title: Xamarin Forms Deep Linking
body: <p>I have tried getting Xamarin Forms deep linking to work by following the example in <a href="https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/deep-linking" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/xamarin/xamarin-forms/app-fundamentals/deep-linking</a>.</p>
  
  <p>It tells me I must have a version of my app live on Google Play, and I must also have a companion website registered with Google.
  How am I supposed to test, develop, and debug my app if it has to already be published for this to work?</p>
  
  <p>Note that I don't want app indexing, I just want deep linking. This all seems a bit involved - why do I even need a website?</p>
  
  <p>All I basically want to do is authenticate the user to Strava via OAuth and handle the redirect URI.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a simple example of how to get just deep linking to work, in such a way as it could handle the redirect URI from Strava?</p>