Two Instances opened When opening application from dynamicaLink and from launcher icon?

Question

I ran into an issue in my Android Application where whenever I open my app through a dynamic link shared on Whatsapp, it will open in the same Whatsapp Application. I can see by going to the recent task that there is only one Application in a recent task which is Whatsapp and I can see my application inside it.

If I open my app from launcher icon then it will also create a new Application and there will be two application in recent tasks. My Splashscreen looks like this -

<activity
            android:name=".SplashScreen"
            android:screenOrientation="portrait"
            android:theme="@style/SplashTheme"
            android:windowSoftInputMode="stateAlwaysHidden">
            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />

                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>

</activity>

Did you find a solution for this? – SuperFrog Dec 09 '19 at 23:25 — SuperFrog, Dec 09 '19 at 23:25

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '18 at 11:21

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You should added attribute in your activity

android:launchMode="singleTask"

answered Nov 09 '18 at 11:21

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 09 '18 at 12:17

In general it is better to use a dedicated Activity for sharing from other applications. Another app should not launch your main (root) Activity to share, it should launch a different Activity. That Activity can then launch your main (root) Activity in a new task (if necessary). You need to consider the user's behaviour and make sure that you don't confuse the user with multiple tasks.

Two Instances opened When opening application from dynamicaLink and from launcher icon?

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