Issue in android:pathPrefix on AndroidManifest.xml with special character #

Question

I have the following link: https://thus.customapp.it/#/app/customapp/itemDetail/45289348293423

I want that this link is captured and opened with my app. So, I added these lines on AndroidManifest file:

<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="thus.customapp.it" android:pathPrefix="/#/app/customapp/itemDetail"/>
</intent-filter>

I also tried with:

<data android:scheme="https" android:host="thus.customapp.it" android:pathPrefix="/#/app/customapp/itemDetail/.*"/>

and this:

 <data android:scheme="https" android:host="thus.customapp.it" android:pathPattern="/.*/.*/.*/.*/..*"/>

and this:

  <data android:scheme="https" android:host="thus.customapp.it" android:android:pathPrefix="/#"/>

and this:

<data android:scheme="https" android:host="thus.customapp.it" android:pathPattern="/#/.*" />

but it doesn't work.

P.S. with the following code:

<data android:scheme="https" android:host="thus.customapp.it" android:pathPattern="/.*"/>

it works, but I need to intercept just a url which contains "itemDetail", and not, for example, https://thus.customapp.it/#/app/customapp/editItem/45289348293423

No error, but If i tap the link it opens with Chrome and not with the app — panagulis72, Jul 09 '19 at 13:11
try using android:path="/#/app/customapp/editItem/45289348293423" instead of android:pathPattern="/.*" — GOVIND DIXIT, Jul 09 '19 at 13:18
the last '45289348293423' is an ID, should I use android:path="/#/app/customapp/itemDetail/..* " ? — panagulis72, Jul 09 '19 at 13:19
Yes go with using android:path="/#/app/customapp/itemDetail/..* — GOVIND DIXIT, Jul 09 '19 at 13:20
It doesn't work :/ could it be that the issue is coming from the # character? Maybe it is transformed into "%23" ? — panagulis72, Jul 09 '19 at 13:32
I tried to hanlde the path with %23, so I built the url with '%23' instad of '#' and it works! But if I choose to open it with Chrome, it doesn't work because it doesn't decode %23 into [# — panagulis72, Jul 09 '19 at 14:59
Happy to help. I have written all this in an answer for future reference. You can have a look. — GOVIND DIXIT, Jul 09 '19 at 18:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '19 at 18:01

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Use

android:path="/%23/app/customapp/itemDetail/.*

instead of

android:pathPrefix="/#/app/customapp/itemDetail/.*"

Edit: As suggested by @panagulis72 we should use %23 instead of #

answered Jul 09 '19 at 18:01

GOVIND DIXIT

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Now the app intercepts the url, but I have the opposite problem now! Indeed if I choose to open the link the Chrome, it gives me 404 because the url with /%23/ doesn't exist, just /#/ exists – panagulis72 Jul 10 '19 at 07:02
Let me know if this helps you: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11587744/why-uri-encoded-anchors-cause-404-and-how-to-deal-with-it-in-js – GOVIND DIXIT Jul 10 '19 at 09:42
I tried but it doesnt work, so I change the way and I built a redirect page on my web app, and I pass the parameters via query Parameters (even if the query parameters are ignored: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/56970072/nativescript-urlhandler-doesnt-intercept-queryparams-in-android-deep-link). Anyway thank you very much for you help! – panagulis72 Jul 10 '19 at 13:17

Issue in android:pathPrefix on AndroidManifest.xml with special character #

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