Matching file name using Android intent-filter pathPattern

Question

I need to match urls ending in /*-u.html, e.g. https://www.example.com/something/whatever-u.html.

I've tried android:pathPattern="/.*-u.html", which works for the above url, but it doesn't work if there's a hyphen anywhere else in the url, e.g. https://www.example.com/some-thing/whatever-u.html. At first I thought there was something special about the hyphen character, but then I realised the same happens with any character that follows the .*.

I've tried many other combinations but can't find one to reliably match the above url format. I know that PatternMatcher is limited, but I assume it should be possible to match this?

Edit: Here's a video of the issue, using the patterns suggested in PraveenSP's answer below.

I checked it on the app links assistant tool but it didn't worked there but when i tested on real device with actual links it worked... I suggest you to check it once on real device... — AgentP, May 21 '20 at 15:33
Not really. I just went with the brute force approach suggested below. It looks horrible, but it works. — aaronmarino, May 12 '21 at 10:46

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '20 at 05:15

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I think this should work:

android:pathPattern="/.*/.*-u.html"

answered May 16 '20 at 05:15

Rediska

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No. This still fails if there's a `-` anywhere else in the url. – aaronmarino May 19 '20 at 09:05

AgentP · Answer 2 · 2020-05-21T16:53:59.243

Try to do it like this

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

            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <data
                android:host="*.yourhost.com"
                android:pathPattern="/.*\\/.*-u.html"
                android:scheme="https" />

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

            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <data
                android:host="*.yourhost.com"
                android:pathPattern=".*-u.html"
                android:scheme="https" />
        </intent-filter>
        <intent-filter>
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
            <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />

            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <data
                android:host="*.yourhost.com"
                android:pathPattern="/.*\\/.*-.*-u.html"
                android:scheme="https" />

        </intent-filter>

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

            <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
            <data
                android:host="*.yourhost.com"
                android:pathPattern="/.*\\/.*-.*-u.html"
                android:scheme="https" />

        </intent-filter>

Tested cases :
https://www.example.com/some-thing/whatever-u.html
https://www.example.com/something/whatever-u.html
https://www.example.com/something/what-ever-u.html
https://www.example.com/some-thing/what-ever-u.html

I've just tried via adb and it works for those 2 urls. It still doesn't work for other urls I need such as https://www.example.com/something/what-ever-u.html, but since you covered the two examples I gave I'l award you the bounty. — aaronmarino, May 21 '20 at 15:35
I will try for the third one too if you need ... do you need that ... ? I will update you once I get the answer... — AgentP, May 21 '20 at 15:36

Matching file name using Android intent-filter pathPattern

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