Universal links, limit deeplink path

Question

I've just finished working through adding deeplinks to my React Native app.

I have a question around limiting the paths that work with deeplinks.

I'm using the new components array in the apple-app-site-association file with wildcards to deeplink specific paths.

My app has routes for map, places, routes and profiles that can be linked to with params like so:

• https://example.com/map
• https://example.com/places/place-name
• https://example.com/routes/1
• https://example.com/profile/2

These all work as expected, however when a link looks like the following: https://example.com/places/place-name/another-path-section, it opens the app on the home screen.

I'd like links with extra path sections to link to the website so they can hit my 404 screen.

Is there a way to do this with the apple-app-site-association file and android <intent-filter>?

My apple-app-site-association file:

{
    "applinks": {
        "apps": [],
        "details": [
            {
                "appIDs": [
                    "[teamId].my.app"
                ],
                "components": [
                    {
                        "/": "/map/*",
                        "comment": "Matches any URL with a path that starts with /map/."
                    },
                    {
                        "/": "/places/*",
                        "comment": "Matches any URL with a path that starts with /places/."
                    },
                    {
                        "/": "/routes/*",
                        "comment": "Matches any URL with a path that starts with /routes/."
                    },
                    {
                        "/": "/profile/*",
                        "comment": "Matches any URL with a path that starts with /profile/."
                    },
                ]
            }
        ]
    }
}

I have tried adding exclude blocks like this:

{
  "/": "/places/*/*",
  "exclude": true,
  "comment": "Excludes any URL with a path that starts with /places/[param]/[more-paramas]."
},

But it still behaves the same.

Similarly, my intent-filter looks like this:

<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">
  <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
  <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
  <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
  <data
      android:host="example.com"
      android:scheme="https"
      android:path="/map" />
  <data android:pathPrefix="/routes" />
  <data android:pathPrefix="/places" />
  <data android:pathPrefix="/profile" />
  <data
    android:host="example.com"
    android:scheme="http" />
</intent-filter>

And I have tried the same kind of path as in my apple components:

<data android:pathPattern="/places/*" />