Android - Link https://staging.new.expensify.com/anything redirects in mWeb instead of Android app

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Action Performed:

1. Navigate to https://staging.new.expensify.com/anything
   (with Android app installed on device)

Expected Result:

Android app should appear. Page not found should be displayed

Actual Result:

mWeb is opened instead of Android app

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

Which of our officially supported platforms is this issue occurring on?

• Android / native
• Android / Chrome
• iOS / native
• iOS / Safari
• MacOS / Chrome / Safari
• MacOS / Desktop

Version Number: 1.3.21.2

Reproducible in staging?: yes

Reproducible in production?: yes

If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from TestRail:

Email or phone of affected tester (no customers):

Logs: https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/4856

Notes/Photos/Videos: Any additional supporting documentation

Bug6076027_video_45__3_.mp4

Expensify/Expensify Issue URL:

Issue reported by: Applause - internal Team

Slack conversation:

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[melvin-bot]

Triggered auto assignment to @trjExpensify (Bug), see https://stackoverflow.com/c/expensify/questions/14418 for more details.

[melvin-bot]

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[trjExpensify]

Hm, is this a bug? This is how it is on mWeb safari as well. I suspect it's because that URL isn't recognised as a valid route in the app or something (/anything). For example, if you change it to new.expensify.com/settings it redirects and opens the native App just fine.

CC: @Julesssss as my resident Android expert.

[Julesssss]

Yup I agree. We recognise the following URLs as deep links:

<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/r"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/settings"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/setpassword"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/details"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/v"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/bank-account"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/iou"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/enable-payments"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/statements"/>
<data android:scheme="https" android:host="staging.new.expensify.com" android:pathPrefix="/concierge"/>

[Julesssss]

Not a bug

[trjExpensify]

Thanks!