Generating search results containing state links to applications

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a processing device of a search server, a query containing one or more query parameters from a remote computing device;
• identifying, by the processing device, a set of third party applications corresponding to the one or more query parameters;
• and
• for each third party application:
• transmitting, by the processing device, a request containing at least a subset of the one or more query parameters to a server associated with the third party application;
• receiving, by the processing device, a response from the server associated with the third party application, wherein the response indicates a state of the third party application that relates to the query parameters contained in the request;
• and
• generating, by the processing device, a state link to a native application version of the third party application based on the response, wherein the state link provides access to the state of the third party application, wherein the state link includes at least one application resource identifier and at least one web resource identifier, and wherein the state link is configured to, upon selection of the state link by a user of the remote computing device, initiate an attempt to launch the state on the native application version of the third party application using the application resource identifier before initiating an attempt to launch a web application version of the third party application using the web resource identifier;
• and
• providing, by the processing device, search results containing the state link to the remote computing device.