Android App Links - Pattern with # in URL

Question

I am trying to implement Android App Links. The website where the url is linked to, is developped with Angular, thus all URLs have a # in it (#! exactly).

http://myDomain/#!/vehicle/schema_id

I cannot find the good pattern that works with the #

<intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
        <data
            android:scheme="https"
            android:host="www.mydomain.com"
            android:pathPattern="/#!/vehicle/.*" />
</intent-filter>

this pathPattern works perfectly with an url without the # such as

http://myDomain/!/vehicle/schema_id for instance

So my issue is specific to the dash :-S

If have tried :

/\#!/vehicle/.*
/\\#!/vehicle/.*
/.+/vehicle/.*
/../vehicle/.*
/*/vehicle/.*
/%23!/vehicle/.*

and other that I don't recall

Thanks in advance for your possible answers

Andrey Danilov · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-05T15:09:25.323

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You simply cannot use # symbol in URL for deep links because Android thinks that every symbol after # is Fragment identifier

In other words system detects URL only as http://myDomain/ it doesnt see part after #.

edited Apr 05 '17 at 15:09

answered Apr 05 '17 at 15:00

Andrey Danilov

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Thanks for the answer, I am doomed then :( – Tweety B Apr 05 '17 at 15:11
@TweetyB change url on server if you can or dont use pathPattern at all, open app and then check url. – Andrey Danilov Apr 05 '17 at 15:20
thanks will do that, open the main activity on domain call then redirect to activity expected. As so I will have proper navigation stack as weel – Tweety B Apr 06 '17 at 10:25

Android App Links - Pattern with # in URL

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