation, web fallback configuration, and tuning matching accuracy and time windows. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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