Handoff not working from native app to website - ios8

My devices:
iPad Mini (latest), iOS 8 dp5.
Macbook Air, Yosemite dp5.
I have Handoff working between the two above devices. Safari, Mail, Messages, Calendar, etc. all handoff with no problems.
I can even handoff between my website on the Air and my native app on the iPad.
What I can't do yet is go from my native app on the iPad to my website in Safari on my Air.
For the first view controller that loads in my native app, I have this:
- (void)viewDidLoad
{
[super viewDidLoad];
NSUserActivity *webHandoff = [[NSUserActivity alloc] initWithActivityType:#"com.myApp.iphone.staging.webbrowsing"];
webHandoff.webpageURL = [NSURL URLWithString:#"http://staging.myApp.com"];
[webHandoff becomeCurrent];
}
In my app's Info.plist file, I have this:
<key>NSUserActivityTypes</key>
<array>
<string>com.myApp.iphone.staging.webbrowsing</string>
</array>
Am I missing something or do I have something configured incorrectly?
Thanks for any help!

I made two significant changes to my code:
1) configure/destroy and set the NSUserActivity object in viewDidAppear/disappear as opposed to viewDidLoad:
- (void)viewDidAppear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidAppear:animated];
NSUserActivity *webHandoff = [[NSUserActivity alloc] initWithActivityType:#"com.myApp.iphone.staging.web-browsing"];
webHandoff.webpageURL = self.handoffWebpageURL;
[self setUserActivity:webHandoff];
}
- (void)viewDidDisappear:(BOOL)animated
{
[super viewDidDisappear:animated];
[self.userActivity invalidate];
}
2) Since UIViewController is a subclass of UIResponder and UIResponders have a userActivity property, instead of calling [webHandoff becomeCurrent] I simply called [self setUserActivity:webHandoff];
Not sure why moving it out of viewDidLoad had any impact, and not sure why I need to set it to the viewController's instance of NSUserActivity, but the changes above give me a solid and reliable handoff experience throughout my entire app.

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