WeChat will stop opening the App technical service for Mini Programs after May 19

On May 14, the WeChat Open Community released a notice today that "WeChat no longer provides technical services for opening apps with mini programs", informing all developers that the official decision to close technical support for opening apps with mini programs was made due to interface abuse.

WeChat Mini Programs provide developers with technical services to open apps, hoping that through reasonable application by developers, a better user experience can be provided to WeChat users. While the platform encourages Mini Programs to provide high-quality content and services, it also pays great attention to the smooth user experience within Mini Programs.

Recently, we have received a large number of user complaints that during the use of Mini Programs, the normal usage process was blocked and the users were directed to jump to the App. This situation seriously affected the user experience of Mini Programs. In addition, the related function design is easily considered by users to have incomplete support for Mini Program functions, which is actually due to developers abusing interface capabilities and restricting the normal usage process of users.

Violation Example 1: In the following figure, the user is watching a video normally, but after operating the page, the user is prompted to jump back to the App, affecting his/her ability to continue watching the video.

Violation Example 2: In the picture below, the user is directed to open the App while browsing product reviews, which affects his/her ability to continue browsing the product page.

The above behavior violates Section 5.15 of the WeChat Mini Program Platform Operation Guidelines and is considered an abuse of interface capabilities. WeChat Mini Programs should use the various functions, interfaces, and capabilities provided by Tencent in a legal, compliant, proper, and good faith manner. When using them, they should follow the relevant WeChat Mini Program agreement rules, protect the legitimate rights and interests of WeChat users and other third parties, and comply with Tencent's requirements and suggestions for WeChat Mini Programs. You may not abuse, improperly use, or use the above functions, interfaces, capabilities, etc. by yourself or assist others in doing so.

In order to optimize the user experience, the platform will no longer provide "Mini Program Open App Technical Service" after May 19, 2021. To avoid affecting the Mini Program's online services and user experience, developers are requested to make development adjustments to the Mini Program in a timely manner to avoid affecting the service process after recycling.

WeChat Mini Programs hopes to provide users with a complete and smooth user experience. We hope that developers will reasonably apply various functions, interfaces and capabilities to jointly maintain a good user experience.