I'm integrating firebase in application. I created universal link that worked for Android & iOS both.
This worked great. BUT I got scenario where I clicked on goo.gl (PFA) link which was displaying on launched app right-top side. And from then no matter what I do, Deeplink will never launch my application.
I checked to clear history of device-browser but it's same. Any suggestion how to get rid of this issue/feature ??
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You're absolutely right: the forward button is horrible UI/UX. It's one of the big flaws with Universal Links identified in this blog post. There is no way to disable the forward button, and once it's triggered, you're screwed.
The easiest way to re-enable Universal Linking behavior after it is turned off is to long-press on the link. Your best bet at getting a clean shot is to paste the Universal Link URL into the stock Notes app and try long-pressing it from there.
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Usually when you click the "forward" link to open the universal link in Safari, you can re-open the app by dragging the page down. A bar will appear with your app name and an "OPEN" button. This works as long as you're still in the same URL.
Unfortunately, for Firebase Dynamic Links specifically, the link will redirect you to another domain (for example, from https://z99zz.app.goo.gl/zzzz to https://z99zz-c.app.goo.gl/zzzz) and this breaks this feature. The solution is to either add ?d=1 to the original link (https://z99zz.app.goo.gl/zzzz?d=1, opens a link debug page), or just remove everything after the domain (https://z99zz.app.goo.gl/, opens an error page). Now when it opens in Safari, you can drag down and see the bar.
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In addition to imgx64 post. I had a similar problem: Firebase redirected to z99zz-c.app.goo.gl/zzzz and in this case system was not redirected to my app. I added "applinks:mzn3g-c.app.goo.gl" as Associated domain in my target capabilities and this does the trick! Even if you redirected to domain with "-c" suffix iOS can recognize it and will redirect to your app and show suggestion in Safari
Long hold on the url and there will be option to open in app.