Custom URL scheme not being called on Android

[daveywc]

My custom URL scheme in an Ionic app is working fine on iOS. But on Android the scheme does not appear to be recognised. All that I've done to test is just to type in my scheme name into a browser: "docsontapv2://".

I installed using the CLI and have the following values in my config.xml file:

 <plugin name="cordova-plugin-customurlscheme" spec="^4.3.0">
        <variable name="URL_SCHEME" value="docsontapv2" />
        <variable name="ANDROID_SCHEME" value=" " />
        <variable name="ANDROID_HOST" value=" " />
        <variable name="ANDROID_PATHPREFIX" value="/" />
    </plugin>

I checked the built AndroidManifest.xml and it has the following added:

<activity android:configChanges="orientation|keyboardHidden|keyboard|screenSize|locale" android:label="@string/activity_name" android:launchMode="singleTop" android:name="MainActivity" android:theme="@android:style/Theme.DeviceDefault.NoActionBar" android:windowSoftInputMode="adjustResize">
            <intent-filter android:label="@string/launcher_name">
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.LAUNCHER" />
            </intent-filter>
            <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="docsontapv2" />
            </intent-filter>
            <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:host=" " android:pathPrefix="/" android:scheme=" " />
            </intent-filter>
        </activity>

Is there something else that I need to do to get things working in Android?

Thanks,

David

[akadebnath]

In your Android manifest file, you need this:

            <intent-filter>
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND" />
                <action android:name="android.intent.action.SEND_MULTIPLE" />
                <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
                <data android:mimeType="*/*" />
            </intent-filter>

[daveywc]

I did add that to my manifest file and it did not help.

[vyarmolik]

Launching an app by typing an app-specific URL in a browser address bar will work on iOS only. It will not work on Android: https://developer.chrome.com/multidevice/android/intents

[daveywc]

@vyarmolik Thanks for your response. Your advise was the key. I ended up changing to use the Ionic Deep Linking plugin and using a standard URL for my link (which was embedded in a calendar entry).