[V2][android] Linking "url" event never fire.

[Darkilen]

Issue Description

On Android using RNN v2, the Linking 'url' event listener does not fire.

Re-open of #3581 since it was closed unresolved.

Steps to Reproduce / Code Snippets / Screenshots

const { Navigation } = require('react-native-navigation');
const { registerScreens } = require('./screens');
const { Platform } = require('react-native');

function start() {
  registerScreens();
  Navigation.events().registerAppLaunchedListener(() => {
     Linking.addEventListener("url", event => {
        console.log("url", { event });
     });
     // Other code to launch app
  }) 
}

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Environment

• React Native Navigation version: 2.0.2438
• React Native version: 0.56.0
• Platform(s) (iOS, Android, or both?): Android
• Device info (Simulator/Device? OS version? Debug/Release?): Simulator & Device - Android 8.1.0 - both

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[Darkilen]

This issue is still relevant.

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[Darkilen]

This issue is still relevant.

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[Darkilen]

This issue is still relevant.

[draperunner]

I am also trying to get the URL from deep linking, but there's never a URL.

componentDidMount() {
  Linking.getInitialURL().then((url) => {
          console.log('Did we come from a URL?')
          if (url) {
              console.log(`Initial url is: ${url}`)
          }
      }).catch(err => console.error('app: An error occurred', err)

I am trying on the iOS simulator. I am opening Safari, entering <myappid>://testpath. It boots the app and takes me to it, but no URL is logged. When the app is already launched in the background, it works.

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[Darkilen]

This issue is still relevant.

[piuholo]

Linking.getInitialURL() works for me but I cannot get the listener Linking.addEventListener('url', handler) to fire with RNN.

[mtzfactory]

Hi, I have the same Issue as @draperunner ...

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[piuholo]

Still an issue

[oxy88]

Still. Initial launch = not working Background = works

I decided to move to react-navigation and it works perfectly

[randomBrainstormer]

I have the same problem in version 3.2.0 for iOS.

[randomBrainstormer]

I was able to get the Linking.addEventListener('url', handler) event to fire by adding the check described here like this:

- (BOOL)application:(UIApplication *)application
   openURL:(NSURL *)url
   options:(NSDictionary<UIApplicationOpenURLOptionsKey,id> *)options
{

  if ([RCTLinkingManager application:application openURL:url sourceApplication:nil annotation:nil]) {
    return YES;
  }

 // default to normal snippet handling
  return [RCTLinkingManager application:application openURL:url options:options];
}

Edit: I've rolled back to V2 so haven't test this fix in V3 yet.

[zarvedan]

@Darkilen I had the same issue (Only Android with RNN V2) when clicking on a Facebook post that redirects to my app. The intent ACTION was "com.facebook.blabla" and was not catched on RN side. By forcing the intent action to ACTION_VIEW, the Linking "url" event is fired correctly.

2 lines to add on MainActivity's onCreate method:

Intent intent = getIntent(); // <- add this line
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); // <- add this line

1 line to add on NavigationActivity:

@Override
    public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); // <- add this line
        if (!getReactGateway().onNewIntent(intent)) {
            super.onNewIntent(intent);
        }
    }

I hope it can resolves your issue.

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[bmbmjmdm]

This is still an issue. Please stop trying to close this, bot -.-

[zarvedan]

@Darkilen I had the same issue (Only Android with RNN V2) when clicking on a Facebook post that redirects to my app. The intent ACTION was "com.facebook.blabla" and was not catched on RN side. By forcing the intent action to ACTION_VIEW, the Linking "url" event is fired correctly.

2 lines to add on MainActivity's onCreate method:

Intent intent = getIntent(); // <- add this line
intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); // <- add this line

1 line to add on NavigationActivity:

@Override
    public void onNewIntent(Intent intent) {
        intent.setAction(Intent.ACTION_VIEW); // <- add this line
        if (!getReactGateway().onNewIntent(intent)) {
            super.onNewIntent(intent);
        }
    }

I hope it can resolves your issue.

Helping myself 2 years later with same issue on RNN V7 ! :)