Users can initiate requests to follow other users they encounter in your app by launching the follow modal from within your app. In this case, the system will present users with a deep-linked request modal and then return focus to your app once it has sent the request. Users may find this process more convenient than using the Meta Horizon mobile app or returning to Meta Horizon Home to send these requests since it’s less disruptive to their app experience.

For example, in a multiplayer game, a user might encounter another player that they liked. If this feature is implemented, they can initiate the following process from within the game, send the follow request from a deeplinked modal, and be returned to their game once the request has been sent.

The following methods are available to call from within your client app. Details about the functions can be found in the Platform SDK Reference Content.

This method deeplinks the viewer into a modal dialog targeting the specified user to receive a follow request. From the modal, the viewer can select Send to send a follow request and return to their app. Selecting Cancel returns the viewer to their app without sending a follow request.

After calling this method, you can use ovr_LaunchFriendRequestFlowResult_GetDidSendRequest and ovr_LaunchFriendRequestFlowResult_GetDidCancel to get the results of the viewer’s actions from the deeplink.

Checks if the viewer sent a follow request from the deeplinked modal.

Checks if the viewer canceled or selected Back from the deep linked modal.

In some edge cases, the modal dialog that appears when ovr_User_LaunchFriendRequestFlow is called may be different. The table below details such situations and what the user will see.