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iOS App Clips

Mobile Under Review

Request: let churches that use the hosted Rock Mobile shell offer an iOS App Clip, a small piece of the app that opens when someone taps an NFC tag, scans a QR code or opens a link, without installing the full app first.

Problem: many churches put NFC tags on chairs or walls so a first-time guest can tap a phone and reach a welcome or connect card, or the giving page. Those taps open a web page today. An App Clip would let an iPhone open a small native card from the same tap, and then offer the full app. As far as we can tell, the shell cannot include an App Clip target today, so a church on the hosted shell has no supported way to add one.

Proposed: a supported way for the shell to include an App Clip target, with a documented way for a church to choose which page or block it shows. A minimal version could show one Rock Mobile page through an invocation URL on the church's own domain.

Android: Google ended Google Play Instant in December 2025, so we are not asking for an Android equivalent. Tapping an NFC tag keeps opening the web page there.

Acceptance:

  • A church on the hosted shell can ship an App Clip that shows a page it chooses.
  • The App Clip uses the church's own associated domain.
  • Churches that do not want one see no change.

Submitted by Vox Church. We would also like to know if this is already on the roadmap.

Photo of Everett HillSubmitted by Everett Hill, Vox Church  ·   ·  Mobile
Photo of Jay Nestle Under Review Jay Nestle, Spark!  · 

We agree that App Clips could be a valuable addition. It's something we're looking into, but it's not a confirmed feature in the pipeline today.

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