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Generate App Clip codes

Advanced App Clips can be discovered and launched using 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. In 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: App Clip experiences that are incompatible with App Clip Codes can’t be selected.

  5. Click Continue.

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

    Screenshot of App Clip codes an iPhone can scan. Getting Started at the bottom.
  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 don’t want to upload URL parameters to append to your App Clip experience URL, select No and click Next.

    Screenshot of "Generate multiple codes" at the bottom asking if you would like to generate meltable codes with the options to select No or Yes.

    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.

    Screenshot of App Clip Codes color patterns.

    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.

    Screenshot of App Clip Codes scan only illustration.
  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.

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

    Screenshot of App Clip Codes download, ready for printing.

    Learn about printing App Clip Codes.

Generate App Clip codes for multiple App Clip experiences

  1. In 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.

    Screenshot of App Clip Codes color patterns.
  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.

    Screenshot of App Clip Codes scan only illustration.
  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.

    Screenshot of App Clip Codes download, ready for printing.

    Learn more about printing App Clip codes.