Deeplinking in Samsung Messaging App with Built In Browser

Question

I\'m using branch.io for deeplinking in my app and so far everything has been perfect except for our Galaxy S7 edge running the native Samsung Messages app. The new Samsung

Answer 1

add to your intent filter auto verify like below:

<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">

source:https://developer.android.com/training/app-links/verify-site-associations.html

Answer 2

a Branch colleague of mine just looked into this. He found that links do not redirect properly when utilizing URI based deep linking from the native Samsung SMS app on the S7, however App Links do work and you can enable them in your Branch Dashboard here: https://dashboard.branch.io/settings/link -- documentation: https://dev.branch.io/getting-started/universal-app-links/guide/android/

Let me know how it goes. If you continue to struggle we can check it out 1:1 over e-mail.