As per topic, I have a website called “hello.com” and I used appmysite to create an app based on it. I would like to restrict access to “hello.com” to be accessible only from the app, and if users enter “hello.com” in their browser, they are not allowed to access.
Is this possible?
Hi @Bobo
Thank you for reaching out with your question!
Currently, our platform does not support restricting website access to be exclusive to the app, meaning users can still access “hello.com” directly through a browser. However, we’re always open to feedback from our customers and encourage you to submit a feature request for this functionality. Our team actively considers customer suggestions to guide future updates, and we’ll do our best to implement it if possible.
Please feel free to reach out if you have any further questions or if there’s anything else we can assist you with.
I would like to second this. This would allow us to create apps that are just apps, fully designed for mobile, and have sales sites to sell them.
In theory, we should be able to reject/redirect desktop traffic at the server level on our websites, sending that to our sales page while letting mobile traffic in. The downside is that people could bypass the app and use the mobile browser if they know the URL.
Ideally, we could lock the site and the app could unlock it.
Hi @John
Thank you for sharing your insightful feedback regarding the ability to lock website access and create app-specific experiences. We truly value suggestions like yours as they help us better understand the features our customers need to enhance their apps and overall user experience.
Your idea to redirect desktop traffic and unlock the site exclusively through the app is a compelling use case. While this functionality is not currently supported on our platform, we recognize its potential value and have noted your suggestion for future development.
Our team is continually working to enhance our platform, and feedback like yours plays a critical role in shaping our roadmap. Though we cannot provide a timeline for implementation at the moment, please rest assured that we will explore this feature as we plan future updates.
Thank you for helping us improve. If you have any other ideas or need further assistance, don’t hesitate to reach out.
Yes indeed. Locking the website to be exclusive for the app would be really useful and convenient. Otherwise, it just defeats the purpose of having the app in the first place where users can just use the website directly.
Hope AppMySite team can see the logic behind this.
Thank you for reaching out!
Currently, it is not possible to restrict access to your website, hello.com, exclusively to app users while preventing direct access through a browser. However, we can recommend a workaround to achieve a similar result:
Redirect Website Visitors to Download the App
You can configure the landing page of hello.com to inform visitors about your app. The page can display prominent buttons redirecting users to download the app from the Play Store or App Store. This way, visitors are encouraged to use the app rather than accessing the website.
Create a Subdomain for App Content
To create the app without exposing it to regular browsers:
By following this approach, you maintain the appearance that hello.com is exclusively accessible through the app while keeping your content secure and streamlined for app users.
If you need assistance setting up your app or subdomain, feel free to reach out.
That’s the way that I’ve created my app, however, if they try and login and need to do a password reset, then they get an email which exposes the app website.
If there was a way to deep-link and embed the links in the emails to redirect to the app from emails then that would work in 90% of my use cases.