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I'm adding app linking to my android app and I'm noticing on cold starts there's this long period of a white screen, which the user could interpret it as the app is not responding.

I have a splash screen for normal operation of the app on the main activity using a special theme, but it looks like app linking bypasses that activity so is there a way to show a splash screen on the other screens when the app is accessed by a link action?

EDIT: quick summary, the splash screen appears during the normal use of the app but when a link triggers the app to open, it's not.

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  • What does this `show a splash screen on the other screens when the app is accessed by a link action` mean? Does the splash screen not show? – Wendy Zang - MSFT Nov 19 '20 at 06:04
  • no, so if I open the app up normally I see the splash screen. If the app opens up from a user clicking on a link in an email I get a white screen instead of the splash screen. – Eman Nov 19 '20 at 15:23

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I figured out a solution for myself.

I simplified the intent filters to all call from the main activity that has the splash screen so it will appear now on cold starts.

this cleaned up a few other issues so it's a win overall for me.

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