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Bug description:
Tapping a link that can be opened by a supported application does not launch the app on Android, whereas it works correctly on iOS.
For example, on iOS, clicking a zoom invite link in a webview opens the zoom app immediately, but on Android, it opens the link first and only then the zoom app.
With youtube links, iOS opens them in the youtube app if it's installed, but Android just opens them in a regular browser.
We fixed this by adding target="_blank" to links. Surprisingly, this solved the problem, but it's not the best solution.
Also, we tried using onShouldStartLoadWithRequest to check url and handle it with Linking.openURL() if needed. But, there is another problem, that we need to have list of urls, which is not flexible solution.
To Reproduce:
Open this website in a webview: https://fm.domme.kz/linking.html and click on the links.
Expected behavior:
Similar to iOS. If system has an app installed that can open a link, then the link should open in that app.
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