In a web application, the HTTP URL refers to a location that can be accessed by entering the same in the address bar of the browser. In Single Page Applications, this location refers to a specific route that the user can navigate to. In the context of a mobile application, DeepLink refers to a specific page or content that you would want to view. For example, when you click on a link on a mobile device, instead of opening a new tab in the browser window, an application is launched and the requested page is shown.
Unlike web applications, which use HTTP to refer to a specific location, applications on a mobile device need to declare a URI scheme for the application. For example, the Twitter application uses the URI scheme twitter:// and thus you could view their Twitter profile by referring to the URI twitter://profile. Deeplinks are...