How do you setup an affiliate program for your Xamarin Forms App?

Issue

I want to setup an affiliate program for my app where affiliate marketers can share an Affiliate Link. The link should bring a user to the iOS AppStore or Android Playstore to install my App. The App can then be attributed to the marketer, so that if there are any purchases, the marketer will get a cut.

Can someone point me in the right direction how to achieve this?

Is there such a Xamarin Library that can help me achieve this?

Thanks

Solution

The only way to do this is using a "contextual" deep linking tool/sdk/library, because in the case of iOS, there's no other way of retaining the "context" of the link. Here's a short blog explanation describing the differences between the basic and contextual deep links, and this is an image:

The most reliable solution I have seen and used is branch.io, but I have heard some people having success with Firebase's Deeplinks.

Branch is open source and has updated Nuget Packages and really good documentation

Answered By - Saamer