Firebase Dynamic Links shut down in 2025
The drop-in Firebase Dynamic Links replacement.
FDL is gone, and the OS doesn't bring back the parts you relied on — deferred deep linking, cross-platform routing, and attribution. LinkTrail does, and we'll migrate your existing links for free.
What maps to what
The replacement is close to one-to-one — LinkTrail was built for exactly the surface FDL left behind.
| Firebase Dynamic Links | LinkTrail |
|---|---|
| Dynamic Link (one URL, device-aware) | Smart link with iOS / Android / web routing |
| page.link / *.app.goo.gl domain | Your own branded, verified link domain |
| Deferred deep linking | Deferred deep linking with a richer first-open payload |
| Link analytics | Attribution with match type + real-time webhooks |
| Hand-managed AASA / assetlinks.json | Managed association files, auto-regenerated |
Migration in six steps
- 1Inventory your existing FDL links and the paths they point to.
- 2Stand up a LinkTrail link domain — ideally the custom domain you already used with FDL.
- 3Recreate your link rules: smart-routing destinations and deep link paths.
- 4Swap the SDK — replace the FDL handler with the LinkTrail deep-link handler.
- 5Repoint DNS / set redirects so old short links resolve to the new resolver.
- 6Verify Universal Links and App Links on a clean install before cutting over.
Don't break the links already in the wild
Links printed on packaging or sitting in old emails can't be edited. If you used a custom domain with FDL, we repoint it and map old paths to new with a catch-all, so existing URLs keep working — now served by LinkTrail. Our team does the migration with you, free.