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Generate App Clip codes

Advanced App Clips can be discovered and launched through App Clip Codes. You can generate these codes in multiple colors and incorporate NFC tags, allowing people to launch your App Clips by tapping their iPhone on the code or scanning it with the camera. Generate App Clip codes in App Store Connect or with the App Clip Code generator command line tool.

Learn about proper placement and messaging for App Clip Codes.

Generate App Clip codes for a single App Clip experience

  1. From Apps, select the app you want to view.

  2. In the sidebar, select the iOS app version with the App Clip experience for which you want to generate an App Clip Code.

  3. Under Advanced App Clip Experiences, click Edit Advanced Experiences.

  4. A list of your active App Clip experiences will display. Click Get App Clip Codes and select one experience for which you want to generate an App Clip Code.

    Note: You won’t be able to select App Clip experiences that are incompatible with App Clip Codes.

  5. Click Continue.

  6. Click Get Started on the Create an App Clip Code page to generate the codes.

    App Clip codes getting started
  7. If you want to upload URL parameters to append an invocation URL, select Yes and upload a CSV file that includes your invocation URLs for App Clip Codes, then click Next. If you do not want to upload URL parameters to append to your App Clip experience URL, select No and click Next.

    App Clip Codes no URL

    Learn how to identify URLs for your App Clip to support.

    Learn best practices for encoding a URL in an App Clip Code.

  8. Select a color pattern for the code or select custom foreground and background colors to generate a code consistent with your brand, then click Next.

    App Clip Codes color pattern

    Learn best practices for color selection.

  9. To embed an NFC tag in the code, select NFC and click Next. If you're not embedding an NFC tag, select Scan Only and click Next.

    App Clip Codes scan only
  10. Based on the placement of your App Clip Code, select the appropriate design (“Use App Clip logo” or “Without App Clip logo”) and click Next.

    App Clip Codes without logo
  11. Click Download App Clip Codes to download SVG files.

    App Clip Codes printing

    Learn about printing App Clip Codes.

Generate App Clip codes for multiple App Clip experiences

  1. From Apps, select the app you want to view.

  2. In the sidebar, select the iOS app version with the App Clip experience for which you want to generate App Clip Codes.

  3. Under Advanced App Clip Experiences, click Edit Advanced Experiences.

  4. A list of your active App Clip experiences will display. Click Get App Clip Codes and select multiple experiences for which you want to generate codes

    Note: You won’t be able to select App Clip experiences that are incompatible with App Clip Codes.

  5. Click Continue.

  6. Click Get Started on the Create an App Clip Code page to generate App Clip Codes.

    App Clip Codes getting started
  7. With No preselected, click Next.

  8. Select a color pattern for the codes or select custom foreground and background colors to generate codes that are consistent with your brand, then click Next.

    Multiple App Clip Codes color patterns

    Learn best practices for color selection.

    Note: You can view your selected App Clip experiences by clicking “View selected App Clip experiences” under the preview icon.

  9. To embed an NFC tag in the code, select NFC and click Next. If you're not embedding an NFC tag, select Scan Only and click Next.

    Multiple App Clip Codes scan only
  10. Based on the placement of your App Clip Code, select the appropriate design (“Use App Clip logo” or “Without App Clip logo”) and click Next.

  11. Click Download App Clip Codes to download SVG files.

    Multiple App Clip Codes printing

    Learn more about printing App Clip codes.