# Custom Features

You can add the following features on your LINE MINI App to further enhance user experience.

# Service Messages

Service messages can be used if you want to send users the confirmation of their restaurant or accommodation reservations.

Service messages is a feature whereby LINE MINI App notifies the user of information the user should know regarding the user's request.

Service messages sent from LINE MINI Apps are displayed in chat rooms determined for each region that provides the LINE MINI App, regardless of the type of LINE MINI App.

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To send a service message, use the service message API. For details, see Sending service messages.

Conditions to sending service messages

You are allowed to send service messages only as a confirmation or response to a user action on LINE MINI App. Advertisements and event notifications are prohibited, including information on discounts, shopping rewards, new products, discount coupons or promotions. For more information about the service message conditions, see Conditions for service messages.

# Redirect non-LINE users to a web browser

In the LINE Developers Console, if you enable Redirect non-LINE users to a web browser in the LIFF tab of the LINE MINI App channel, non-LINE users outside of Japan, Thailand and Taiwan can use the LINE MINI App service via a web browser.

When a non-LINE user opens the LINE MINI App in a web browser, the page shown in the figure below will be displayed. Tap Open in browser on the page and the LIFF endpoint URL will open in their web browser.

By enabling this feature, for example, foreign visitors to Japan who don't use LINE can now use the services of LINE MINI Apps via a web browser without having to install the LINE app.

The display in a web browser is enabled only if the language setting of the user's web browser isn't Japanese, Thai or Traditional Chinese. However, if the LINE app is installed on the user's device, the LINE app may be launched and the user may be redirected to the LINE MINI App.

# What to check before enabling the setting

Before enabling the Redirect non-LINE users to a web browser, make sure that the services of your LINE MINI App is available when the LIFF endpoint URL is accessed with a web browser. The LIFF API properties and methods that can be used by web browsers are as follows:

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Don't require users to log in to LINE on pages that are displayed in the web browsers of users who don't use LINE. This will spoil the experience for users who don't use LINE.

# Add a shortcut to your LINE MINI App to the home screen of the user's device

The user can add a shortcut to your LINE MINI App to the home screen of the user's device. This allows the user to access your LINE MINI App directly from the home screen of the user's device.

Using this feature for services that users frequently use, such as membership cards and mobile ordering, can improve the user experience.

For more information, see Add a shortcut to your LINE MINI App to the home screen of the user's device.

# Inducing users to add your Official Account as a friend

With LINE MINI App, you can induce users to add your Official Account as a friend from the Channel consent screen or the Verification screen, using the add friend option.

For more information, see Add the LINE Official Account as a friend when you first open the LINE MINI App (add friend option).

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# Using Payment Systems

Methods of payment other than LINE Pay, such as credit cards, can be integrated into your LINE MINI App. For more information, see Using payment systems.

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# Custom action button

The built-in action button is provided to enable users to easily share LINE MINI App among friends, but there is also the option of implementing a custom action button.

# LINE Profile+

With LINE MINI App, you can get user data such as names, gender, birth date, phone number, and address to use for your service. See LINE Profile+ for more information.

Application is required to use the data

This feature is only available to corporate users who have submitted the required applications.

To use the data registered with LINE Profile+ via LINE MINI App, contact your sales representative or our Sales partners (opens new window).

Use this feature to make your service more easily accessible and convenient for users. Obtaining information without a particular purpose, acquiring excessive information, or misusing information acquired can all be reasons for rejection during the LINE MINI App review.

Examples of proper usage of user data include but are not limited to:

  • Automatically entering contact information such as sender, phone number, address, etc. to save the effort of entering the same information each time.
  • Recommending the right products according to the user's gender, birthday, etc.