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ovr_Application_LaunchOtherApp Function

Launches a different application in the user's library. If the user does not have that application installed, they will be taken to that app's page in the Oculus Store ovrMessage_Application_LaunchOtherApp will be generated in response.
First call ovr_Message_IsError() to check if an error occurred.
If no error occurred, the message will contain a payload of type const char *. Extract the payload from the message handle with ovr_Message_GetString().

Signature

ovrRequest ovr_Application_LaunchOtherApp(ovrID appID, ovrApplicationOptionsHandle deeplink_options)

Parameters

appID: ovrID The unique ID of the app to be launched.
deeplink_options: ovrApplicationOptionsHandle Additional configuration for this request, which is optional. It contains 5 fields ovr_ApplicationOptions_SetDeeplinkMessage(), ovr_ApplicationOptions_SetDestinationApiName(), ovr_ApplicationOptions_SetLobbySessionId(), ovr_ApplicationOptions_SetMatchSessionId() and ovr_ApplicationOptions_SetRoomId().

Returns

ovrRequest
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