Techniques for sharing application states are disclosed. According to one aspect of the disclosure, the techniques include receiving a web resource identifier indicating a web address of a web server hosting a web application and including one or more parameters indicating a state of the web application. The techniques also include obtaining an instruction set for generating an application resource identifier, the instruction set being obtained based on a first portion of the web resource identifier. The techniques further include determining one or more parameter values based on the web resource identifier and the instruction set, and generating an application resource identifier based on the instruction set and the one or more parameter values, the application resource identifier being indicative of the state accessed via a native application.