AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The Android Instant Apps API allows developers to launch instant apps and access features in a backwards compatible way.
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This API includes classes for managing instant app intents, launching instant apps, and accessing APIs for instant apps.
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Key components include
InstantApps,InstantAppsClient,Launcher, and supporting classes for data and compatibility. -
Developers can use this API to integrate instant app functionality into their Android applications.
Annotations
| InstantAppIntentData.MatchResult | This @interface is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
Interfaces
| ActivityCompat | This interface is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
| Launcher | This interface is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
| PackageManagerCompat | This interface is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
Classes
| InstantAppIntentData | This class is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
| InstantApps | This class is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
| InstantAppsClient | This class is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |
| LaunchData | This class is deprecated. Starting December 2025, Instant Apps cannot be published through Google Play, and all Google Play services Instant APIs will no longer work. To continue optimizing for user growth, we encourage developers to refer users to their regular app or game, and using deeplinks to redirect them to specific journeys or features when relevant. |