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Deep Linking

Deep Linking

Box’s mobile applications support deep linking into folder and file objects. From a web page or native app it is possible to deep link to open an object directly in Box.

The following URLs are supported in Box’s mobile applications:

ApplicationObject TypeDeep Link URLiOS & Android
BoxFolderboxapp://folder?id=[folderid]Version 3.7+
Fileboxapp://file?id=[fileid]
Shared Linkboxapp://sharedlink?url=[sharedlink]
Box for EMMFolderboxemm://folder?id=[folderid]Version 3.7+
Fileboxemm://file?id=[fileid]
Shared Linkboxemm://sharedlink?url=[sharedlink]