1
Open the link from email.
Service details, group updates, signups, and files should open even before someone installs another app.
iPhone access
Use the web portal now. Add the iPhone app when it helps.
Members should not have to wait for a store install to open a church link. My Church Group starts in Safari and keeps the same link path ready for the iPhone app later.
9:41Safari
Grace Community
Sunday serving link
Opens in the browser now. Opens in the app when the app is ready.
Email link received
Browser view available
iPhone app handoff ready
2
Sign in once in the browser.
Members can use Safari on iPhone or a desktop browser with the same account and church access.
3
Let the app take over later.
When the iPhone app is installed and the store setup is final, the same church links can hand off into the app.
The browser is the reliable first door.
Safari gives members the immediate path: sign in, open the church, and use the links staff already send. App handoff can be added without changing those links.
What staff should do now
Send church links that work before and after the app install.
Start with the web portal and public site. When the iPhone app path is ready, members do not need a new link or a new explanation.
- Use browser-safe links in email, texts, and public pages.
- Let members sign in from iPhone, desktop, or tablet.
- Keep group, signup, and file links under one church account.
- Move installed-app users into the app when the handoff is ready.
Good iPhone experience means no dead link.
If a member taps a church link from an email, they should land somewhere useful: Safari first, then the app when it is installed and ready.